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Verdict

Is a 200 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, 200 kg is the 69th percentile — advanced.

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?

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 72.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 106.6
57.5–62.5 kg 98th World-class 127.5
62.5–67.5 kg 93rd Elite 150.0
67.5–72.5 kg 92nd Elite 152.5
72.5–77.5 kg 82nd Elite 170.0
77.5–82.5 kg 71st Advanced 182.5
82.5–87.5 kg 69th Advanced 185.0
87.5–92.5 kg 55th Advanced 197.5
92.5–97.5 kg 51st Advanced 200.0
97.5–102.5 kg 43rd Intermediate 210.0
102.5–107.5 kg 35th Intermediate 217.5
107.5–112.5 kg 36th Intermediate 217.5
112.5–117.5 kg 32nd Intermediate 222.5
117.5–122.5 kg 26th Intermediate 235.0
122.5–127.5 kg 29th Intermediate 229.1
127.5–132.5 kg 30th Intermediate 230.0
132.5–137.5 kg 23rd Intermediate 240.0
137.5 kg and above 22nd Intermediate 245.0

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 82.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 95.0
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 100.0
62.5–67.5 kg 99+ World-class 107.5
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 111.0
72.5–77.5 kg 99+ World-class 117.5
77.5–82.5 kg 99+ World-class 117.5
82.5–87.5 kg 99+ World-class 120.0
87.5–92.5 kg 99th World-class 120.0
92.5–97.5 kg 99th World-class 120.0
97.5–102.5 kg 98th World-class 127.5
102.5–107.5 kg 98th World-class 127.5
107.5–112.5 kg 97th World-class 130.0
112.5–117.5 kg 96th World-class 132.5
117.5–122.5 kg 94th Elite 137.5
122.5–127.5 kg 94th Elite 142.0
137.5 kg and above 86th Elite 142.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
200.069thAdvanced
210.077thAdvanced
220.084thElite
230.090thElite

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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