State records · by lifter residency · 79,623 entries
California Powerlifting Records
California has 79,623 competition entries on file from 24,625 lifters registered in the state. Records are scoped by the lifter's state of residence at the time of the meet.
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Records aggregated across USPA , USA Powerlifting , WABDL , AAU , WRPF , and IPL , and 5 more.
California's heaviest total on file is Mark Bell's 1,180 kg (2,601.5 lb) at QUEST FOR ULTIMATE GLORY in 2011. IPL sanctions the most competitions here, accounting for 58% of all entries on file. Competition activity peaked in 2023, the busiest year on record with 8,494 entries.
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Class System
Equipment
Sex
Division
Tested
Total
| SHW | 1 | Jake Johns | 1012.5 kg2232 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| SHW | 2 | David Douglas | 1010.0 kg2227 lb | SPF | 2019 |
| SHW | 3 | Chad Wesley Smith | 1010.0 kg2227 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 308 | 1 | Kenneth Cooper | 1037.5 kg2288 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 308 | 2 | Lazaro Rodriguez Jr | 953.0 kg2101 lb | WRPF | 2022 |
| 308 | 3 | Antonio Marquez | 897.5 kg1979 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 275 | 1 | Andy Huang | 1007.5 kg2221 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 275 | 2 | Danny Grigsby | 953.5 kg2102 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 275 | 3 | Adam Garcia | 927.5 kg2045 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 242 | 1 | Keenan Lee | 958.5 kg2113 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 242 | 2 | Andrew Herbert | 957.5 kg2111 lb | SPF | 2018 |
| 242 | 3 | Tee Popoola | 952.5 kg2100 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 220 | 1 | John Haack | 1030.0 kg2271 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 2 | Chad Penson | 925.0 kg2040 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 220 | 3 | Jonathan Cayco | 919.5 kg2027 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Marco Galindo | 900.0 kg1984 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 198 | 2 | Parker Belle | 852.5 kg1880 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 198 | 3 | David Lomeli | 852.5 kg1880 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 1 | Chris Garcia | 830.0 kg1830 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 2 | Kyle De Leon | 822.5 kg1814 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 181 | 3 | Jon Gruden | 807.5 kg1780 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 165 | 1 | Keith Correa | 815.0 kg1797 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Jon Vaughn | 722.5 kg1593 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 165 | 3 | Oscar Hernandez | 712.5 kg1571 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 148 | 1 | Morgan Aquino Garcia | 715.0 kg1577 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 148 | 2 | Rodrigo Manzo | 675.0 kg1488 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 148 | 3 | Joel Valdez | 650.0 kg1433 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 132 | 1 | Ethan Carranza | 580.0 kg1279 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 132 | 2 | Kurt Navarro | 575.0 kg1268 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 132 | 3 | James McCabe | 567.5 kg1251 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 123 | 1 | Michael Gordiano | 485.0 kg1069 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 123 | 2 | Brandon Morales | 457.5 kg1009 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 123 | 3 | Steven Diep | 435.0 kg959 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 114 | 1 | Luis Sotelo | 482.5 kg1064 lb | USPA | 2025 |
Squat
| SHW | 1 | Brandon Rosete | 395.0 kg871 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| SHW | 2 | Michael Carter | 387.5 kg855 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| SHW | 3 | Chad Wesley Smith | 385.0 kg849 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 308 | 1 | John Cuevas | 365.0 kg805 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 308 | 2 | Lazaro Rodriguez Jr | 355.0 kg783 lb | WRPF | 2022 |
| 308 | 3 | Trevor Burgess | 342.5 kg755 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 275 | 1 | Andy Huang | 400.0 kg882 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 275 | 2 | Brenan LaSala | 350.0 kg772 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 275 | 3 | Keith Valeros | 350.0 kg772 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 242 | 1 | Andrew Herbert | 367.5 kg810 lb | USA-UA | 2019 |
| 242 | 2 | Dan Green | 365.0 kg805 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 242 | 3 | Keenan Lee | 360.0 kg794 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 220 | 1 | John Haack | 347.5 kg766 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 2 | Chad Penson | 342.5 kg755 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 220 | 3 | Xavier Romero | 337.5 kg744 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 198 | 1 | Marco Galindo | 330.0 kg728 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 198 | 2 | Cheng Saelee | 307.5 kg678 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 198 | 3 | Dennis Buckley | 305.0 kg673 lb | USPA | 2026 |
| 181 | 1 | Jon Gruden | 307.5 kg678 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 181 | 2 | Chris Garcia | 305.0 kg673 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 181 | 3 | Kevin Torres | 300.0 kg662 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Keith Correa | 272.5 kg601 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Jon Vaughn | 272.5 kg601 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 165 | 3 | Logan Goo | 267.5 kg590 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 148 | 1 | Morgan Aquino Garcia | 252.5 kg557 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 148 | 2 | Judd Arias | 235.0 kg518 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 148 | 3 | Rodrigo Manzo | 232.5 kg513 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 132 | 1 | James McCabe | 217.5 kg480 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 132 | 2 | Chris Yim | 208.0 kg459 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 132 | 3 | Christopher Castaneda | 197.5 kg436 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 123 | 1 | Michael Gordiano | 170.0 kg375 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 123 | 2 | Steven Diep | 150.0 kg331 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 123 | 3 | Alan Le | 147.5 kg325 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 114 | 1 | Luis Sotelo | 142.5 kg314 lb | USPA | 2025 |
