What is a good powerlifting total for a woman?

In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 63 kg (139 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded powerlifting total is 302.5 kg (665 lb), the top 10% reach 400 kg (880 lb), and the top 1% 472.5 kg (1040 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.

At what bodyweight do women total the most?

In absolute terms the 84 kg+ open class (every entry above 84 kg bodyweight), with a median of 345 kg (760 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 57 kg class holds the women's per-kilo peak at 5.04× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.

How does age change a powerlifting total standard for women?

At the 63 kg reference class the median recorded powerlifting total is 350 kg (770 lb) at age 25 and 292.5 kg (645 lb) at age 45. The exact-age table above tracks the full curve for five female classes.

Powerlifting total standards for women

These are the women's powerlifting total standards from raw meet results: 48,538 female OpenPowerlifting entries, with a recorded median of 302.5 kg (665 lb) at the 63 kg reference bodyweight and 345 kg (760 lb) in the 84 kg+ open class. The bodyweight and exact-age tables below cover only women's entries, in kg and lb.

Updated 2026-09-10 · OpenPowerlifting meet-result data

OpenPowerlifting records a median powerlifting total of 302.5 kg (665 lb) for 63 kg women across 7,706 raw meet results.

Powerlifting total 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 48,538 meet results — entry counts, not unique people.

Bodyweight	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
43 kg	167.5370 lb	205450 lb	245540 lb	280615 lb	305.2675 lb
47 kg	231.3510 lb	285.3630 lb	330730 lb	353.2780 lb	406.2895 lb
52 kg	256.3565 lb	307.5680 lb	353780 lb	378835 lb	420925 lb
57 kg	287.5635 lb	337.5745 lb	375825 lb	400880 lb	452.51000 lb
63 kg	302.5665 lb	352.5775 lb	400880 lb	425935 lb	472.51040 lb
69 kg	321710 lb	372.5820 lb	417.5920 lb	445980 lb	502.51110 lb
76 kg	332.5735 lb	385.5850 lb	440970 lb	4701035 lb	5271160 lb
84 kg	335740 lb	392.5865 lb	445980 lb	477.51055 lb	5451200 lb
84 kg+	345760 lb	407.5900 lb	4621020 lb	497.51095 lb	584.21290 lb

Median powerlifting total by age — women exact competition ages

The recorded median at twelve exact competition ages for five female classes, from 2,651 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	280615 lb	287.5635 lb	300.3660 lb	336.6740 lb	342.5755 lb
20	296655 lb	317.5700 lb	320705 lb	340750 lb	347.5765 lb
25	302.5665 lb	320705 lb	350770 lb	340750 lb	371820 lb
30	—	307.5680 lb	337.5745 lb	345760 lb	366.3810 lb
35	267.5590 lb	307.8680 lb	297.5655 lb	331.3730 lb	338.8745 lb
40	—	285630 lb	330730 lb	337.5745 lb	330730 lb
45	—	—	292.5645 lb	340750 lb	318.8705 lb
50	—	—	—	311.3685 lb	302.5665 lb

Bodyweight changes the read per-kilo view

In these women's cells the per-kilo median peaks at 5.04× bodyweight in the 57 kg class and falls to at most 4.11× 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.

The total is squat + bench + deadlift from a sanctioned raw full-power meet. Comparing totals across bodyweights isn't apples-to-apples — a heavier lifter totals more in absolute terms — so federations score across weight classes with coefficients (DOTS, IPF GoodLift). The percentile column here already normalises for bodyweight within each class.

FAQ

What is a good powerlifting total for a woman?: In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 63 kg (139 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded powerlifting total is 302.5 kg (665 lb), the top 10% reach 400 kg (880 lb), and the top 1% 472.5 kg (1040 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.
At what bodyweight do women total the most?: In absolute terms the 84 kg+ open class (every entry above 84 kg bodyweight), with a median of 345 kg (760 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 57 kg class holds the women's per-kilo peak at 5.04× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.
How does age change a powerlifting total standard for women?: At the 63 kg reference class the median recorded powerlifting total is 350 kg (770 lb) at age 25 and 292.5 kg (645 lb) at age 45. 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.