What is a good deadlift for a woman?

In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 63 kg (139 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded deadlift is 131.5 kg (290 lb), the top 10% reach 170 kg (375 lb), and the top 1% 202.5 kg (445 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.

At what bodyweight do women deadlift the most?

In absolute terms the 84 kg+ open class (every entry above 84 kg bodyweight), with a median of 145.2 kg (320 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 47 kg class holds the women's per-kilo peak at 2.23× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.

How does age change a deadlift standard for women?

At the 63 kg reference class the median recorded deadlift is 147.5 kg (325 lb) at age 25 and 130 kg (285 lb) at age 50. The exact-age table above tracks the full curve for five female classes.

Deadlift standards for women

These are the women's deadlift standards from raw meet results: 53,248 female OpenPowerlifting entries, with a recorded median of 131.5 kg (290 lb) at the 63 kg reference bodyweight and 145.2 kg (320 lb) in the 84 kg+ open class. The bodyweight and exact-age tables below cover only women's entries, in kg and lb.

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

OpenPowerlifting records a median deadlift of 131.5 kg (290 lb) for 63 kg women across 8,391 raw meet results.

Deadlift by bodyweight — women's raw meet results OpenPowerlifting

Each row is one female 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 female cells is 53,248 meet results — entry counts, not unique people.

Bodyweight	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
43 kg	75165 lb	93205 lb	112.5250 lb	122.5270 lb	139.7310 lb
47 kg	105230 lb	130285 lb	147.5325 lb	157.5345 lb	171375 lb
52 kg	115255 lb	135300 lb	155340 lb	165365 lb	182.5400 lb
57 kg	126280 lb	145320 lb	162.5360 lb	171375 lb	192.5425 lb
63 kg	131.5290 lb	152.5335 lb	170375 lb	182.5400 lb	202.5445 lb
69 kg	140310 lb	160355 lb	177.5390 lb	187.5415 lb	210465 lb
76 kg	142.5315 lb	165365 lb	185410 lb	197.5435 lb	220485 lb
84 kg	145320 lb	166.4365 lb	190420 lb	201.4445 lb	229.4505 lb
84 kg+	145.2320 lb	170375 lb	190420 lb	205450 lb	232.5515 lb

Median deadlift by age — women exact competition ages

The recorded median at twelve exact competition ages for five female classes, from 3,184 age-exact raw meet results. A dash is a cell below 30 meet results — it fails closed rather than publishing noise.

Age	52 kg 115 lb	57 kg 126 lb	63 kg 139 lb	69 kg 152 lb	76 kg 168 lb
18	120265 lb	120265 lb	130285 lb	140310 lb	142.5315 lb
20	122.5270 lb	130285 lb	140310 lb	142.5315 lb	145320 lb
25	137.5305 lb	137.5305 lb	147.5325 lb	147.5325 lb	157.5345 lb
30	132.5290 lb	135300 lb	147.5325 lb	150330 lb	157.5345 lb
35	110245 lb	138.8305 lb	130285 lb	145320 lb	146.3325 lb
40	—	125275 lb	142.5315 lb	141.5310 lb	142.5315 lb
45	—	118.8260 lb	125275 lb	165365 lb	137.5305 lb
50	—	—	130285 lb	145320 lb	140310 lb
55	—	—	—	148.8330 lb	130285 lb

Bodyweight changes the read per-kilo view

In these women's cells the per-kilo median peaks at 2.23× bodyweight in the 47 kg class and falls to at most 1.73× in the 84 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 woman?: In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 63 kg (139 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded deadlift is 131.5 kg (290 lb), the top 10% reach 170 kg (375 lb), and the top 1% 202.5 kg (445 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.
At what bodyweight do women deadlift the most?: In absolute terms the 84 kg+ open class (every entry above 84 kg bodyweight), with a median of 145.2 kg (320 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 47 kg class holds the women's per-kilo peak at 2.23× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.
How does age change a deadlift standard for women?: At the 63 kg reference class the median recorded deadlift is 147.5 kg (325 lb) at age 25 and 130 kg (285 lb) at age 50. The exact-age table above tracks the full curve for five female 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.