How the AFT is scored: points, minimums and standards

Published October 17, 2026

The Army Fitness Test (AFT) has five events, and each one is scored from 0 to 100 points, so the most you can earn is 500. The grader records your raw score (pounds, reps or time), and the Army’s official scoring tables turn it into points based on your age group and sex. To pass, you need at least 60 points on every event and a total of at least 300 on the General standard or 350 on the Combat standard.

Here’s how each piece works, with real numbers from the tables.

The five events

You take them in this order, on the same day:

1. 3 Repetition Maximum Deadlift (MDL). Three continuous reps with a hex bar. Your raw score is the heaviest weight, in pounds, that you lift to standard. You get two attempts.
2. Hand-Release Push-Up (HRP). As many correct reps as you can do in 2 minutes. The army.mil AFT page still uses the older ACFT name, Hand-Release Push-Up – Arm Extension. Same event.
3. Sprint-Drag-Carry (SDC). Five 50-meter shuttles for time: sprint, drag a sled (90 pounds on grass or turf, 180 pounds on wood, packed dirt, vinyl or smooth concrete), lateral, carry two 40-pound kettlebells, sprint.
4. Plank (PLK). How long you hold a straight line from head to heels.
5. Two-Mile Run (2MR). Your finish time.

After the plank, everyone gets a 10-minute rest before the run. You have to attempt all five events, even if you already failed one. More weight, more reps and a longer plank earn more points. On the sprint-drag-carry and the run, a faster time earns more.

Reading the scoring tables

The Army publishes one scoring table per event. The current tables were approved 15 May 2025 and took effect 1 June 2025. Each table has ten age groups: 17–21, 22–26, 27–31, 32–36, 37–41, 42–46, 47–51, 52–56, 57–61, and a last group labeled “Over 62.” Every age group has two columns, marked “M | C” and “F.” Men on the General standard and everyone on the Combat standard use the M | C column. Women on the General standard use the F column.

To use one, find your column, then find your raw score. Each row shows the raw score that earns that many points. Dashes mark point values a column skips.

The minimum: 60 points on every event

Army Regulation (AR) 350-1 is clear on this. Score under 60 on any event and that event is a failure, and failing one or more events fails the whole test. A big total doesn’t save you. A perfect deadlift can’t make up for a plank that falls short.

General vs. Combat standard

On the General standard, 60 on every event already adds up to 300, so the per-event minimum is the real bar. The Combat standard asks for more. A 350 total works out to an average of 70 points per event, and no single event can drop below 60.

The combat specialties are listed by their military occupational specialty (MOS) or area of concentration (AOC) code: 11A, 11B, 11C, 11Z, 12A, 12B, 12D, 13A, 13F, 18A, 180A, 18B, 18C, 18D, 18E, 18F, 18Z, 19A, 19C, 19D, 19K, 19Z, 89D and 89E. Army Directive 2026-07 added 12D (Army Diver) and 89D and 89E (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) to the list on 17 April 2026.

If you’re in one of these specialties and pass the General standard but not the Combat standard, you’re subject to in-service reclassification or utilization based on the needs of the Army.

How age and sex change your score

The General standard is “performance-normed by sex and age,” so every age group has separate male and female columns. The Combat standard is “sex-neutral and age-normed.” Everyone on it uses the M | C column for their age group, so a woman in a combat specialty needs the same raw scores as a man her age.

Age matters on both standards. For example, 100 points on the run takes 13:22 in the 17–21 M | C column but 15:28 in the Over 62 M | C column. One event ignores sex completely: the plank times are the same in the M | C and F columns for every age group.

Example: what 60 and 100 points take at ages 17–21

These numbers come straight from the official tables for the youngest age group. M | C is the column for men on the General standard and for everyone on the Combat standard. F is the column for women on the General standard.

60 points (the minimum)

100 points (the max)

Hit exactly 60 on all five and you have 300. That passes the General standard and comes up 50 points short on the Combat standard.

Profiles and alternate aerobic events

Soldiers with a permanent profile take every event their profile allows. If the profile rules out the run, the alternate aerobic events are the 5,000-meter row, the 12,000-meter bike, the 1,000-meter swim and the 2.5-mile walk. AR 350-1 also lets Soldiers 55 and older take an alternate aerobic event in place of the run without a profile, with the commander deciding which one. The March 2026 test manual says a modified AFT needs a permanent profile, so confirm with your unit.

The alternates are graded GO/NO-GO instead of on the 0–100 scale. You get a GO by finishing within the time listed for your age group in your column, which is the 60-point standard. The scorecard records a GO as 60 points and a NO-GO as 0. For ages 17–21:

On the Combat standard, a Soldier with a permanent profile has to average at least 70 points on the AFT events the profile allows: 280 for four events, 210 for three, 140 for two and 70 for one. Each of those events still needs 60, and an alternate aerobic event still needs a GO. Alternate events aren’t allowed during Initial Entry Training (IET).

Combat specialties have one more rule. Under Army Directive 2026-07, a Soldier in a combat specialty whose permanent profile rules out any of the five AFT events can’t take the Combat Field Test (CFT) and faces reclassification unless the general court-martial convening authority or the first general officer in the chain of command grants a waiver. A Soldier with a waiver keeps taking two record AFTs a year (one for Reserve Component Soldiers who aren’t on AGR orders or on active-duty orders for 365 days or more). During the first year, until 17 April 2027, no administrative action is taken solely because of such a profile.

When these rules took effect

• 1 June 2025: the AFT replaced the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) as the Army’s test of record, with the current scoring tables. The General standard has applied to all components since then.
• 1 January 2026: the Combat standard took effect for Soldiers in combat specialties in the Regular Army, the Active Guard Reserve (AGR), and the Reserve Component on active-duty orders for more than 60 days.
• 17 April 2026: Army Directive 2026-07 added 12D, 89D and 89E to the combat list and required evaluation reports to show both pass/fail and your actual points on the record AFT. It also created the CFT for combat specialties. The CFT is pass/fail with no points, and it doesn’t replace the AFT.
• 1 June 2026: the Combat standard took effect for Soldiers in combat specialties in the rest of the Reserve Component.

So passing isn’t the whole story. Your evaluation report is required to show your points, and on the Combat standard they can decide whether you stay in your specialty.

Sources

• Army Fitness Test Score Tables, approved 15 May 2025, effective 1 June 2025
• ATP 7-22.01, Holistic Health and Fitness Testing, 12 March 2026
• AR 350-1, Army Training and Leader Development, 1 June 2025
• Army Directive 2025-06 (Army Fitness Test), 17 April 2025
• Army Directive 2026-07 (Army Physical Fitness Standards), 17 April 2026
• Army Fitness Test (AFT), army.mil