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Squat World Record Progressions

The chronological story of the raw squat 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
490.0 kg1081 lb
Ray Williams · Men's 120+ kg
Heaviest women's class on this page
318.0 kg701 lb
Sonita Muluh · Women's 84+ kg
Most-broken since 2015
Women's 63 kg
13 new records in eleven years
Longest-standing current record
Men's 120+ kg
Stood 7.2 yr, since 2019-03-02

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 Squat Progressions

120 kg Men's Raw Squat Record Progression

The 120 kg tested raw squat record has been broken 5 times in the past ten years, the most recent in March 2026, 3 months ago. Dennis Cornelius has set it more often than anyone else here, 4 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 7 years.

Current record
400.5 kg883 lb
Holder
Ashton Rouska
Since
2026-03-05
Longest-held
Dennis Cornelius (6.9y)
  1. 2026-03-05 Ashton Rouska 400.5 kg883 lb current
  2. 2019-04-06 Dennis Cornelius 387.5 kg855 lb 6.9 years
  3. 2017-06-14 Dennis Cornelius 386.0 kg851 lb 1.8 years
  4. 2017-03-04 Anthony Harris 378.5 kg835 lb 102 days
  5. 2016-06-19 Dennis Cornelius 378.0 kg834 lb 258 days
View all 18 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2010-11-28 Julian Rossi 182.5 kg403 lb 0 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
02 2010-11-28 Noah Hannibal 190.0 kg419 lb 0 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
03 2010-11-28 Laurence Scott 212.5 kg469 lb 6 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
04 2010-12-04 Paul MacManus 240.0 kg529 lb 72 days PA · Matti Tikka Challenge
05 2011-02-14 Mikhail Chernov 270.0 kg595 lb 0 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
06 2011-02-14 Vasiliy Omelchenko 302.5 kg667 lb 226 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
07 2011-09-28 Kamo Simonyan 330.0 kg728 lb 188 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Cup
08 2012-04-03 Aslambek Nuraliev 332.5 kg733 lb 0 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
09 2012-04-03 Kamo Simonyan 345.0 kg761 lb 70 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
10 2012-06-12 Mohamed Bouafia 350.0 kg772 lb 364 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Cup
11 2013-06-11 Mohamed Bouafia 356.0 kg785 lb 355 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
12 2014-06-01 Mohamed Bouafia 375.0 kg827 lb 1.8 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2016-03-05 Dennis Cornelius 376.0 kg829 lb 106 days NAPF · Arnolds Slingshot Pro American
14 2016-06-19 Dennis Cornelius 378.0 kg834 lb 258 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
15 2017-03-04 Anthony Harris 378.5 kg835 lb 102 days NAPF · Arnold Grand Prix
16 2017-06-14 Dennis Cornelius 386.0 kg851 lb 1.8 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
17 2019-04-06 Dennis Cornelius 387.5 kg855 lb 6.9 years USAPL · Georgia Spring Open
18 2026-03-05 Ashton Rouska 400.5 kg883 lb current AMP · Open Nationals

120+ kg Men's Raw Squat Record Progression

The 120+ kg tested raw squat record has been broken 5 times in the past ten years, the most recent in March 2019, 7 years ago. Ray Williams has set it more often than anyone else here, 10 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 12 months.

Current record
490.0 kg1081 lb
Holder
Ray Williams
Since
2019-03-02
Longest-held
Blaine Sumner (1.3y)
  1. 2019-03-02 Ray Williams 490.0 kg1081 lb current
  2. 2018-03-03 Ray Williams 485.0 kg1069 lb 364 days
  3. 2017-03-04 Ray Williams 477.5 kg1053 lb 364 days
  4. 2016-10-13 Ray Williams 456.0 kg1006 lb 142 days
  5. 2016-06-19 Ray Williams 438.0 kg966 lb 116 days
View all 16 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2011-01-15 Jan Helge Rustan 75.0 kg166 lb 7 days NSF · Åpent stevne
02 2011-01-22 Olav H. Trondal 200.0 kg441 lb 15 days NSF · Finnmarkmesterskapet
03 2011-02-06 Terry O'Neill 210.0 kg463 lb 8 days EPA · East Midlands Classic Powerlifting Championships
04 2011-02-14 Artem Kovalchuk 350.0 kg772 lb 1.1 years FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
05 2012-04-01 Blaine Sumner 400.0 kg882 lb 1.3 years PA · Raw Pacific Invitational
06 2013-07-19 Ray Williams 400.5 kg883 lb 260 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
07 2014-04-05 Ray Williams 410.0 kg904 lb 57 days PA · Raw Pacific Invitational
08 2014-06-01 Ray Williams 412.5 kg910 lb 139 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
09 2014-10-18 Jezza Uepa 413.0 kg911 lb 55 days PA · Pacific Challenge
10 2014-12-12 Ray Williams 422.5 kg932 lb 175 days USAPL · American Open
11 2015-06-05 Ray Williams 425.5 kg938 lb 1.0 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
12 2016-06-19 Ray Williams 438.0 kg966 lb 116 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2016-10-13 Ray Williams 456.0 kg1006 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
14 2017-03-04 Ray Williams 477.5 kg1053 lb 364 days NAPF · Arnold Slingshot Pro American
15 2018-03-03 Ray Williams 485.0 kg1069 lb 364 days USAPL · The Arnold SBD Pro American
16 2019-03-02 Ray Williams 490.0 kg1081 lb current USAPL · Arnold SBD Pro American

