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Army Height & Weight Standards

Your screening weight from AR 600-9 table B-1, and the full chart. Being over it is not a failure — it is a tape measurement, which is a different thing, and this page is careful about the difference.

Height

Feet and inches, or just inches

Weight (lb)

Age

Scored as

Screening weight—

Enter your height and weight.

What being over it actually means

Exceeding the screening weight is not a failure. It means your unit would take a tape measurement, and the body fat standard is what actually counts — plenty of people over the table pass the tape.

The screening weight chart

Transcribed from AR 600-9 table B-1 itself, not from one of the many sites that reproduce it. Heights 58 and 59 carry no male entry in the published table, so they are blank here rather than guessed at. Above 80 inches, add 6 lb per inch for men and 5 lb per inch for women.

AR 600-9, The Army Body Composition Program — table B-1. Height rounds to the nearest inch, half up, per B-1a.
Height (in)	Min weight	Male — max screening weight				Female — max screening weight
Height (in)	Min weight	17–20	21–27	28–39	40+	17–20	21–27	28–39	40+
58	91	—	—	—	—	119	121	122	124
59	94	—	—	—	—	124	125	126	128
60	97	132	136	139	141	128	129	131	133
61	100	136	140	144	146	132	134	135	137
62	104	141	144	148	150	136	138	140	142
63	107	145	149	153	155	141	143	144	146
64	110	150	154	158	160	145	147	149	151
65	114	155	159	163	165	150	152	154	156
66	117	160	163	168	170	155	156	158	161
67	121	165	169	174	176	159	161	163	166
68	125	170	174	179	181	164	166	168	171
69	128	175	179	184	186	169	171	173	176
70	132	180	185	189	192	174	176	178	181
71	136	185	189	194	197	179	181	183	186
72	140	190	195	200	203	184	186	188	191
73	144	195	200	205	208	189	191	194	197
74	148	201	206	211	214	194	197	199	202
75	152	206	212	217	220	200	202	204	208
76	156	212	217	223	226	205	207	210	213
77	160	218	223	229	232	210	213	215	219
78	164	223	229	235	238	216	218	221	225
79	168	229	235	241	244	221	224	227	230
80	173	234	240	247	250	227	230	233	236

The minimum weight column is the serious one

Most attention goes to the top of the table. The minimum column matters more. Falling below it directs a referral for medical evaluation — it is the one line in the table that is about the soldier rather than about how they look in uniform, and it is the edge worth taking seriously.

If you are taped

Exceeding the screening weight sends you to a body fat assessment. The tape cannot tell muscle from anything else, which is precisely why the screening weight is a screen and not a standard — plenty of people over the table pass the tape comfortably, and a lifter who is over it is a completely ordinary outcome rather than a problem.

What actually helps, in order: know your unit’s procedure before the day, be measured by someone who has done it properly, and understand that the measurement has a real error margin. What does not help is cutting water in the days before. It shifts the number a little, makes you feel terrible, and does nothing for the thing being measured.

Army only, on purpose

This page carries the Army table and no other service’s. The Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force and Coast Guard publish theirs on hosts we have not been able to verify against, and a screening weight recalled from memory or lifted off a test-prep site is worse than none at all — somebody turns up to a weigh-in having been told the wrong number. When we can verify them, they go up.

The number that actually moves it

Body composition follows training and eating, not a weigh-in strategy. Lensatic tracks runs and rucks by GPS, logs every strength set individually, and its ten-second daily check-in covers sleep, soreness, energy and resting heart rate — the inputs that decide whether a training block works. Pick your school and the standards board shows where your numbers sit against it.

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Questions

What happens if I exceed the screening weight?

You are taped for body fat. That is the standard that counts. Exceeding the screening weight by itself is not a failure of anything and is a routine outcome for people carrying muscle.

How is height measured?

Without shoes, rounded to the nearest inch with halves rounding up, per AR 600-9 B-1a.

Why is there a minimum weight?

Falling below it triggers a referral for medical evaluation rather than any administrative action. It exists for the soldier’s sake.

Do the other services have different tables?

Yes, all of them, with different age bands and different numbers. We only publish the Army’s here because it is the one we have verified against the regulation itself.

Is this official?

No. The numbers are transcribed from AR 600-9 table B-1, but Lensatic is a product of Deadlift Digital LLC with no affiliation with or endorsement by the Army or the Department of Defense. Your unit’s measurement is what counts.