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Verdict

Is a 365 lb bench press 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, 365 lb is the 92nd percentile — elite.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 5080110140170200 kg lifted →
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Percentile

29,914 judged bench presss, men, 82.5–87.5 kg

No lift entered. The curve is every judged bench presss in this class — add yours to it.

Not your class?

365 lb is 166 kg. The chart is preloaded with it — change the number to check your own.

What 365 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

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 50.0
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 72.5
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 85.0
62.5–67.5 kg 99+ World-class 100.0
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 102.5
72.5–77.5 kg 98th World-class 115.0
77.5–82.5 kg 95th World-class 122.5
82.5–87.5 kg 92nd Elite 125.0
87.5–92.5 kg 88th Elite 135.0
92.5–97.5 kg 83rd Elite 137.5
97.5–102.5 kg 76th Advanced 145.0
102.5–107.5 kg 70th Advanced 150.0
107.5–112.5 kg 62nd Advanced 155.0
112.5–117.5 kg 63rd Advanced 155.0
117.5–122.5 kg 54th Advanced 162.5
122.5–127.5 kg 50th Advanced 165.0
127.5–132.5 kg 54th Advanced 161.0
132.5–137.5 kg 50th Intermediate 165.6
137.5 kg and above 44th Intermediate 172.5

Women

BodyweightPercentileBandMedian for the class
up to 52.5 kg 99+ World-class 46.5
52.5–57.5 kg 99+ World-class 52.5
57.5–62.5 kg 99+ World-class 55.0
62.5–67.5 kg 99+ World-class 60.0
67.5–72.5 kg 99+ World-class 60.0
72.5–77.5 kg 99+ World-class 62.5
77.5–82.5 kg 99+ World-class 65.0
82.5–87.5 kg 99+ World-class 65.0
87.5–92.5 kg 99+ World-class 65.0
92.5–97.5 kg 99+ World-class 65.0
97.5–102.5 kg 99+ World-class 67.5
102.5–107.5 kg 99+ World-class 67.5
107.5–112.5 kg 99+ World-class 70.0
112.5–117.5 kg 99+ World-class 70.0
117.5–122.5 kg 99+ World-class 72.5
122.5–127.5 kg 99+ World-class 75.0
127.5–132.5 kg 99+ World-class 75.0
137.5 kg and above 99+ World-class 80.0

The road from here

LiftPercentileBand
165.692ndElite
175.696thWorld-class
185.698thWorld-class
195.699thWorld-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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