Vertical jump percentile
Your vertical jump ranked against all adults of your age and sex — and against NCAA Division I athletes. Standing countermovement jump with arm swing, no step. Jump-and-reach: highest touch minus standing reach, best of three.
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PowerJumping and straight-line acceleration
Standing countermovement jump with arm swing, no step. Jump-and-reach: highest touch minus standing reach, best of three.
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Vertical jump standards by age — men
Result needed to beat the given share of all men in each age group.
| Age | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 15.4 in | 17.8 in | 20.4 in | 22.8 in | 24.8 in | 25.9 in | 28.2 in |
| 30-39 | 14.2 in | 16.4 in | 18.7 in | 20.9 in | 22.8 in | 23.9 in | 25.9 in |
| 40-49 | 13.0 in | 14.9 in | 16.9 in | 18.9 in | 20.6 in | 21.6 in | 23.5 in |
| 50-59 | 11.7 in | 13.2 in | 15.0 in | 16.8 in | 18.3 in | 19.3 in | 21.1 in |
| 60-69 | 10.2 in | 11.4 in | 13.0 in | 14.5 in | 15.8 in | 16.7 in | 18.3 in |
Derived — converted from real data on a closely related measure. Nationally representative Canadian force-plate jump data (CHMS, n=5,188), shifted a few centimetres to match the jump-and-reach method.
Vertical jump standards by age — women
Result needed to beat the given share of all women in each age group.
| Age | 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | 99th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18-29 | 10.5 in | 11.8 in | 13.3 in | 14.8 in | 16.2 in | 17.1 in | 18.7 in |
| 30-39 | 9.9 in | 11.3 in | 12.8 in | 14.4 in | 15.8 in | 16.7 in | 18.4 in |
| 40-49 | 9.2 in | 10.5 in | 12.0 in | 13.5 in | 14.9 in | 15.7 in | 17.3 in |
| 50-59 | 8.2 in | 9.4 in | 10.7 in | 12.1 in | 13.3 in | 14.1 in | 15.5 in |
| 60-69 | 7.2 in | 8.2 in | 9.4 in | 10.7 in | 11.8 in | 12.4 in | 13.7 in |
Derived — converted from real data on a closely related measure. Nationally representative Canadian force-plate jump data (CHMS, n=5,188), shifted a few centimetres to match the jump-and-reach method.
Vertical jump — NCAA Division I athletes
Pooled across sports with published testing data, weighted by the number of D1 athletes in each sport.
| 10th | 25th | 50th | 75th | 90th | 95th | 99th | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | 21.2 in | 24.0 in | 27.0 in | 29.8 in | 32.2 in | 33.7 in | 36.3 in |
| Women | 14.0 in | 15.9 in | 18.1 in | 20.3 in | 22.2 in | 23.3 in | 25.6 in |
Men: Modeled — estimated from indirect evidence; treat as an informed estimate. Pooled from published D1 team testing and NSCA/Hoffman D1 tables; hands-on-hips and force-plate studies were excluded or adjusted because they read 10-20% lower.
Women: Modeled — estimated from indirect evidence; treat as an informed estimate. Pooled from published D1 team testing (soccer, volleyball, basketball, lacrosse) with lower-division samples as labeled proxies.
Vertical jump questions
What is a good vertical jump for a 30-year-old man?
For a 30-year-old man of median US size (179 lb), 19.4 in beats half of them, 21.7 in reaches the 75th percentile, and 23.6 in reaches the 90th of all men that age. The calculator adjusts these for your own bodyweight where the evidence supports it.
What is a good vertical jump for a 30-year-old woman?
For a 30-year-old woman of median US size (153 lb), 13.0 in beats half of them, 14.6 in reaches the 75th percentile, and 16.0 in reaches the 90th of all women that age. The calculator adjusts these for your own bodyweight where the evidence supports it.
How does that compare with D1 athletes?
Division I is a different population: our estimated median NCAA Division I man is at 27.0 in, which would be the 97th percentile among all men aged 18-29; and our estimated median NCAA Division I woman is at 18.1 in, which would be the 98th percentile among all women aged 18-29. The D1 comparison is raw — no age or size adjustment — so it is you against the athletes as they are.
How accurate are these vertical jump percentiles?
Derived — converted from real data on a closely related measure. Nationally representative Canadian force-plate jump data (CHMS, n=5,188), shifted a few centimetres to match the jump-and-reach method. Modeled percentiles have no validated error margin. Results past the 99th percentile are shown as 99+ because the data cannot support more precision.
Related
Sources
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- Patterson DD, Peterson DF. Vertical jump and leg power norms for young adults. Meas Phys Educ Exerc Sci. 2004;8(1):33-41.
- Petushek E, et al. Comparison of jump height values derived from a force platform and Vertec. ISBS Proceedings. 2010.
- Baechle TR, Earle RW, eds. Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 3rd ed. NSCA; 2008. Table 12.4 (after Hoffman 2006).
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