93 kg Men's Raw Squat Record Progression

The 93 kg tested raw squat record has been broken 7 times in the past ten years, the most recent in July 2025, 10 months ago. The record the current mark replaced had stood 4 months.

Current record
355.5 kg784 lb
Holder
Russel Orhii
Since
2025-07-27
Longest-held
Jesse Norris (7.9y)
  1. 2025-07-27 Russel Orhii 355.5 kg784 lb current
  2. 2025-04-03 Gavin Adin 346.5 kg764 lb 115 days
  3. 2025-02-21 Ilyes Bentalha 342.5 kg755 lb 41 days
  4. 2024-08-04 Gavin Adin 341.0 kg752 lb 201 days
  5. 2016-08-27 Jesse Norris 340.0 kg750 lb 7.9 years
View all 21 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2003-02-01 Rocky Artym 135.0 kg298 lb 42 days NASA · Power Sports Nationals
02 2003-03-15 Rocky Artym 137.5 kg303 lb 48 days NASA · Natural Nationals
03 2003-05-02 Todd Harwood 185.0 kg408 lb 78 days NASA · Kentucky State
04 2003-07-19 Daniel Smith 230.0 kg507 lb 7.6 years NASA · Grand Nationals
05 2011-02-14 Aleksey Shestakov 262.5 kg579 lb 226 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
06 2011-09-28 Ruslan Gasiev 265.0 kg584 lb 72 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Cup
07 2011-12-09 Khozh-Akhmed Eldarov 267.5 kg590 lb 49 days FPR · Southern & Northern Caucasus Powerlifting Championships
08 2012-01-27 Sergey Brazhnik 270.0 kg595 lb 67 days FPR · St. Petersburg Classic Powerlifting Сhampionships
09 2012-04-03 Khozh-Akhmed Eldarov 285.0 kg629 lb 356 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
10 2013-03-25 Yuriy Arkhipov 285.5 kg630 lb 1.2 years FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
11 2014-06-01 Stephen Manuel 290.0 kg640 lb 0 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
12 2014-06-01 Mykhaylo Bulanyy 300.0 kg662 lb 1.0 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2015-06-05 Layne Norton 303.0 kg668 lb 330 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
14 2016-04-30 Bronco Deiranauw 303.5 kg669 lb 50 days OceaniaPF · Pacific Invitational I
15 2016-06-19 Mykhaylo Bulanyy 305.0 kg673 lb 0 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
16 2016-06-19 David Ricks 310.0 kg684 lb 69 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
17 2016-08-27 Jesse Norris 340.0 kg750 lb 7.9 years USAPL · M'powered Raw Ruckus
18 2024-08-04 Gavin Adin 341.0 kg752 lb 201 days NAPF · 21st Annual North American Powerlifting Championships
19 2025-02-21 Ilyes Bentalha 342.5 kg755 lb 41 days FAPL · Championnat National de Powerlifting Developpe Couche Seniors / Veteran
20 2025-04-03 Gavin Adin 346.5 kg764 lb 115 days AMP · Classic Open Nationals
21 2025-07-27 Russel Orhii 355.5 kg784 lb current NAPF · Pan-American Powerlifting Championships

Women's Raw Squat Progressions

84 kg Women's Raw Squat Record Progression

The 84 kg tested raw squat record has been broken 6 times in the past ten years, the most recent in November 2020, 6 years ago. Amanda Lawrence has set it more often than anyone else here, 5 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 1 year.

