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Deadlift World Record Progressions

The chronological story of the raw deadlift record in the six classes where it carries the most weight. Each panel lists every lift that set a new all-time best in tested competition, with how long the prior record stood and who broke it. Use the selector further down for other classes and divisions.

Heaviest men's class on this page
417.5 kg921 lb
Mikhail Koklyaev · Men's 120+ kg
Heaviest women's class on this page
290.0 kg640 lb
Natalie Laalaai · Women's 84+ kg
Most-broken since 2015
Women's 84+ kg
17 new records in eleven years
Longest-standing current record
Men's 120+ kg
Stood 13 yr, since 2012-12-15

Six classes at a glance

A compact view of every record's trajectory. Each sparkline shows the value of the record over time within its class. Click a card to jump to that class's full progression below.

Men's Raw Deadlift Progressions

120 kg Men's Raw Deadlift Record Progression

The 120 kg tested raw deadlift record has been broken 8 times in the past ten years, the most recent in December 2025, 6 months ago. The record the current mark replaced had stood 1 month.

Current record
408.5 kg901 lb
Holder
Nonso Chinye
Since
2025-12-05
Longest-held
Tuomas Hautala (5.7y)
  1. 2025-12-05 Nonso Chinye 408.5 kg901 lb current
  2. 2025-12-02 Etienne El Chaer 401.0 kg884 lb 3 days
  3. 2025-03-18 Nonso Chinye 400.0 kg882 lb 259 days
  4. 2024-06-15 Etienne El Chaer 396.0 kg873 lb 276 days
  5. 2023-12-04 Inderraj Singh Dhillon 395.5 kg872 lb 194 days
View all 22 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2010-11-28 Julian Rossi 220.0 kg485 lb 0 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
02 2010-11-28 Noah Hannibal 235.0 kg518 lb 0 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
03 2010-11-28 Laurence Scott 237.5 kg524 lb 6 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
04 2010-12-04 Paul MacManus 250.0 kg551 lb 72 days PA · Matti Tikka Challenge
05 2011-02-14 Mikhail Chernov 292.5 kg645 lb 0 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
06 2011-02-14 Vasiliy Omelchenko 300.0 kg662 lb 18 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
07 2011-03-04 Phillip Wylie 305.0 kg673 lb 85 days USAPL · Raw Challenge
08 2011-05-28 Igor Korolkov 320.0 kg706 lb 50 days FPR · Moscow Oblast Classic Powerlifting Cup
09 2011-07-17 Michael Sinclair 347.5 kg766 lb 188 days CPU · Ottawa Classic and Open
10 2012-01-21 Michael Sinclair 352.5 kg777 lb 41 days CPU · Ontario Provincial Championship
11 2012-03-02 Michael Tuchscherer 355.0 kg783 lb 32 days NAPF · Raw Challenge
12 2012-04-03 Maxim Podtynnyy 375.0 kg827 lb 356 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2013-03-25 Maxim Podtynnyy 376.0 kg829 lb 2.7 years FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
14 2015-11-28 Tuomas Hautala 380.0 kg838 lb 5.7 years SVNL · Nuorten klassisen voimanoston SM-kisat
15 2021-08-17 Bryce Krawczyk 385.0 kg849 lb 37 days NAPF · Pan-American Championships
16 2021-09-23 Bryce Krawczyk 385.5 kg850 lb 160 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
17 2022-03-02 Konstantin Musaev 390.0 kg860 lb 1.8 years FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
18 2023-12-04 Inderraj Singh Dhillon 395.5 kg872 lb 194 days EPF · European Open Classic Powerlifting Championships
19 2024-06-15 Etienne El Chaer 396.0 kg873 lb 276 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
20 2025-03-18 Nonso Chinye 400.0 kg882 lb 259 days EPF · European Open Classic Powerlifting Championship
21 2025-12-02 Etienne El Chaer 401.0 kg884 lb 3 days AsianPF · Asian Masters & Open Powerlifting Championships
22 2025-12-05 Nonso Chinye 408.5 kg901 lb current BP · SBD British Open Classic Powerlifting Championships

120+ kg Men's Raw Deadlift Record Progression

The 120+ kg tested raw deadlift record was last broken in December 2012, 13 years ago. The record the current mark replaced had stood 7 months.

