Wilks DOTS Calculator
Compare your strength with lifters of any bodyweight. Enter your total or bench press and get your DOTS score, IPF GL points and Wilks score in one go.
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Enter your bodyweight and your total (best squat + bench + deadlift).
DOTS score
| Score | Points | Coefficient |
|---|---|---|
| DOTS | ||
| IPF GL | ||
| Wilks (1994) |
How to use it
- Choose your units, sex, event (full total or bench only) and equipment (raw or equipped).
- Enter your bodyweight and your total (best squat + bench + deadlift) or your bench press.
- Read your DOTS score. The table also shows IPF GL points and the 1994 Wilks score, with the coefficient each one used.
How it's calculated
All three scores turn the weight you lifted into a bodyweight-adjusted score, so a 60 kg lifter and a 120 kg lifter can be compared. They all work in kilograms; pounds are converted first.
DOTS (2019): points = lifted × 500 ÷ P(bw), where P is a 4th-degree polynomial of bodyweight with separate coefficients for men and women. Bodyweight is capped at 40 to 210 kg for men and 40 to 150 kg for women.
| Coefficient | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|
| a | −307.75076 | −57.96288 |
| b | 24.0900756 | 13.6175032 |
| c | −0.1918759221 | −0.1126655495 |
| d | 0.0007391293 | 0.0005158568 |
| e | −0.000001093 | −0.0000010706 |
P(bw) = a + b·bw + c·bw² + d·bw³ + e·bw⁴
IPF GL points (2020): points = lifted × 100 ÷ (A − B · e^(−C · bw)). A, B and C depend on sex, equipment (classic or equipped) and event (total or bench). The coefficient is rounded to 6 decimals before multiplying, as the IPF does. Example from the IPF: a man at 92.04 kg with an equipped total of 1,035 kg scores about 112.86 points.
Wilks (1994 version): points = lifted × 500 ÷ P(bw), with a 5th-degree polynomial. It was the IPF’s standard until the end of 2018, when the IPF moved to a newer formula. It’s shown for comparison with older results.
Different formulas give different numbers for the same lift, so only compare scores of the same kind.
Sources
- International Powerlifting Federation (2020). The IPF GL Coefficients for Relative Scoring. Table 1 and worked examples.
- DOTS (Dynamic Objective Team Scoring), T. Konertz, for the Bundesverband Deutscher Kraftdreikämpfer (BVDK), 2019. Coefficients and bodyweight limits as implemented by OpenPowerlifting.
- Vanderburgh, P. M., & Batterham, A. M. (1999). Validation of the Wilks powerlifting formula. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 31(12), 1869–1875.
Questions
Which score should I use?
Use the one your federation uses. IPF meets rank with IPF GL points. Many other federations and OpenPowerlifting use DOTS. Wilks is the older standard, still useful for comparing with records from before 2019.
What's a good DOTS score?
There's no official scale. The most useful benchmark is lifters in your own federation and weight class; results databases such as OpenPowerlifting list a DOTS score for every lifter. For a percentile against drug-tested lifters your age, use the Strength Standards Calculator.
Why does equipment only change IPF GL?
The IPF fitted separate GL coefficients for raw (classic) and equipped lifting, and for the full total and bench-only meets. DOTS and Wilks use one formula per sex, whatever the equipment.
Can I score a single lift?
IPF GL has official bench-only coefficients. DOTS and Wilks are made for totals; applying them to one lift works for a quick comparison, but it's not official.
Updated November 9, 2026.