What is a good deadlift for a man?

In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 83 kg (183 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded deadlift is 220 kg (485 lb), the top 10% reach 270 kg (595 lb), and the top 1% 312.5 kg (690 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.

At what bodyweight do men deadlift the most?

In absolute terms the 120 kg+ open class (every entry above 120 kg bodyweight), with a median of 250 kg (550 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 66 kg class holds the men's per-kilo peak at 2.80× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.

How does age change a deadlift standard for men?

At the 83 kg reference class the median recorded deadlift is 232.5 kg (515 lb) at age 25 and 183.8 kg (405 lb) at age 60. The exact-age table above tracks the full curve for five male classes.

Deadlift standards for men

What do men deadlift in raw competition? Across 96,871 raw male OpenPowerlifting meet results, the median recorded deadlift climbs from 105 kg (230 lb) in the 53 kg class to 250 kg (550 lb) in the 120 kg+ open class. Every table on this page is men-only, by bodyweight and by exact competition age, in kg and lb.

Updated 2026-09-07 · OpenPowerlifting meet-result data

OpenPowerlifting records a median deadlift of 220 kg (485 lb) for 83 kg men across 19,772 raw meet results.

Deadlift by bodyweight — men's raw meet results OpenPowerlifting

Each row is one male IPF bodyweight class; the columns move from the median recorded result to the top 1%. Click a bodyweight for that class's full detail page. n across these male cells is 96,871 meet results — entry counts, not unique people.

Bodyweight	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
53 kg	105230 lb	137.5305 lb	167.5370 lb	182.5400 lb	201.3445 lb
59 kg	160355 lb	192.5425 lb	215475 lb	230505 lb	252.5555 lb
66 kg	185410 lb	212.5470 lb	235520 lb	250550 lb	280615 lb
74 kg	200440 lb	227.5500 lb	250550 lb	265585 lb	292.5645 lb
83 kg	220485 lb	245540 lb	270595 lb	285630 lb	312.5690 lb
93 kg	230505 lb	260575 lb	282.5625 lb	300660 lb	330730 lb
105 kg	240530 lb	270595 lb	300660 lb	312.5690 lb	342.5755 lb
120 kg	250550 lb	280615 lb	307.5680 lb	325715 lb	357.5790 lb
120 kg+	250550 lb	285630 lb	315695 lb	332.5735 lb	370815 lb

Median deadlift by age — men exact competition ages

The recorded median at twelve exact competition ages for five male classes, from 8,066 age-exact raw meet results. A dash is a cell below 30 meet results — it fails closed rather than publishing noise.

Age	66 kg 146 lb	74 kg 163 lb	83 kg 183 lb	93 kg 205 lb	105 kg 231 lb
18	190420 lb	205450 lb	215475 lb	227.5500 lb	226.1500 lb
20	201.3445 lb	205450 lb	227.5500 lb	235520 lb	245540 lb
25	207.5455 lb	220485 lb	232.5515 lb	245540 lb	257.5570 lb
30	207.5455 lb	217.5480 lb	245540 lb	242.5535 lb	255560 lb
35	206.3455 lb	216.3475 lb	235520 lb	231.3510 lb	254.9560 lb
40	—	200440 lb	217.5480 lb	244540 lb	250550 lb
45	—	—	212.5470 lb	230505 lb	237.5525 lb
50	—	—	205450 lb	220485 lb	227.5500 lb
55	—	—	197.5435 lb	220485 lb	216.3475 lb
60	—	—	183.8405 lb	200440 lb	218.8480 lb
65	—	—	215475 lb	182.5400 lb	—
70	—	—	175385 lb	—	—

Bodyweight changes the read per-kilo view

In these men's cells the per-kilo median peaks at 2.80× bodyweight in the 66 kg class and falls to at most 2.08× in the 120 kg+ open class (taken at the class floor — open-class entries weigh more, so their true ratio is lower still). Heavier classes lift the biggest absolute loads at the lowest relative strength. Compare yourself inside your own class, or let the percentile calculator normalise sex, age, bodyweight, and equipment at once.

These are dead-stop pulls; raw competition allows both conventional and sumo stance on the same scoreboard, so the standard pools them. Dead-stop is the meet standard — touch-and-go reps use the stretch reflex off the floor and read higher than a competition pull. Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999 is why the deadlift standard climbs with bodyweight while strength-per-kilo falls (PMID 10613442).

FAQ

What is a good deadlift for a man?: In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 83 kg (183 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded deadlift is 220 kg (485 lb), the top 10% reach 270 kg (595 lb), and the top 1% 312.5 kg (690 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.
At what bodyweight do men deadlift the most?: In absolute terms the 120 kg+ open class (every entry above 120 kg bodyweight), with a median of 250 kg (550 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 66 kg class holds the men's per-kilo peak at 2.80× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.
How does age change a deadlift standard for men?: At the 83 kg reference class the median recorded deadlift is 232.5 kg (515 lb) at age 25 and 183.8 kg (405 lb) at age 60. The exact-age table above tracks the full curve for five male classes.

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.