Where your Wilks score lands
Approximate strength levels; the pointer is your Wilks score.
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Wilks Calculator
Compare powerlifting performance across bodyweights. Enter your total, bodyweight, and sex to get your Wilks and DOTS scores instantly.
Wilks score
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What is the Wilks score?
The Wilks score is a way to compare powerlifters of different bodyweights. Because a heavier lifter can usually move more absolute weight, raw totals aren't comparable across weight classes. Wilks multiplies your total by a coefficient derived from your bodyweight and sex, producing a single number that lets a 60 kg lifter and a 120 kg lifter be ranked fairly. The newer DOTS score does the same with an updated formula.
The formula
Wilks coefficient = 500 ÷ (a + b·w + c·w² + d·w³ + e·w⁴ + f·w⁵)
Wilks score = total(kg) × coefficient
(w = bodyweight in kg; a…f are sex-specific constants)
Wilks score = total(kg) × coefficient
(w = bodyweight in kg; a…f are sex-specific constants)
Worked example
A 90 kg male lifting a 600 kg total has a Wilks coefficient of about 0.61, giving a Wilks score near 365, a solidly advanced result.
Frequently asked questions
What is a Wilks score?
Your total lifted times a bodyweight-and-sex coefficient, so lifters of any size can be compared.
What is a good Wilks score?
Under 200 beginner, 200–300 intermediate, 300–400 advanced, 400+ elite.
What is DOTS?
A newer coefficient that replaced Wilks in some federations, fairer at the extremes.
Kilograms or pounds?
Either, the tool converts pounds to kilograms for the formula.
Does the total include all three lifts?
Yes, best squat + bench + deadlift.