Current record
417.5 kg921 lb
Holder
Mikhail Koklyaev
Since
2012-12-15
Longest-held
Beau Moore (1.2y)
  1. 2012-12-15 Mikhail Koklyaev 417.5 kg921 lb current
  2. 2012-05-24 Maxim Podtynnyy 365.0 kg805 lb 205 days
  3. 2011-03-05 Beau Moore 350.0 kg772 lb 1.2 years
  4. 2011-02-14 Artem Kovalchuk 335.0 kg739 lb 19 days
  5. 2011-02-06 Terry O'Neill 250.0 kg551 lb 8 days
View all 7 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2011-01-15 Jan Helge Rustan 150.0 kg331 lb 7 days NSF · Åpent stevne
02 2011-01-22 Olav H. Trondal 230.0 kg507 lb 15 days NSF · Finnmarkmesterskapet
03 2011-02-06 Terry O'Neill 250.0 kg551 lb 8 days EPA · East Midlands Classic Powerlifting Championships
04 2011-02-14 Artem Kovalchuk 335.0 kg739 lb 19 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
05 2011-03-05 Beau Moore 350.0 kg772 lb 1.2 years NAPF · Brown's Gym Pro Invitational
06 2012-05-24 Maxim Podtynnyy 365.0 kg805 lb 205 days FPR · North Cup
07 2012-12-15 Mikhail Koklyaev 417.5 kg921 lb current FPR · Chelyabinsk Oblast Powerlifting Championships

93 kg Men's Raw Deadlift Record Progression

The 93 kg tested raw deadlift record has been broken 2 times in the past ten years, the most recent in April 2022, 4 years ago. Krzysztof Wierzbicki has set it more often than anyone else here, 4 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 3 years.

Current record
383.0 kg845 lb
Holder
Chance Mitchell
Since
2022-04-01
Longest-held
Jim Poinsett (13y)
  1. 2022-04-01 Chance Mitchell 383.0 kg845 lb current
  2. 2019-09-07 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 375.0 kg827 lb 2.6 years
  3. 2014-06-01 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 372.5 kg821 lb 5.3 years
  4. 2013-06-11 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 355.0 kg783 lb 355 days
  5. 2013-03-25 Yuriy Arkhipov 340.0 kg750 lb 78 days
View all 16 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 1997-01-18 Brian Stipes 152.5 kg336 lb 0 days NASA · Oklahoma State
02 1997-01-18 Mitch Allen 197.5 kg436 lb 49 days NASA · Oklahoma State
03 1997-03-08 Berendan Butts 200.0 kg441 lb 29 days NASA · Iowa State
04 1997-04-06 Joe Benson 205.0 kg452 lb 20 days NASA · Wisconsin State
05 1997-04-26 Todd Redman 235.0 kg518 lb 15 days NASA · Ohio State
06 1997-05-11 Jim Sabonis 272.5 kg601 lb 1.5 years NASA · Power Sports Nationals Championships
07 1998-11-06 Jim Poinsett 300.0 kg662 lb 13 years WNPF · Worlds
08 2011-09-28 Ivan Dmitriev 315.5 kg696 lb 93 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Cup
09 2011-12-30 Erik Gunhamn 325.0 kg717 lb 165 days SSF · SM Klassisk SL
10 2012-06-12 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 330.0 kg728 lb 262 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Cup
11 2013-03-01 Eli Burks 335.0 kg739 lb 24 days NAPF · Raw Challenge
12 2013-03-25 Yuriy Arkhipov 340.0 kg750 lb 78 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2013-06-11 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 355.0 kg783 lb 355 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
14 2014-06-01 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 372.5 kg821 lb 5.3 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
15 2019-09-07 Krzysztof Wierzbicki 375.0 kg827 lb 2.6 years PZKFiTS · Polish Classic Powerlifting Cup
16 2022-04-01 Chance Mitchell 383.0 kg845 lb current AMP · Classic Open Nationals Presented by SBD

Women's Raw Deadlift Progressions

84 kg Women's Raw Deadlift Record Progression

The 84 kg tested raw deadlift record has been broken 8 times in the past ten years, the most recent in June 2025, 12 months ago. Amanda Lawrence has set it more often than anyone else here, 5 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 7 months.

