Strength standards
Pick a lift. Every page gives the full percentile curve for your sex and bodyweight, from judged competition results.
Squat
Squat percentiles for 19 men's and 19 women's bodyweight classes.
Open →Bench press
Bench press percentiles for 19 men's and 19 women's bodyweight classes.
Open →Deadlift
Deadlift percentiles for 19 men's and 19 women's bodyweight classes.
Open →Powerlifting total
Powerlifting total percentiles for 19 men's and 19 women's bodyweight classes.
Open →How to read a percentile
If your bench press is at the 70th percentile, 70 of every 100 people who have benched in competition at your bodyweight lifted less than you, and 30 lifted more. It is a ranking against a real, named population — not a score out of ten.
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.
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