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Verdict

Is a 300 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, 300 kg is the 99th percentile — world-class.

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?

300 kg is 661 lb. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 300 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 99+ World-class 135.0
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 160.0
62.5–67.5 kg 99+ World-class 180.5
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 185.0
72.5–77.5 kg 99+ World-class 200.0
77.5–82.5 kg 99+ World-class 212.5
82.5–87.5 kg 99th World-class 215.0
87.5–92.5 kg 97th World-class 227.5
92.5–97.5 kg 96th World-class 230.0
97.5–102.5 kg 94th Elite 237.5
102.5–107.5 kg 92nd Elite 245.0
107.5–112.5 kg 90th Elite 245.0
112.5–117.5 kg 90th Elite 245.0
117.5–122.5 kg 85th Elite 255.0
122.5–127.5 kg 87th Elite 250.0
127.5–132.5 kg 86th Elite 250.0
132.5–137.5 kg 83rd Elite 255.0
137.5 kg and above 80th Elite 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 99+ World-class 140.0
77.5–82.5 kg 99+ World-class 140.0
82.5–87.5 kg 99+ World-class 140.0
87.5–92.5 kg 99+ World-class 140.6
92.5–97.5 kg 99+ World-class 142.5
97.5–102.5 kg 99+ World-class 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 99+ World-class 145.0
107.5–112.5 kg 99+ World-class 147.9
112.5–117.5 kg 99+ World-class 147.5
117.5–122.5 kg 99+ World-class 150.0
122.5–127.5 kg 99+ World-class 154.2
137.5 kg and above 99+ World-class 152.5

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
300.099thWorld-class
310.099thWorld-class
320.099thWorld-class
330.099thWorld-class

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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