What is a good squat for a man?

In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 83 kg (183 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded squat is 190 kg (420 lb), the top 10% reach 240 kg (530 lb), and the top 1% 280 kg (615 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.

At what bodyweight do men squat the most?

In absolute terms the 120 kg+ open class (every entry above 120 kg bodyweight), with a median of 238.1 kg (525 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 74 kg class holds the men's per-kilo peak at 2.36× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.

How does age change a squat standard for men?

At the 83 kg reference class the median recorded squat is 205 kg (450 lb) at age 25 and 157.5 kg (345 lb) at age 60. The exact-age table above tracks the full curve for five male classes.

Squat standards for men

What do men squat in raw competition? Across 87,749 raw male OpenPowerlifting meet results, the median recorded squat climbs from 82.5 kg (180 lb) in the 53 kg class to 238.1 kg (525 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 2026-09-10 · OpenPowerlifting meet-result data

OpenPowerlifting records a median squat of 190 kg (420 lb) for 83 kg men across 18,172 raw meet results.

Squat 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 87,749 meet results — entry counts, not unique people.

Bodyweight	Median	Top 25%	Top 10%	Top 5%	Top 1%
53 kg	82.5180 lb	110245 lb	140310 lb	150330 lb	181.7400 lb
59 kg	130285 lb	160355 lb	182.5400 lb	192.5425 lb	215475 lb
66 kg	155340 lb	180395 lb	202.5445 lb	215.5475 lb	240530 lb
74 kg	175385 lb	200440 lb	222.5490 lb	235520 lb	257.5570 lb
83 kg	190420 lb	217.5480 lb	240530 lb	255560 lb	280615 lb
93 kg	205450 lb	232.5515 lb	257.5570 lb	272.5600 lb	300660 lb
105 kg	217.5480 lb	247.5545 lb	275605 lb	290640 lb	320705 lb
120 kg	230505 lb	262.5580 lb	292.5645 lb	310685 lb	340750 lb
120 kg+	238.1525 lb	280615 lb	317.5700 lb	337.5745 lb	390860 lb

Median squat by age — men exact competition ages

The recorded median at twelve exact competition ages for five male classes, from 6,901 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	157.5345 lb	175385 lb	185410 lb	207.5455 lb	210465 lb
20	175385 lb	182.5400 lb	197.5435 lb	215475 lb	225495 lb
25	175385 lb	192.5425 lb	205450 lb	220485 lb	232.5515 lb
30	175385 lb	190420 lb	210465 lb	215475 lb	235520 lb
35	—	186410 lb	197.5435 lb	204.1450 lb	222.5490 lb
40	—	166.3365 lb	186.3410 lb	220485 lb	215475 lb
45	—	—	175385 lb	187.5415 lb	200440 lb
50	—	—	167.5370 lb	190420 lb	190420 lb
55	—	—	—	178.8395 lb	185410 lb
60	—	—	157.5345 lb	176.3390 lb	187.5415 lb

Bodyweight changes the read per-kilo view

In these men's cells the per-kilo median peaks at 2.36× bodyweight in the 74 kg class and falls to at most 1.98× 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 competition-depth back squats: the IPF Technical Rules require the hip crease to drop below the top of the knee. Compare against these standards using the same depth; there is no universal conversion from a high squat to a competition-depth squat. Vanderburgh & Batterham 1999 explains why the kilos rise with bodyweight while strength-per-kilo falls (PMID 10613442) — read the percentile, not just the absolute number.

FAQ

What is a good squat for a man?: In raw OpenPowerlifting meet results at the 83 kg (183 lb) reference bodyweight, the median recorded squat is 190 kg (420 lb), the top 10% reach 240 kg (530 lb), and the top 1% 280 kg (615 lb). Bodyweight shifts these numbers sharply, so read your own class in the table above.
At what bodyweight do men squat the most?: In absolute terms the 120 kg+ open class (every entry above 120 kg bodyweight), with a median of 238.1 kg (525 lb). Per kilo of bodyweight the order flips: the 74 kg class holds the men's per-kilo peak at 2.36× bodyweight, which is why cross-class comparison uses percentiles or coefficients rather than raw kilos.
How does age change a squat standard for men?: At the 83 kg reference class the median recorded squat is 205 kg (450 lb) at age 25 and 157.5 kg (345 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.