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Real judged lifts. Zero self-reported numbers. This is what strong actually is.

Verdict

Is a 200 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, 200 kg is the 37th percentile of judged lifts — intermediate among people who compete.

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

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?

200 kg is 441 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 200 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 96th World-class 135.0
57.5–62.5 kg 88th Elite 160.0
62.5–67.5 kg 71st Advanced 180.5
67.5–72.5 kg 69th Advanced 185.0
72.5–77.5 kg 50th Advanced 200.0
77.5–82.5 kg 37th Intermediate 212.5
82.5–87.5 kg 37th Intermediate 215.0
87.5–92.5 kg 24th Intermediate 227.5
92.5–97.5 kg 24th Intermediate 230.0
97.5–102.5 kg 19th Novice 237.5
102.5–107.5 kg 15th Novice 245.0
107.5–112.5 kg 16th Novice 245.0
112.5–117.5 kg 16th Novice 245.0
117.5–122.5 kg 13th Novice 255.0
122.5–127.5 kg 16th Novice 250.0
127.5–132.5 kg 17th Novice 250.0
132.5–137.5 kg 13th Novice 255.0
137.5 kg and above 14th 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 99+ World-class 130.0
67.5–72.5 kg 99th World-class 132.5
72.5–77.5 kg 97th World-class 140.0
77.5–82.5 kg 97th World-class 140.0
82.5–87.5 kg 97th World-class 140.0
87.5–92.5 kg 96th World-class 140.6
92.5–97.5 kg 97th World-class 142.5
97.5–102.5 kg 96th World-class 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 96th World-class 145.0
107.5–112.5 kg 94th Elite 147.9
112.5–117.5 kg 94th Elite 147.5
117.5–122.5 kg 92nd Elite 150.0
122.5–127.5 kg 92nd Elite 154.2
137.5 kg and above 87th Elite 152.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
200.037thIntermediate
210.047thIntermediate
220.057thAdvanced
230.068thAdvanced

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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