Current record
269.5 kg594 lb
Holder
Ziana Azariah
Since
2025-06-08
Longest-held
Natalya Kuzmina (5.5y)
  1. 2025-06-08 Ziana Azariah 269.5 kg594 lb current
  2. 2024-11-21 Ziana Azariah 265.0 kg584 lb 199 days
  3. 2024-03-12 Erholove Izobodo-John 263.0 kg580 lb 254 days
  4. 2021-09-23 Amanda Lawrence 260.5 kg575 lb 2.5 years
  5. 2020-11-21 Amanda Lawrence 260.0 kg573 lb 306 days
View all 13 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2011-02-06 Jackie Blasbery 170.0 kg375 lb 8 days EPA · East Midlands Classic Powerlifting Championships
02 2011-02-14 Madina Mstieva 175.0 kg386 lb 103 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
03 2011-05-28 Olga Tikhomirova 190.0 kg419 lb 123 days FPR · Moscow Oblast Classic Powerlifting Cup
04 2011-09-28 Evgeniya Dukacheva 210.0 kg463 lb 1.6 years FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Cup
05 2013-04-25 Natalya Kuzmina 240.0 kg529 lb 5.5 years KPF · Kazakhstan Classic Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships
06 2018-10-11 Amanda Lawrence 245.0 kg540 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
07 2019-03-02 Amanda Lawrence 246.0 kg543 lb 94 days USAPL · Arnold SBD Grand Prix
08 2019-06-04 Amanda Lawrence 252.5 kg557 lb 1.5 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
09 2020-11-21 Amanda Lawrence 260.0 kg573 lb 306 days USAPL · Gainsgiving Open
10 2021-09-23 Amanda Lawrence 260.5 kg575 lb 2.5 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
11 2024-03-12 Erholove Izobodo-John 263.0 kg580 lb 254 days EPF · European Open Classic Powerlifting Championships
12 2024-11-21 Ziana Azariah 265.0 kg584 lb 199 days BP · British Open Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2025-06-08 Ziana Azariah 269.5 kg594 lb current IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships

84+ kg Women's Raw Deadlift Record Progression

The 84+ kg tested raw deadlift record has been broken 16 times in the past ten years, the most recent in November 2025, 6 months ago. Natalie Laalaai has set it more often than anyone else here, 6 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 5 months.

Current record
290.0 kg640 lb
Holder
Natalie Laalaai
Since
2025-11-22
Longest-held
Sarah Brenner (3.5y)
  1. 2025-11-22 Natalie Laalaai 290.0 kg640 lb current
  2. 2025-06-08 Natalie Laalaai 285.5 kg630 lb 167 days
  3. 2025-02-21 Natalie Laalaai 283.0 kg624 lb 107 days
  4. 2024-09-14 Brittany Schlater 273.5 kg603 lb 160 days
  5. 2024-06-15 Natalie Laalaai 273.0 kg602 lb 91 days
View all 24 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2010-11-28 Katie Tushuizen 122.5 kg270 lb 77 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
02 2011-02-13 Katie Tushuizen 135.0 kg298 lb 1 days PA · Melbourne Summer Bash
03 2011-02-14 Elena Gostkina 145.0 kg320 lb 18 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
04 2011-03-04 Monica Augustine 190.0 kg419 lb 235 days USAPL · Raw Challenge
05 2011-10-25 Irina Yaroshenko 205.0 kg452 lb 159 days FPR · Russian Universities Powerlifting Championships
06 2012-04-01 Sonia Manaena 235.5 kg519 lb 1.1 years PA · Raw Pacific Invitational
07 2013-04-27 Sonia Manaena 236.0 kg521 lb 2.5 years NZPF · Southern Weightlifting Provincial Powerlifting Championships
08 2015-10-09 Matile Sitagata 237.5 kg524 lb 254 days OceaniaPF · Pacific Games
09 2016-06-19 LeeAnn Hewitt 238.0 kg525 lb 257 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
10 2017-03-03 Sarah Brenner 240.0 kg529 lb 364 days NAPF · Arnold A7 Bar Grip Pro Raw Challenge
11 2018-03-02 Bonica Brown 246.5 kg544 lb 96 days USAPL · The Arnold A7 Bar Grip Pro Raw Challenge
12 2018-06-06 Bonica Brown 247.0 kg545 lb 45 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2018-07-21 Bonica Brown 250.0 kg551 lb 82 days USAPL · 5 Bar Showdown
14 2018-10-11 Sarah Brenner 250.5 kg553 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
15 2019-03-02 Sarah Brenner 251.0 kg554 lb 157 days USAPL · Arnold SBD Pro American
16 2019-08-06 Sarah Brenner 257.5 kg568 lb 71 days NAPF · Pan-American Powerlifting Championships
17 2019-10-16 Sarah Brenner 260.0 kg573 lb 3.5 years USAPL · Raw Nationals
18 2023-04-01 Natalie Laalaai 270.0 kg595 lb 245 days APU · The Night of Champions
19 2023-12-02 Natalie Laalaai 272.5 kg601 lb 196 days APU · WA State Classic Powerlifting Championships
20 2024-06-15 Natalie Laalaai 273.0 kg602 lb 91 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
21 2024-09-14 Brittany Schlater 273.5 kg603 lb 160 days CPU · Nationals
22 2025-02-21 Natalie Laalaai 283.0 kg624 lb 107 days APLA · Open Nationals
23 2025-06-08 Natalie Laalaai 285.5 kg630 lb 167 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
24 2025-11-22 Natalie Laalaai 290.0 kg640 lb current APLA · Grand Prix

63 kg Women's Raw Deadlift Record Progression

The 63 kg tested raw deadlift record has been broken 10 times in the past ten years, the most recent in November 2025, 6 months ago. The record the current mark replaced had stood 3 months.

