State records · by lifter residency · 27,601 entries
Pennsylvania Powerlifting Records
Pennsylvania has 27,601 competition entries on file from 9,529 lifters registered in the state. Records are scoped by the lifter's state of residence (per their federation registration), not by meet location, matching how USAPL, Powerlifting America, and USPA define state records.
Records aggregated across USA Powerlifting , USPA , RAW , AMP , RPS , and NPL , and 5 more.
The heaviest total on file here is Sean Willitts's 1,096 kg (2,416.5 lb) at Old Line Hoist in 2024. IPF sanctions the most competitions here, accounting for 32% of all entries on file. Competition activity peaked in 2024, the busiest year on record with 2,837 entries.
Total
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
| 123 | 1 | Rob Akers | 422.5 kg932 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 2 | Jason Judge | 402.5 kg888 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 132 | 1 | Dalton LaCoe | 587.5 kg1295 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 132 | 2 | Michael Kuhns | 565.0 kg1246 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 | 3 | Eric Smith | 547.5 kg1207 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 148 | 1 | Sean Sowney | 594.2 kg1310 lb | RPS | 2026 |
| 148 | 2 | Luke Ha | 585.0 kg1290 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Benjamin Weinberger | 567.5 kg1251 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Elijah Morrison | 729.0 kg1607 lb | USPC | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Albert Le | 695.0 kg1532 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 165 | 3 | Jared Caroff | 672.5 kg1483 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 181 | 1 | Sean Sullivan | 755.0 kg1665 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 2 | Matt Raymond | 740.0 kg1632 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | Kyle Moyer | 737.5 kg1626 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Maliek Derstine | 875.5 kg1930 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 | 2 | Damien Pezzuti | 800.0 kg1764 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 198 | 3 | Hung Mai | 772.5 kg1703 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 220 | 1 | Dwardly Edouard | 885.0 kg1951 lb | AMP | 2024 |
| 220 | 2 | Johnathon Idelson | 830.1 kg1830 lb | APF | 2020 |
| 220 | 3 | Kyle Miller | 825.0 kg1819 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 242 | 1 | Artur Meleshko | 912.5 kg2012 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 242 | 2 | Aaron Chapple | 882.5 kg1946 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 242 | 3 | Isaac Whistler | 860.0 kg1896 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 1045.0 kg2304 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 2 | Nick Forte | 970.0 kg2139 lb | USPC | 2026 |
| 275 | 3 | Brendan Todd | 962.5 kg2122 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 308 | 1 | Fernando Arias | 1082.5 kg2387 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 308 | 2 | Robert Knutsson | 973.0 kg2145 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| 308 | 3 | Brian Carter | 952.5 kg2100 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| SHW | 1 | Dustin Zachmann | 877.5 kg1935 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| SHW | 2 | Joshua Erickson | 847.5 kg1869 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| SHW | 3 | Jeremy Burroughs | 820.0 kg1808 lb | USPA | 2018 |
Squat
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
| 123 | 1 | Rob Akers | 145.0 kg320 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 2 | Jason Judge | 140.0 kg309 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 132 | 1 | Michael Kuhns | 245.0 kg540 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| 132 | 2 | Eric Smith | 192.5 kg425 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 132 | 3 | Dalton LaCoe | 192.5 kg425 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 148 | 1 | Thom Ferris | 207.5 kg458 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 148 | 2 | Luke Ha | 205.0 kg452 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Benjamin Weinberger | 205.0 kg452 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 165 | 1 | Elijah Morrison | 278.0 kg613 lb | USPC | 2023 |
| 165 | 2 | Albert Le | 260.0 kg573 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 165 | 3 | James Koenig | 247.5 kg546 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 181 | 1 | Sean Sullivan | 282.5 kg623 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 2 | Kyle Moyer | 277.5 kg612 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | Matt Raymond | 262.5 kg579 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Maliek Derstine | 353.0 kg778 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 | 2 | Damien Pezzuti | 302.5 kg667 lb | USPA | 2015 |
| 198 | 3 | Kwasi Amponsah | 292.5 kg645 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 220 | 1 | Johnathon Idelson | 331.1 kg730 lb | APF | 2020 |
| 220 | 2 | Dwardly Edouard | 325.0 kg717 lb | AMP | 2024 |
| 220 | 3 | Bryan Mackle | 317.5 kg700 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 242 | 1 | De'Metre Forney | 327.5 kg722 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 2 | Artur Meleshko | 327.5 kg722 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 242 | 3 | Jake Dunn | 322.5 kg711 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 422.5 kg932 lb | PLU | 2025 |
