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Powerlifting Score Calculator
Enter your squat, bench, deadlift, and bodyweight to see your Wilks-2, DOTS, and IPF GL (Goodlift) points. These scores normalize your total across bodyweights so lifters of different sizes can be compared. Works in pounds or kilograms, no signup.
Total fills in automatically from your three lifts. Only know your total? Type it straight into the Total box. Editing a lift refreshes it.
What these scores mean
A raw total can't fairly compare a 60 kg lifter with a 120 kg lifter, so the sport uses relative-strength coefficients. Each one takes your total and bodyweight and returns a single number where higher is stronger for your size:
- IPF GL (Goodlift) is the score the International Powerlifting Federation uses on the platform today. If you compete IPF-affiliated, this is the number that ranks you.
- DOTS is widely used across other federations and online lifting communities. It tends to be the default "who is pound-for-pound stronger" number outside the IPF.
- Wilks-2 is the 2020 update of the original Wilks coefficient, which was the standard for decades and is still what many older results and calculators quote.
They rank lifters similarly but produce different point values, so always compare like with like: a DOTS to a DOTS, never a DOTS to a Wilks.
How it is calculated
This tool uses the same coefficients Ægir Iron uses on your competition page: Wilks-2, DOTS (2019), and the IPF's GL / Goodlift Classic (raw) coefficients. All three are defined on kilograms and bodyweight, so pounds are converted to kilograms before scoring (1 lb = 0.45359237 kg). The male and female toggle selects the coefficient set; these formulas adjust for bodyweight and sex only.
Common questions
What is a Wilks score? A coefficient that normalizes a powerlifting total across bodyweights so lifters of different sizes can be compared. This calculator uses Wilks-2, the 2020 update. Higher means more relative strength.
What's the difference between Wilks, DOTS, and IPF GL? All three convert a total plus bodyweight into one relative-strength number using different coefficient sets. IPF GL is what the IPF scores with today, DOTS is popular elsewhere, and Wilks-2 is the updated classic. They rank similarly but the points differ.
Is it in pounds or kilograms? Both. Toggle the unit and enter your numbers in it; scores are computed on the kilogram values the formulas are defined in, so the result matches either way.
Do these scores account for age? No. They adjust for bodyweight and sex only.