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WHITELIGHTS

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Women · 87.5–92.5 kg

Squat standards — women, 87.5–92.5 kg

Median 120 kg. Top fifth starts at 148 kg. The top 5% squat 178 kg or more. From 4,619 judged lifts.

Intermediate Advanced Elite World-class 0255075100 4070100130160190 kg lifted →
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Percentile

4,619 judged squats, women, 87.5–92.5 kg

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

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The full table

PercentileLift (kg)Lift (lb)Band
10th81.7180Novice
20th95.0209Intermediate
25th100.0220Intermediate
30th105.0231Intermediate
40th112.5248Intermediate
50th120.0265Advanced
60th127.5281Advanced
70th137.5303Advanced
75th142.5314Advanced
80th147.5325Elite
90th165.0364Elite
95th177.5391World-class
99th205.0452World-class

Novice

0–20

Bottom fifth of the platform

Intermediate

20–50

Below the median competitor

Advanced

50–80

Above the median competitor

Elite

80–95

Top fifth of the platform

World-class

95–100

Top 5% of everyone who has competed

By age

Masters lifters compete in their own divisions, and the data shows why. Age here is age at the meet.

AgeMedian80th95thLifters
14-1790.0112.5138.07,959
18-19105.0127.5155.05,374
20-23112.5137.5165.017,690
24-34115.0142.5172.540,474
35-39112.5140.0170.08,538
40-44110.0135.0165.06,085
45-49102.5127.5155.03,745
50-5495.0120.0150.02,558
55-5990.0112.5140.01,363
60-6977.5100.0125.01,451

Age bands pool every bodyweight, so they answer "how does age move the number", not "what should a 45-year-old at this exact weight lift".

As a multiple of bodyweight

Percentile× bodyweight
25th1.10×
50th1.30×
75th1.60×
90th1.80×
95th2.00×
99th2.30×

The "2× bodyweight bench" style of goal, measured against people who actually did it in competition.

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

Auckland real-estate agent and marketer. Builds free, sourced data tools.