Current record
241.0 kg532 lb
Holder
Betty Aborah
Since
2025-11-28
Longest-held
Kimberly Walford (5.0y)
  1. 2025-11-28 Betty Aborah 241.0 kg532 lb current
  2. 2025-08-25 Betty Aborah 236.0 kg521 lb 95 days
  3. 2024-10-05 Betty Aborah 233.0 kg514 lb 324 days
  4. 2023-11-26 Joy Nnamani 232.5 kg513 lb 314 days
  5. 2022-09-23 Prescillia Bavoil 231.0 kg510 lb 1.2 years
View all 24 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 1997-03-29 Carrie Cole 70.0 kg155 lb 1.9 years NASA · Virginia State
02 1999-03-08 Hollingsworth 92.5 kg204 lb 173 days WNPF · South Carolina Natural
03 1999-08-28 Beth Bushmire 97.5 kg215 lb 1.0 years WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
04 2000-09-01 Gina Smith 110.0 kg243 lb 50 days WDFPF · World Bench Press & Deadlift Championships
05 2000-10-21 Nathalie Goodson 125.0 kg276 lb 0 days WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
06 2000-10-21 Lynn Deacon 132.5 kg292 lb 0 days WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
07 2000-10-21 Helen Kostadinos 145.0 kg320 lb 4.1 years WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
08 2004-11-20 Concetta Esposito 157.5 kg347 lb 188 days WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
09 2005-05-27 Esposito Concetta 160.0 kg353 lb 3.1 years WDFPF · European Single Event Championships
10 2008-06-21 Jordana Freemantle 170.0 kg375 lb 2.7 years WDFPF · European Powerlifting Championships
11 2011-03-04 Jennifer Thompson 185.5 kg409 lb 364 days USAPL · Raw Challenge
12 2012-03-02 Jennifer Thompson 195.0 kg430 lb 102 days NAPF · Raw Challenge
13 2012-06-12 Kimberly Walford 220.5 kg486 lb 364 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Cup
14 2013-06-11 Kimberly Walford 221.0 kg487 lb 5.0 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
15 2018-06-06 Samantha Calhoun 221.5 kg489 lb 127 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
16 2018-10-11 Samantha Calhoun 225.5 kg497 lb 1.0 years USAPL · Raw Nationals
17 2019-10-16 Samantha Calhoun 226.0 kg498 lb 1.7 years USAPL · Raw Nationals
18 2021-06-19 Jordanne Panton 227.5 kg502 lb 96 days USAPL · Europa Dallas Showdown
19 2021-09-23 Prescillia Bavoil 230.5 kg508 lb 1.0 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
20 2022-09-23 Prescillia Bavoil 231.0 kg510 lb 1.2 years IPF · Arnold Sports Festival
21 2023-11-26 Joy Nnamani 232.5 kg513 lb 314 days BP · British Selections Competition
22 2024-10-05 Betty Aborah 233.0 kg514 lb 324 days EPF · European Classic Sub-junior and Junior Powerlifting Championships
23 2025-08-25 Betty Aborah 236.0 kg521 lb 95 days IPF · World Junior and Sub-Juniors Powerlifting Championships
24 2025-11-28 Betty Aborah 241.0 kg532 lb current EPF · European Juniors and Sub-Juniors Classic Championships

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How these progressions are built

Each panel shows every lift that set a new all-time best in tested federations for that sex, equipment, and weight class. A row appears only when its value exceeds every prior recorded value in the same category. The OpenPowerlifting dataset is densest from about 2010 onward, so the earliest entries in any class reflect when reliable coverage began rather than the all-time-first attempt. "Days held" measures the gap between successive record-setting meets.

Records are computed from the OpenPowerlifting public-domain dataset and represent the highest qualifying lift on file for each (federation, sex, equipment, weight class, age class, tested) combination. State records are scoped by the lifter's registered state of residence (matching USAPL/PA/USPA rules), not by meet location; coverage depends on the federation — USAPL and USPA report lifter state for 87–97% of entries, while some smaller feds report it rarely. Records may differ from a federation's official record book. Read more about how these records are computed.