Reading a deadlift as a bodyweight multiple
Deadlifts are usually discussed as a share of bodyweight rather than as a raw number, because a larger lifter moving a heavier bar is simply expected. Dividing by bodyweight puts very different builds on the same footing. This page takes the weight you lifted and the reps you completed with it, estimates the one-rep max, and then returns your bodyweight multiple together with the weight still left to the 1x, 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x and 3x milestones. Add a squat 1RM and it also divides the deadlift by the squat.
Both the Epley and the Brzycki formula are applied (as of October 2026). The two agree closely at low rep counts and drift apart as reps climb, so both are shown side by side with the gap between them, which keeps you from assuming another calculator is wrong. The milestone table is built from the Epley estimate, and the result label says so.
The 1.10-1.25 deadlift-to-squat range used for comparison comes from competition-record analyses and coaching material. It is convention, not an official standard: sources mix ratios measured against the squat with ratios measured against the deadlift, quote medians alongside coaching targets, and therefore disagree with one another, and all of them are secondary analyses rather than peer-reviewed research. Several also note that bodyweight, limb length and technique move the figure.
No grade or percentile is produced here. Testing a true one-rep max carries real risk to the lower back, so a set of around five clean reps fed into the estimate is the safer route. If you do attempt a maximum, set up safety bars and have a spotter present.
Frequently asked questions
No. The strength grade tables circulating online are percentiles built from lifts that users of one site uploaded about themselves, and different sites sort the same weight into different levels. Because no official standard exists, this page stops at the multiple and the milestones.
You do not. Estimating from reps is safer and good enough in practice. A set of three to eight reps with sound form keeps the estimate tight. Past ten reps the two formulas separate noticeably, so treat those numbers as rough.
There is no such rule. That range pools figures reported in competition-record analyses and coaching material, and sources differ in both basis and number. Bodyweight, limb length and technique shift the ratio a long way, so use it only as a hint about which lift has room left.