Current record
256.0 kg565 lb
Holder
Amanda Lawrence
Since
2020-11-21
Longest-held
Natalya Kuzmina (5.5y)
  1. 2020-11-21 Amanda Lawrence 256.0 kg565 lb current
  2. 2019-10-16 Amanda Lawrence 250.5 kg553 lb 1.1 years
  3. 2019-06-04 Amanda Lawrence 243.0 kg536 lb 134 days
  4. 2019-03-02 Amanda Lawrence 240.0 kg529 lb 94 days
  5. 2018-10-11 Amanda Lawrence 238.5 kg526 lb 142 days
View all 14 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2011-02-06 Jackie Blasbery 130.0 kg287 lb 8 days EPA · East Midlands Classic Powerlifting Championships
02 2011-02-14 Madina Mstieva 160.0 kg353 lb 103 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
03 2011-05-28 Olga Tikhomirova 177.5 kg392 lb 182 days FPR · Moscow Oblast Classic Powerlifting Cup
04 2011-11-26 Rhaea Stinn 180.0 kg397 lb 129 days CPU · Western Canadian Championship
05 2012-04-03 Evgeniya Dukachyova 185.0 kg408 lb 70 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
06 2012-06-12 Evgeniya Dukachyova 190.0 kg419 lb 0 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Cup
07 2012-06-12 Ielja Strik 205.0 kg452 lb 317 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Cup
08 2013-04-25 Natalya Kuzmina 225.0 kg496 lb 5.5 years KPF · Kazakhstan Classic Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships
09 2018-10-11 Daniella Melo 227.5 kg502 lb 0 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
10 2018-10-11 Amanda Lawrence 238.5 kg526 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
11 2019-03-02 Amanda Lawrence 240.0 kg529 lb 94 days USAPL · Arnold SBD Grand Prix
12 2019-06-04 Amanda Lawrence 243.0 kg536 lb 134 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
13 2019-10-16 Amanda Lawrence 250.5 kg553 lb 1.1 years USAPL · Raw Nationals
14 2020-11-21 Amanda Lawrence 256.0 kg565 lb current USAPL · Gainsgiving Open

84+ kg Women's Raw Squat Record Progression

The 84+ kg tested raw squat record has been broken 7 times in the past ten years, the most recent in March 2025, 1 year ago. Bonica Brown has set it more often than anyone else here, 6 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 9 months.

Current record
318.0 kg701 lb
Holder
Sonita Muluh
Since
2025-03-18
Longest-held
Bonica Brown (3.7y)
  1. 2025-03-18 Sonita Muluh 318.0 kg701 lb current
  2. 2024-06-15 Sonita Muluh 311.0 kg686 lb 276 days
  3. 2024-04-12 Merrylynn Etelei 286.0 kg631 lb 64 days
  4. 2023-06-11 Sonita Muluh 285.5 kg630 lb 306 days
  5. 2023-06-11 Brittany Schlater 281.0 kg620 lb 0 days
View all 18 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 2010-11-28 Katie Tushuizen 87.5 kg193 lb 77 days PA · Victorian Extravaganza
02 2011-02-13 Katie Tushuizen 107.5 kg237 lb 1 days PA · Melbourne Summer Bash
03 2011-02-14 Elena Gostkina 150.0 kg331 lb 18 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
04 2011-03-04 Monica Augustine 185.0 kg408 lb 2.0 years USAPL · Raw Challenge
05 2013-03-01 Katariina Nokua 187.5 kg414 lb 102 days SVNL · Nuorten ja veteraanien voimanoston SM-kisat
06 2013-06-11 Fang-Yun Su 230.0 kg507 lb 355 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
07 2014-06-01 Fang-Yun Su 230.5 kg508 lb 46 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
08 2014-07-17 Bonica Brown 242.5 kg535 lb 232 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
09 2015-03-06 Bonica Brown 257.5 kg568 lb 223 days NAPF · Arnold - Raw Challenge
10 2015-10-15 Bonica Brown 265.0 kg584 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
11 2016-03-05 Bonica Brown 272.5 kg601 lb 1.6 years NAPF · Arnolds StartingStrength.com Pro Raw Challenge
12 2017-10-10 Bonica Brown 273.0 kg602 lb 3.7 years USAPL · Raw National Championships
13 2021-06-14 Bonica Brown 276.0 kg609 lb 2.0 years USAPL · Raw Nationals
14 2023-06-11 Brittany Schlater 281.0 kg620 lb 0 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
15 2023-06-11 Sonita Muluh 285.5 kg630 lb 306 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
16 2024-04-12 Merrylynn Etelei 286.0 kg631 lb 64 days NZPF · Auckland Powerlifting Championships
17 2024-06-15 Sonita Muluh 311.0 kg686 lb 276 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
18 2025-03-18 Sonita Muluh 318.0 kg701 lb current EPF · European Open Classic Powerlifting Championship

