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Verdict

Is a 150 kg deadlift good?

Short answer: it depends entirely on your bodyweight, and here is the table that says by how much.

At 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight, 150 kg is the 6th percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 100140180220260300 kg lifted →
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Percentile

24,058 judged deadlifts, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

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

Not your class?

150 kg is 331 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 150 kg means at every bodyweight

The same lift is a different achievement at 60 kg and at 120 kg. This is the whole answer, not one row of it.

Men

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 91st Elite 95.0
52.5–57.5 kg 68th Advanced 135.0
57.5–62.5 kg 43rd Intermediate 160.0
62.5–67.5 kg 22nd Intermediate 180.5
67.5–72.5 kg 20th Intermediate 185.0
72.5–77.5 kg 10th Novice 200.0
77.5–82.5 kg 5th Novice 212.5
82.5–87.5 kg 6th Novice 215.0
87.5–92.5 kg 3rd Novice 227.5
92.5–97.5 kg 4th Novice 230.0
97.5–102.5 kg 3rd Novice 237.5
102.5–107.5 kg 2nd Novice 245.0
107.5–112.5 kg 3rd Novice 245.0
112.5–117.5 kg 3rd Novice 245.0
117.5–122.5 kg 2nd Novice 255.0
122.5–127.5 kg 3rd Novice 250.0
127.5–132.5 kg 3rd Novice 250.0
132.5–137.5 kg 2nd Novice 255.0
137.5 kg and above 3rd Novice 257.5

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 95th World-class 105.0
52.5–57.5 kg 89th Elite 117.5
57.5–62.5 kg 85th Elite 122.5
62.5–67.5 kg 79th Advanced 130.0
67.5–72.5 kg 74th Advanced 132.5
72.5–77.5 kg 67th Advanced 140.0
77.5–82.5 kg 66th Advanced 140.0
82.5–87.5 kg 65th Advanced 140.0
87.5–92.5 kg 64th Advanced 140.6
92.5–97.5 kg 64th Advanced 142.5
97.5–102.5 kg 57th Advanced 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 58th Advanced 145.0
107.5–112.5 kg 55th Advanced 147.9
112.5–117.5 kg 55th Advanced 147.5
117.5–122.5 kg 50th Advanced 150.0
122.5–127.5 kg 47th Intermediate 154.2
137.5 kg and above 49th Intermediate 152.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
150.06thNovice
160.010thNovice
170.014thNovice
180.019thNovice

Men at 82.5–87.5 kg bodyweight. Percentile gained per 10 kg, so you can see what the next plate is actually worth.

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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