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Verdict

Is a 210 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, 210 kg is the 47th 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?

210 kg is 463 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 210 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 98th World-class 135.0
57.5–62.5 kg 93rd Elite 160.0
62.5–67.5 kg 80th Elite 180.5
67.5–72.5 kg 79th Advanced 185.0
72.5–77.5 kg 61st Advanced 200.0
77.5–82.5 kg 48th Intermediate 212.5
82.5–87.5 kg 47th Intermediate 215.0
87.5–92.5 kg 34th Intermediate 227.5
92.5–97.5 kg 33rd Intermediate 230.0
97.5–102.5 kg 26th Intermediate 237.5
102.5–107.5 kg 21st Intermediate 245.0
107.5–112.5 kg 22nd Intermediate 245.0
112.5–117.5 kg 22nd Intermediate 245.0
117.5–122.5 kg 18th Novice 255.0
122.5–127.5 kg 21st Intermediate 250.0
127.5–132.5 kg 22nd Intermediate 250.0
132.5–137.5 kg 17th Novice 255.0
137.5 kg and above 19th 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 99+ World-class 132.5
72.5–77.5 kg 99th World-class 140.0
77.5–82.5 kg 99th World-class 140.0
82.5–87.5 kg 98th World-class 140.0
87.5–92.5 kg 98th World-class 140.6
92.5–97.5 kg 99th World-class 142.5
97.5–102.5 kg 98th World-class 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 98th World-class 145.0
107.5–112.5 kg 97th World-class 147.9
112.5–117.5 kg 97th World-class 147.5
117.5–122.5 kg 95th World-class 150.0
122.5–127.5 kg 96th World-class 154.2
137.5 kg and above 91st Elite 152.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
210.047thIntermediate
220.057thAdvanced
230.068thAdvanced
240.077thAdvanced

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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