| 275 | 2 | Nick Forte | 365.0 kg805 lb | USPC | 2026 |
| 275 | 3 | Austin Forte | 365.0 kg805 lb | NPL | 2023 |
| 308 | 1 | Fernando Arias | 385.0 kg849 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 308 | 2 | Joe Jackson | 375.0 kg827 lb | WRPF | 2023 |
| 308 | 3 | Alejandro Wickham | 372.5 kg821 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| SHW | 1 | Joshua Erickson | 327.5 kg722 lb | USAPL | 2022 |
| SHW | 2 | Dustin Zachmann | 325.0 kg717 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| SHW | 3 | Tyler Wozniak | 305.0 kg673 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
Bench
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
| 123 | 1 | Rob Akers | 92.5 kg204 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 2 | Jason Judge | 75.0 kg166 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 3 | RJ Karl | 57.5 kg127 lb | RAW | 2015 |
| 132 | 1 | Brandon Rumbaugh | 160.0 kg353 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 132 | 2 | Dalton LaCoe | 135.0 kg298 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 132 | 3 | Devin Gloecki | 127.5 kg281 lb | RAW | 2017 |
| 148 | 1 | Patrick Breene | 160.0 kg353 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 148 | 2 | Douglas Maiorana | 147.5 kg325 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 148 | 3 | Michael Kuhns | 147.5 kg325 lb | ADAU | 2010 |
| 165 | 1 | Kyle Miller | 177.5 kg392 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 165 | 2 | Elijah Morrison | 172.0 kg379 lb | USPC | 2023 |
| 165 | 3 | Albert Le | 170.0 kg375 lb | USAPL | 2026 |
| 181 | 1 | Sean Sullivan | 187.5 kg414 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 181 | 2 | Bryan Wu | 182.5 kg403 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 181 | 3 | Tom Ferguson | 182.5 kg403 lb | WRPF | 2021 |
| 198 | 1 | Maliek Derstine | 245.0 kg540 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 198 | 2 | Mykhailo Zabrodin | 200.0 kg441 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 198 | 3 | Daniel Amon | 200.0 kg441 lb | USPA | 2017 |
| 220 | 1 | Andrew Carpenter | 217.5 kg480 lb | USPA | 2019 |
| 220 | 2 | Tim Lewis | 215.0 kg474 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 220 | 3 | Bob Zappolo | 215.0 kg474 lb | USPA | 2014 |
| 242 | 1 | Joseph Amendola | 254.0 kg560 lb | USAPL | 2019 |
| 242 | 2 | Aaron Chapple | 235.0 kg518 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 242 | 3 | Artur Meleshko | 230.0 kg507 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 252.5 kg557 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 275 | 2 | Nick Forte | 242.5 kg535 lb | NPL | 2023 |
| 275 | 3 | Brendan Todd | 240.0 kg529 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 308 | 1 | Ryan Barletto | 272.5 kg601 lb | IPL | 2018 |
| 308 | 2 | Chris DiSalvo | 260.0 kg573 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 308 | 3 | Fernando Arias | 252.5 kg557 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| SHW | 1 | Thomas Murray | 252.5 kg557 lb | USPA | 2014 |
| SHW | 2 | Andrew Green | 238.1 kg525 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| SHW | 3 | Jeremy Burroughs | 235.0 kg518 lb | USPA | 2018 |
Deadlift
| 114 | No records yet. | ||||
| 123 | 1 | Jason Judge | 190.0 kg419 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 123 | 2 | Rob Akers | 185.0 kg408 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 123 | 3 | RJ Karl | 104.5 kg231 lb | RAW | 2015 |
| 132 | 1 | Dalton LaCoe | 260.0 kg573 lb | AMP | 2023 |
| 132 | 2 | Eric Smith | 240.0 kg529 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 132 | 3 | Terrence Soler | 200.0 kg441 lb | USAPL | 2021 |
| 148 | 1 | Raleigh Dia | 265.0 kg584 lb | USPA | 2020 |
| 148 | 2 | Tyler Werner | 250.0 kg551 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 148 | 3 | Sean Sowney | 249.5 kg550 lb | RPS | 2026 |
| 165 | 1 | Freddie Jones | 295.0 kg651 lb | USPA | 2021 |
| 165 | 2 | Jared Caroff | 290.0 kg640 lb | WRPF | 2024 |
| 165 | 3 | Christion Thomas | 290.0 kg640 lb | USAPL | 2023 |
| 181 | 1 | Kyle Moyer | 317.5 kg700 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 181 | 2 | Andre Silva Cunha | 310.0 kg684 lb | USAPL | 2025 |
| 181 | 3 | Matt Raymond | 305.0 kg673 lb | USPA | 2025 |
| 198 | 1 | Hung Mai | 340.0 kg750 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 198 | 2 | Daniel Gordon | 317.5 kg700 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 198 | 3 | David Bragitikos | 315.0 kg695 lb | USAPL | 2024 |
| 220 | 1 | Roman Denisyuk | 363.0 kg801 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 2 | Dwardly Edouard | 357.5 kg788 lb | USPA | 2022 |
| 220 | 3 | Kyle Miller | 332.5 kg733 lb | NPL | 2025 |
| 242 | 1 | Dominic Jones | 360.5 kg795 lb | USPA | 2023 |
| 242 | 2 | Isaac Whistler | 355.0 kg783 lb | AMP | 2026 |
| 242 | 3 | Artur Meleshko | 355.0 kg783 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| 275 | 1 | Phillip Herndon | 385.0 kg849 lb | PLU | 2026 |
| 275 | 2 | David Jasiulewicz | 380.0 kg838 lb | USPA | 2018 |
| 275 | 3 | Brendan Todd | 375.0 kg827 lb | AMP | 2025 |
| 308 | 1 | Fernando Arias | 445.0 kg981 lb | SPF | 2025 |
| 308 | 2 | Aria Attia | 385.0 kg849 lb | USPA | 2016 |
| 308 | 3 | Robert Knutsson | 381.0 kg840 lb | RPS | 2025 |
| SHW | 1 | Charles Hawkims | 342.5 kg755 lb | USPA | 2024 |
| SHW | 2 | Dustin Zachmann | 335.0 kg739 lb | USAPL | 2018 |
| SHW | 3 | Adam Stephens | 330.0 kg728 lb | AMP | 2025 |
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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.