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Verdict

Is a 190 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, 190 kg is the 27th percentile of judged lifts — intermediate 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?

190 kg is 419 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 190 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 99+ World-class 95.0
52.5–57.5 kg 94th Elite 135.0
57.5–62.5 kg 81st Elite 160.0
62.5–67.5 kg 61st Advanced 180.5
67.5–72.5 kg 58th Advanced 185.0
72.5–77.5 kg 39th Intermediate 200.0
77.5–82.5 kg 27th Intermediate 212.5
82.5–87.5 kg 27th Intermediate 215.0
87.5–92.5 kg 17th Novice 227.5
92.5–97.5 kg 17th Novice 230.0
97.5–102.5 kg 13th Novice 237.5
102.5–107.5 kg 10th Novice 245.0
107.5–112.5 kg 11th Novice 245.0
112.5–117.5 kg 11th Novice 245.0
117.5–122.5 kg 9th Novice 255.0
122.5–127.5 kg 11th Novice 250.0
127.5–132.5 kg 11th Novice 250.0
132.5–137.5 kg 9th Novice 255.0
137.5 kg and above 10th Novice 257.5

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 105.0
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 117.5
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 122.5
62.5–67.5 kg 98th World-class 130.0
67.5–72.5 kg 97th World-class 132.5
72.5–77.5 kg 95th World-class 140.0
77.5–82.5 kg 95th World-class 140.0
82.5–87.5 kg 94th Elite 140.0
87.5–92.5 kg 94th Elite 140.6
92.5–97.5 kg 95th World-class 142.5
97.5–102.5 kg 93rd Elite 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 92nd Elite 145.0
107.5–112.5 kg 91st Elite 147.9
112.5–117.5 kg 91st Elite 147.5
117.5–122.5 kg 87th Elite 150.0
122.5–127.5 kg 87th Elite 154.2
137.5 kg and above 82nd Elite 152.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
190.027thIntermediate
200.037thIntermediate
210.047thIntermediate
220.057thAdvanced

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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