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Wilks & DOTS strength calculator

Score a powerlifting total against your bodyweight to compare strength fairly across sizes. Enter your total, or any single lift, and get both the modern DOTS score and the classic Wilks.

Your numbers ride along in the link: whoever opens it lands on this exact result.

Your numbers

Category

Units

Bodyweight · KG

Total lifted · KG

Total usually means squat + bench + deadlift, but any weight works for a single-lift score.

DOTS score

323.3

Roughly: Intermediate

Wilks score

319.2

DOTS reference bands

Elite500 +

Advanced400 – 500

Intermediate300 – 400

Novice200 – 300

Beginner< 200

Bands are an informal guide, not federation classifications.

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Wilks & DOTS Calculator

Score your powerlifting total against your bodyweight with both the Wilks and DOTS formulas, and see where it lands. Free relative-strength calculator in kilograms or pounds.

Both scores normalise a lifted total against bodyweight so athletes of different sizes can be compared. Wilks is the long-standing classic; DOTS is the newer 2019 formula. As a rough guide a DOTS score under 200 is beginner, 200–300 novice, 300–400 intermediate, 400–500 advanced and 500+ elite.