AFT Score Chart 2026: Points for Every Event, Age Band and Sex

The AFT score chart shows the points that raw results earn in five events: the 3-Repetition Maximum Deadlift, Hand-Release Push-Up, Sprint-Drag-Carry, Plank, and 2-Mile Run. Raw scores use pounds for the deadlift, repetitions for push-ups, and minutes and seconds for timed events.

Each event has point rows from 0 to 100, with 60 points marking the minimum event score and 100 points marking the maximum. Age-band and sex columns hold the standards used to score each raw result, with ten age bands ranging from 17–21 to 62 and over and separate male and female columns.

The five event scores combine into a total from 0 to 500 points. The chart therefore gives the raw-score threshold for each event, age band, and sex.

The AFT grading scale turns raw scores into points by matching each event’s raw result to a 0–100-point row in the soldier’s age-band and sex column. The chart scores the 3-Repetition Maximum Deadlift in pounds, the Hand-Release Push-Up in repetitions, and the Sprint-Drag-Carry, Plank, and 2-Mile Run by time. Points are assigned at listed performance thresholds, as documented in “Army Fitness Test Score Tables” by the U.S. Army, approved May 15, 2025.

A raw score between listed thresholds receives the points for the lower performance bracket: fewer pounds or repetitions, or a slower time, earns fewer points. Point values on the chart run in whole steps from 0 to 100, and each event’s raw-score thresholds set the size of each step.

The 60-point and 100-point rows hold the raw scores that mark each event’s passing floor and scoring ceiling.

The AFT score chart is split into 10 age bands, with five-year ranges from ages 17–21 through 57–61 and a final band for ages 62 and over. A soldier’s age on the test day determines the band used for scoring.

The general-standard raw-score requirements generally ease in older bands: lower weights or repetitions and slower event times can earn equivalent points. Each age-band table shows the raw scores linked to each point value, so the five-year band rule determines which table applies.

Data from “Army Fitness Test Score Tables” by the U.S. Army (effective June 1, 2025) fills the band tables below, which list every fifth point value from 100 to 60. Where the official table skips a point value, the cell shows the raw score that first reaches that value.

The AFT score chart for ages 17–21 lists male/combat and female raw scores for each point value; 60 points marks the minimum event score.

The AFT score chart for ages 22–26 assigns points to male/combat and female raw scores across all five events, from the 100-point maximum down to the 60-point minimum.

The 27–31 age band applies to soldiers who are 27 through 31 on test day. The male/combat column gives male standards and the sex-neutral combat standard; the female column gives general-standard female scores.

Higher deadlift, push-up, and plank results earn more points; faster Sprint-Drag-Carry and 2-Mile Run times earn more points.

The AFT score chart for ages 32–36 lists the raw scores required for each point level. The Male/Combat column applies to male soldiers under the general standard and to all soldiers under the sex-neutral combat standard; the Female column applies to female soldiers under the general standard.

The male/combat deadlift minimum drops from 150 pounds to 140 pounds at ages 32–36, and the male/combat and female plank thresholds match in every row.

The AFT score chart for ages 37–41 lists male/combat and female raw scores for each point value, and the 37–41 band is the first band with the 1:10 plank minimum and 3:20 plank maximum.

The ages 42–46 AFT score chart applies to soldiers aged 42 through 46 on test day. The table shows the raw score for each point value; male/combat and female columns have separate thresholds except for the plank.

The 47–51 age band applies to soldiers who are 47 through 51 on the test date. The Male/Combat columns show male and combat-standard scores; the Female columns show female scores.

The ages 52–56 AFT score chart lists male/combat and female raw-score checkpoints for each event. The table shows every fifth point value; the complete Army chart provides the intermediate point rows.

Lower Sprint-Drag-Carry and run times earn more points, while higher deadlift loads, push-up counts, and plank times earn more points.

The AFT score chart for ages 57–61 maps event performance to points using the soldier’s age band and sex column.

Higher deadlift weights, more push-up repetitions, and longer plank holds earn higher scores. Faster Sprint-Drag-Carry and 2-Mile Run times earn higher scores.

The AFT score chart for soldiers aged 62 and over lists raw scores for each point level. The table uses the “Over 62” age band, and the male values double as the combat-standard column.

The AFT score chart column that applies to the combat standard is the sex-neutral, age-normed Male/Combat (M|C) column. Combat-standard soldiers must earn at least 60 points in each event and 350 points in total.

The combat standard covers soldiers in designated combat MOS/AOC specialties, including infantry, armor, field artillery, Special Forces, combat engineering, and cavalry. Army Directive 2025-06 (Army Fitness Test), signed by Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll in April 2025, establishes the combat-standard scoring rules and identifies the covered specialties.

Yes, AFT Calculator finds your AFT points from your age, sex, selected standard, and raw result for each of the five events. The calculator matches those inputs to the applicable scoring columns and returns points for each event and the combined total.