63 kg Women's Raw Squat Record Progression

The 63 kg tested raw squat record has been broken 13 times in the past ten years, the most recent in December 2025, 5 months ago. Prescillia Bavoil has set it more often than anyone else here, 5 times. The record the current mark replaced had stood 3 years.

Current record
214.5 kg473 lb
Holder
Prescillia Bavoil
Since
2025-12-17
Longest-held
Nathalie Goodson (7.7y)
  1. 2025-12-17 Prescillia Bavoil 214.5 kg473 lb current
  2. 2022-09-23 Prescillia Bavoil 213.0 kg470 lb 3.2 years
  3. 2021-02-13 Prescillia Bavoil 210.0 kg463 lb 1.6 years
  4. 2020-10-10 Carola Garra 195.0 kg430 lb 126 days
  5. 2019-11-29 Prescillia Bavoil 193.0 kg426 lb 316 days
View all 23 records in this class's timeline
# Date Lifter Load Days held Meet
01 1999-03-08 Hollingsworth 92.5 kg204 lb 173 days WNPF · South Carolina Natural
02 1999-08-28 Beth Bushmire 100.0 kg221 lb 1.1 years WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
03 2000-10-21 Nathalie Goodson 125.0 kg276 lb 7.7 years WDFPF · World Powerlifting Championships
04 2008-06-21 Jordana Freemantle 132.5 kg292 lb 2.7 years WDFPF · European Powerlifting Championships
05 2011-03-04 Jennifer Thompson 142.5 kg314 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Challenge
06 2011-07-24 Sara King 145.0 kg320 lb 27 days EPA · North Midlands Unequipped Championships
07 2011-08-20 Riitta Sundvall Liimatainen 150.0 kg331 lb 322 days SSF · SM Klassisk SL
08 2012-07-07 Sarah Edgar King 151.0 kg333 lb 261 days EPA · Greater London Unequipped Club Championships
09 2013-03-25 Inna Filimonova 170.0 kg375 lb 78 days FPR · Russian Classic Powerlifting Championships
10 2013-06-11 Inna Filimonova 177.5 kg392 lb 3.0 years IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
11 2016-06-19 Rosa Castro 178.0 kg393 lb 172 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
12 2016-12-08 Rosa Castro 182.5 kg403 lb 207 days FESUPO · Campeonato Sudamericano de Powerlifting Classic
13 2017-07-03 Rosa Castro 183.0 kg404 lb 231 days NAPF · Pan-American Powerlifting Championships
14 2018-02-19 Maria Htee 183.5 kg405 lb 12 days CPU · Canadian Championship
15 2018-03-03 Maria Htee 185.0 kg408 lb 222 days USAPL · The Arnold SBD Pro American
16 2018-10-11 Jennifer Millican 185.5 kg409 lb 142 days USAPL · Raw Nationals
17 2019-03-02 Meghan Scanlon 187.5 kg414 lb 94 days USAPL · Arnold SBD Grand Prix
18 2019-06-04 Prescillia Bavoil 188.0 kg415 lb 178 days IPF · World Classic Powerlifting Championships
19 2019-11-29 Prescillia Bavoil 193.0 kg426 lb 316 days EPF · European Classic Powerlifting Championships
20 2020-10-10 Carola Garra 195.0 kg430 lb 126 days FIPL · 3° Campionato Italiano Classic Femminile Senior
21 2021-02-13 Prescillia Bavoil 210.0 kg463 lb 1.6 years FFForce · Test Match Eleiko
22 2022-09-23 Prescillia Bavoil 213.0 kg470 lb 3.2 years IPF · Arnold Sports Festival
23 2025-12-17 Prescillia Bavoil 214.5 kg473 lb current FFForce · Championnats de France de Force Athlétique Open

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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.