Bench press standards for a 120 kg+ super-heavyweight man

OpenPowerlifting records a median bench press of 160 kg (355 lb) across 8,501 raw male meet results in the 120 kg+ class.

How a 120 kg+ man ranks in raw meet results OpenPowerlifting

This field contains 8,501 raw meet results in the 120 kg+ open class (over 120 kg / 265 lb). Percentiles describe recorded entries, not the general population, and repeat competitors may contribute more than one result.

At 120 kg+ (265 lb+) super-heavyweight, within the recorded meet results the top 10% reach 215 kg (475 lb), 55 kg (120 lb) above the median 160 kg (355 lb); the top 1% reach 257.5 kg (570 lb), a further 42.5 kg (95 lb) on top. Based on 8,501 raw meet results in this class.

The 120 kg+ class in the data what makes it different

Of the 107,887 raw men's bench press entries behind these standards, 8,501 — about 7.9% — come from the 120 kg+ class. As the open class it has no upper weight limit, so it collects the field's heaviest entries and its biggest absolute numbers.

Stepping up from the 120 kg class raises the median bench press by 7.5 kg (15 lb) (+5%).

Taken at the 120 kg class floor — every open-class entry weighs at least that — the median works out to at most 1.33× bodyweight, against 1.52× in the 66 kg class: the flip side of carrying the field's biggest absolute numbers.

The median 120 kg+ man in this dataset squats 238.1 kg, benches 160 kg, and deadlifts 250 kg — a bench-to-squat ratio of 0.67 and a squat-to-deadlift ratio of 0.95. Compare your own three lifts against those ratios — the one that falls furthest off the pattern is normally the one to prioritise.

The classic milestones read differently in every class: here a 405 lb bench press sits at roughly the 70th percentile (stronger than 70% of meet-result entries), and a 315 lb bench press sits at roughly the 36th percentile (stronger than 36% of meet-result entries).

Competition bench is paused on the chest. García-Ramos, Janicijevic and Jukic (2021, Sports Health) compared touch-and-go with concentric-only bench in 113 adults (PMID 33541232); this is not a universal conversion to competition-paused bench. Compare results performed with consistent technique. These standards are raw (no bench shirt). Strength scales sub-linearly with bodyweight — heavier lifters lift more in absolute terms but less per kilo of bodyweight — Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999 (PMID 10613442) — so the most honest read of "is this good" is your percentile at your bodyweight, not the raw kilos.

FAQ

What is a good raw bench press for a 120 kg+ (265 lb+) man?

In raw meet results in the open class the median recorded bench press is 160 kg (355 lb), the top 10% reach 215 kg (475 lb), and the top 1% 257.5 kg (570 lb). Source: OpenPowerlifting public competition meet data (CC0), dataset date 2026-05-10; this cell contains 8,501 meet results.

What bench press puts me in the top 1% in the 120 kg+ class?

The 99th-percentile raw meet result for a 120 kg+ (265 lb+) man is 257.5 kg (570 lb). The top-5% threshold starts at 230 kg (505 lb).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from OpenPowerlifting meet results (CC0 public dataset, dataset date 2026-05-10) for raw entries at this exact sex and bodyweight class. This cell contains 8,501 meet results; n is an entry count, not a unique-person count.

Why does the 120 kg+ open class read differently from the numbered classes?

It has no upper bodyweight limit, so it pools every meet entry above 120 kg bodyweight. Absolute numbers are the biggest in the field (median 160 kg (355 lb), top 1% 257.5 kg (570 lb)), while strength per kilo of bodyweight is the lowest — both are expected when the class collects the heaviest entries.

Figures: OpenPowerlifting (public competition meet data (CC0), dataset date 2026-05-10). Cell n is a meet-result count, not a unique-person count. Full method at /method. Check your own lift on the percentile calculator.