Rather than looking up each event separately, AFT Calculator reads the chart for your age band and scoring standard, applying the relevant sex column when required.

The event faults that cost points against the AFT score chart are uncounted repetitions, added time, a lower recorded weight, and an event that ends before completion, because each fault changes the raw performance entered into the chart. A grader excludes invalid push-up repetitions, adds time for a Sprint-Drag-Carry call-back, and records only the heaviest deadlift completed successfully for three repetitions, as set out in “ATP 7-22.01 Holistic Health and Fitness Testing” by the Department of the Army, March 2026.

A fault that ends an event, such as a plank position violation, stops the score at the valid performance completed before termination. Each fault can reduce the recorded pounds, repetitions, seconds, or hold time, potentially lowering the event’s point result.

A deadlift safety stop ends an unsafe or incomplete attempt, and the score chart uses the heaviest weight the soldier lifts for three continuous, controlled repetitions. The deadlift safety stops are listed below:

• Unsafe body position: The grader stops a repetition for excessive back or shoulder rounding, hips rising above the shoulders, knees collapsing inward, or lost balance. The unsafe attempt does not establish a valid score.
• Dropped or bounced bar: The grader ends the attempt, which counts toward the two-attempt limit. The attempt does not count as a successful three-repetition lift.
• Resting with the bar on the ground: The grader ends the attempt when the soldier stops continuous effort. The attempt does not produce a recorded score.
• Fewer than three controlled repetitions: The soldier receives no score at that weight. A weight completed successfully on an earlier attempt remains the recorded score unless the soldier completes three repetitions at a heavier weight.

A grader excludes an incorrect Hand-Release Push-Up from the recorded repetition total. The Hand-Release Push-Up faults that graders do not count are listed below:

• Poor body alignment: The grader does not count a repetition when the soldier fails to maintain a generally straight line from head to ankles.
• Incorrect hand placement: The grader does not count a repetition when the index finger extends beyond the shoulder’s outer edge.
• Feet set too wide: The grader does not count a repetition when the feet spread more than one boot width apart.
• Uneven body rise: The grader does not count a repetition when the shoulders and hips do not rise together.
• Incomplete hand release: The grader does not count a repetition when the soldier fails to extend both hands as required before returning to the starting position.

Each uncounted repetition reduces the raw score by one.

Sprint-Drag-Carry call-backs require soldiers to repeat missed line touches or equipment movements, and the extra distance and time count toward the recorded SDC finish time. The Sprint-Drag-Carry call-backs are listed below:

• Sprint: A missed 25-meter-line touch with both a hand and foot requires a return to the line.
• Sled drag: A sled that does not fully cross the 25-meter line or start line requires a return to complete the crossing.
• Lateral movement: A missed 25-meter-line touch with both a hand and foot requires a return and correct touch.
• Kettlebell carry: A missed line touch with the foot requires a return; dropped kettlebells require the soldier to resume from the drop point.
• Final sprint: A missed 25-meter-line touch with both a hand and foot requires a return before finishing.

A call-back does not deduct a fixed number of points; the added time lowers the score when graders compare the final time with the SDC chart.

A plank fault ends the hold when the soldier breaks position or fails to correct a warned deficiency. The plank faults that stop the timer before the full hold are listed below:

• Unauthorized floor contact: Contact with the floor by a body part outside the permitted support points ends the event and records the elapsed hold time.
• Hand or foot lift: Lifting a hand or foot off the ground ends the event immediately and records the elapsed hold time.
• Loss of body alignment: Sagging or raising the hips ends the event when the soldier cannot restore a straight line after a warning.
• Uncorrected hand or foot movement: Sliding the hands or feet ends the event when the soldier fails to correct the position after a warning.
• Excessive movement: Shaking alone does not end the plank while the soldier maintains the required position.

A 2-mile run pacing error can increase the recorded finish time and lower the score-chart points, because the grader records the official time when the soldier crosses the measured 2-mile finish line. The 2-mile run pacing errors are listed below:

• Starting too fast: An unsustainable opening pace can slow the soldier later and increase the finish time.
• Walking or pausing: The clock continues running, so walking or pausing adds elapsed time.
• Leaving the marked course: Leaving before completing two miles prevents a valid finish time and may end the event.
• Accepting physical assistance: Being pushed, pulled, or carried violates test rules and can invalidate or terminate the event.
• Failing to reach the finish: Without crossing the measured 2-mile finish line, the soldier receives no official finish time for chart scoring.

Yes, your AFT chart points can change when you move into a new age band, because your age on test day determines the scoring column. The Army reads the same raw event score against the new band’s thresholds, so the score may earn different points; in general, 60-point minimums become less demanding with age, although changes vary by event and sex, according to “Army Fitness Test Score Tables” by the U.S. Army, May 2025.

Each age-band move changes which thresholds apply, not the raw result you recorded. The full AFT score chart shows those thresholds for every event, age band, and sex.