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Verdict

Is a 150 kg squat 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 20th percentile of judged lifts — intermediate among people who compete.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 80110140170200230260 kg lifted →
kg

Percentile

20,457 judged squats, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged squats 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 98th World-class 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 91st Elite 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 75th Advanced 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg 52nd Advanced 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg 48th Intermediate 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg 29th Intermediate 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg 18th Novice 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg 20th Intermediate 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg 11th Novice 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg 12th Novice 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg 8th Novice 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg 6th Novice 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg 7th Novice 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg 7th Novice 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg 5th Novice 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg 7th Novice 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg 7th Novice 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg 5th Novice 240.0
137.5 kg and above 6th Novice 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 98th World-class 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 97th World-class 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 94th Elite 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 92nd Elite 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 87th Elite 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 86th Elite 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 83rd Elite 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 83rd Elite 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 81st Elite 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 75th Advanced 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 74th Advanced 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 72nd Advanced 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 69th Advanced 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 65th Advanced 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 58th Advanced 142.0
137.5 kg and above 56th Advanced 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
150.020thIntermediate
160.028thIntermediate
170.037thIntermediate
180.046thIntermediate

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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