Bench
| SHW | 1 | LeRoy Walker | 300.0 kg662 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| SHW | 2 | Farod-James Kee | 283.0 kg624 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| SHW | 3 | David Douglas | 277.5 kg612 lb | SPF | 2019 |
| 308 | 1 | Ryan DeWitt | 280.0 kg618 lb | AAU | 2011 |
| 308 | 2 | Kenneth Cooper | 267.5 kg590 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 308 | 3 | Darrion Jones | 255.0 kg562 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 275 | 1 | Adam Leidigh | 247.5 kg546 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 275 | 2 | Ermilo Arias | 245.0 kg540 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 275 | 3 | Brenan LaSala | 240.0 kg529 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 1 | Nick Terry | 260.0 kg573 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 242 | 2 | Kenneth Cook | 252.5 kg557 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 242 | 3 | Alec Lowi | 247.5 kg546 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 1 | John Haack | 272.5 kg601 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 2 | Jonathan Cayco | 252.0 kg556 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 220 | 3 | Chad Penson | 235.0 kg518 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 198 | 1 | David Lomeli | 237.5 kg524 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 198 | 2 | Matthew Yeung | 217.5 kg480 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 198 | 3 | Jesse Vazquez | 216.0 kg476 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 181 | 1 | Matthew Yeung | 210.0 kg463 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Kyle De Leon | 210.0 kg463 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 181 | 3 | Chris Garcia | 197.5 kg436 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 165 | 1 | Donnie Brown | 185.0 kg408 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 165 | 2 | Justin Ellis | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 165 | 3 | Nam Do | 182.5 kg403 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 148 | 1 | Morgan Aquino Garcia | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 148 | 2 | Robert Agsao Jr | 170.0 kg375 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 148 | 3 | Richard Navarra | 165.0 kg364 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 132 | 1 | Tuan Dinh | 145.0 kg320 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 132 | 2 | Ethan Carranza | 145.0 kg320 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 132 | 3 | Shorty Sadang | 142.5 kg314 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 123 | 1 | Michael Gordiano | 132.5 kg292 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 123 | 2 | Seyonn Chin | 122.5 kg270 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 123 | 3 | Brandon Morales | 110.0 kg243 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 114 | 1 | Luis Sotelo | 90.0 kg199 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 114 | 2 | Luis Ceron | 47.5 kg105 lb | USPA | 2026 |
Deadlift
| SHW | 1 | Jacob Tolentino | 377.5 kg832 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| SHW | 2 | Jake Johns | 375.0 kg827 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| SHW | 3 | Chad Wesley Smith | 367.5 kg810 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 308 | 1 | Kenneth Cooper | 435.0 kg959 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 308 | 2 | Lazaro Rodriguez Jr | 385.5 kg850 lb | WRPF | 2022 |
| 308 | 3 | Terrance McBride | 365.0 kg805 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 1 | Danny Grigsby | 423.5 kg934 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 275 | 2 | Andy Huang | 382.5 kg844 lb | WRPF | 2022 |
| 275 | 3 | Matthias Villegas | 380.0 kg838 lb | USPC | 2025 |
| 242 | 1 | Jeremy Avilla | 405.0 kg893 lb | USA-UA | 2018 |
| 242 | 2 | Andrew Herbert | 390.0 kg860 lb | SPF | 2018 |
| 242 | 3 | Dan Green | 372.5 kg821 lb | USPA | 2014 |
| 220 | 1 | John Haack | 410.0 kg904 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 2 | Oleksii Omelchenko | 390.0 kg860 lb | USPA | 2013 |
| 220 | 3 | Kai Zhao | 370.0 kg816 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Marco Galindo | 362.5 kg799 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 198 | 2 | Parker Belle | 345.0 kg761 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 198 | 3 | Chris Garcia | 335.0 kg739 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 181 | 1 | Yangsu Ren | 340.0 kg750 lb | USAPL | 2017 |
| 181 | 2 | Jimmy Villanueva | 332.5 kg733 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| 181 | 3 | Sean Miranda | 327.5 kg722 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 165 | 1 | Keith Correa | 365.0 kg805 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Colin Baroy | 320.0 kg706 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 165 | 3 | Jerome Muynila | 307.5 kg678 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 148 | 1 | Rodrigo Manzo | 300.0 kg662 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 148 | 2 | Kiet Trang | 282.5 kg623 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 148 | 3 | Morgan Aquino Garcia | 282.5 kg623 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 132 | 1 | Jesse Lanuevo | 272.5 kg601 lb | IPL | 2019 |
| 132 | 2 | Kurt Navarro | 262.5 kg579 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 132 | 3 | Travis Pinheiro | 252.5 kg557 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 123 | 1 | Alan Le | 202.5 kg447 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 123 | 2 | Brandon Morales | 200.0 kg441 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 123 | 3 | Michael Gordiano | 185.0 kg408 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 114 | 1 | Luis Sotelo | 250.0 kg551 lb | USPA | 2025 |
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