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Men · 57.5–62.5 kg

Deadlift standards — men, 57.5–62.5 kg

Median 160 kg. Top fifth starts at 190 kg. The top 5% deadlift 218 kg or more. From 9,174 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 70100130160190220 kg lifted →
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Percentile

9,174 judged deadlifts, men, 57.5–62.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged deadlifts in this class — add yours to it.

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PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th110.0243Novice
20th125.0276Intermediate
25th132.5292Intermediate
30th138.8306Intermediate
40th150.0331Intermediate
50th160.0353Advanced
60th170.0375Advanced
70th180.0397Advanced
75th182.5402Advanced
80th190.0419Elite
90th205.0452Elite
95th217.5480World-class
99th240.0529World-class

Novice

0–20

Bottom fifth of the platform

Intermediate

20–50

Below the median competitor

Advanced

50–80

Above the median competitor

Elite

80–95

Top fifth of the platform

World-class

95–100

Top 5% of everyone who has competed

By age

Masters lifters compete in their own divisions, and the data shows why. Age here is age at the meet.

AgeMedian80th95thLifters
14-17175.0210.0243.023,529
18-19210.0240.0275.018,519
20-23227.5260.0295.047,151
24-34237.5274.9310.777,762
35-39235.0272.5310.012,451
40-44227.5262.5300.08,440
45-49220.0252.5287.54,840
50-54205.0242.5276.03,821
55-59200.0230.0262.52,244
60-69180.0212.5242.52,810
70+145.0177.5210.0980

Age bands pool every bodyweight, so they answer "how does age move the number", not "what should a 45-year-old at this exact weight lift".

As a multiple of bodyweight

Percentile× bodyweight
25th2.20×
50th2.70×
75th3.10×
90th3.50×
95th3.70×
99th4.10×

The "2× bodyweight bench" style of goal, measured against people who actually did it in competition.

Who these numbers describe. Everyone in this dataset entered a powerlifting competition. They are stronger than the general gym population, so a 50th percentile here is well above an average gym-goer — we would rather tell you that than quietly flatter you. Nobody has ever published a trustworthy random sample of what people lift in commercial gyms; what exists instead is app data that people type in themselves.

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Amit Sharma

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