Strength standards
How many pull-ups is good?
How many pull-ups is good? Put in your best set and see your rank from Iron to Radiant, scored the way the Evident app scores it. Standards for men and women are below.
Counted in clean reps at your bodyweight. Weight added on a belt or vest converts to extra reps, so a weighted set still counts.
Gold II
Stronger than 80% of guys
Next: Gold I at 15 reps
- Iron
- Bronze
- Silver
- Gold
- Platinum
- Diamond
- Radiant
An estimate from strength standards for your sex, bodyweight and age. Percentages count people who don’t train. In the app every set you log counts, and your rank climbs as you do.
Pull-ups standards
Reps in one set where each rank starts. Iron is anything below Bronze.
Men
| Reps to reach |  Bronze |  Silver | Gold |  Platinum |  Diamond |  Radiant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 24 | 32 |
Women
| Reps to reach | Bronze | Silver | Gold | Platinum | Diamond | Radiant |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 22 |
Built on Strength Level’s published standards and scaled the way the Evident app scales them.
By the numbers
What’s a good number of pull-ups?
For guys, Silver starts at 5, Gold at 11, Platinum at 17 and Diamond at 24 in one set. For women, Silver starts at 3, Gold at 6, Platinum at 10 and Diamond at 16 in one set.
Silver covers novice lifters, Gold intermediate, Platinum advanced and Diamond elite. Radiant is past elite.
Are 1 pull-ups good?
For guys, 1 strict pull-up in one set is Bronze III, stronger than about 30% of guys.
Are 5 pull-ups good?
For guys, 5 strict pull-ups in one set is Silver III, stronger than about 50% of guys.
Are 10 pull-ups good?
For guys, 10 strict pull-ups in one set is Gold III, stronger than about 69% of guys.
Are 15 pull-ups good?
For guys, 15 strict pull-ups in one set is Gold I, stronger than about 83% of guys.
Are 20 pull-ups good?
For guys, 20 strict pull-ups in one set is Platinum II, stronger than about 91% of guys.
1 pull-up for a woman: how good is that?
For women, 1 in one set is Bronze III, stronger than about 30% of women.
3 pull-ups for a woman: how good is that?
For women, 3 in one set is Silver II, stronger than about 55% of women.
5 pull-ups for a woman: how good is that?
For women, 5 in one set is Silver I, stronger than about 68% of women.
10 pull-ups for a woman: how good is that?
For women, 10 in one set is Platinum III, stronger than about 87% of women.
How the rank works
How Evident ranks your pull-ups
- Your best set counts. Clean reps at your bodyweight. Added weight converts to extra reps, so a weighted set still ranks.
- It’s scored against people like you. Separate standards for men and women.
- Seven ranks, three steps each. Iron, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond have III, II and I. Radiant sits past elite.
- In the app it keeps moving. Every set of pull-ups has one rep goal: 8. Beat it on your last, all-out set and the app adds a little weight next time, a plate on a belt or a vest. Rest is 1 min 30 s.
Watch your pull-ups rank up.
Evident tells you what to lift every set, raises the weight when you earn it, and ranks every lift you log.
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Questions
Pull-ups questions.
How many pull-ups should I be able to do?
For guys, Silver starts at 5, Gold at 11, Platinum at 17 and Diamond at 24 in one set. For women, Silver starts at 3, Gold at 6, Platinum at 10 and Diamond at 16 in one set. Use the calculator above for your exact bodyweight and age.
How many pull-ups can the average man do?
Among guys who train, the middle of the pack does about 13 in one set, which is Gold II in Evident. Counting guys who don’t train, Evident’s estimate for the middle is about 5.
How many pull-ups should a woman be able to do?
Among women who train, the middle is about 7 in one set, which is Gold II. For women, Silver starts at 3, Gold at 6, Platinum at 10 and Diamond at 16 in one set.
How does Evident rank my pull-ups?
It takes your best set, counts clean reps (added weight converts to extra reps), and places it on a ladder built from published standards. Seven ranks from Iron to Radiant, with three steps inside each rank below Radiant.
Where do these numbers come from?
Evident anchors every lift to Strength Level’s published standards, which are built from millions of logged lifts, then scales them for your sex, bodyweight and age the way the app does. Past 35, the bar drops about 6% a decade.