Is a 315 lb 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, 315 lb is the 15th percentile of judged lifts — novice among people who compete.
Percentile
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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?
315 lb is 143 kg. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.
What 315 lb 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
| Bodyweight | Percentile | Band | Median for the class |
|---|---|---|---|
| up to 52.5 kg | 98th | World-class | 72.5 |
| 52.5–57.5 kg | 86th | Elite | 106.6 |
| 57.5–62.5 kg | 67th | Advanced | 127.5 |
| 62.5–67.5 kg | 43rd | Intermediate | 150.0 |
| 67.5–72.5 kg | 38th | Intermediate | 152.5 |
| 72.5–77.5 kg | 22nd | Intermediate | 170.0 |
| 77.5–82.5 kg | 13th | Novice | 182.5 |
| 82.5–87.5 kg | 15th | Novice | 185.0 |
| 87.5–92.5 kg | 8th | Novice | 197.5 |
| 92.5–97.5 kg | 9th | Novice | 200.0 |
| 97.5–102.5 kg | 6th | Novice | 210.0 |
| 102.5–107.5 kg | 5th | Novice | 217.5 |
| 107.5–112.5 kg | 6th | Novice | 217.5 |
| 112.5–117.5 kg | 5th | Novice | 222.5 |
| 117.5–122.5 kg | 4th | Novice | 235.0 |
| 122.5–127.5 kg | 6th | Novice | 229.1 |
| 127.5–132.5 kg | 6th | Novice | 230.0 |
| 132.5–137.5 kg | 4th | Novice | 240.0 |
| 137.5 kg and above | 4th | Novice | 245.0 |
Women
| Bodyweight | Percentile | Band | Median for the class |
|---|---|---|---|
| up to 52.5 kg | 99+ | World-class | 82.5 |
| 52.5–57.5 kg | 97th | World-class | 95.0 |
| 57.5–62.5 kg | 94th | Elite | 100.0 |
| 62.5–67.5 kg | 91st | Elite | 107.5 |
| 67.5–72.5 kg | 87th | Elite | 111.0 |
| 72.5–77.5 kg | 81st | Elite | 117.5 |
| 77.5–82.5 kg | 80th | Elite | 117.5 |
| 82.5–87.5 kg | 77th | Advanced | 120.0 |
| 87.5–92.5 kg | 76th | Advanced | 120.0 |
| 92.5–97.5 kg | 75th | Advanced | 120.0 |
| 97.5–102.5 kg | 67th | Advanced | 127.5 |
| 102.5–107.5 kg | 67th | Advanced | 127.5 |
| 107.5–112.5 kg | 65th | Advanced | 130.0 |
| 112.5–117.5 kg | 62nd | Advanced | 132.5 |
| 117.5–122.5 kg | 58th | Advanced | 137.5 |
| 122.5–127.5 kg | 51st | Advanced | 142.0 |
| 137.5 kg and above | 51st | Advanced | 142.5 |
The road from here
| Lift | Percentile | Band |
|---|---|---|
| 142.9 | 15th | Novice |
| 152.9 | 21st | Intermediate |
| 162.9 | 29th | Intermediate |
| 172.9 | 39th | Intermediate |
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.