AFT Score Chart 2026

You know your five raw numbers already, your deadlift weight, your push-up reps, your sprint-drag-carry time, your plank hold, and your run time. What you don’t know is what those numbers actually convert to on a 500 point scale. That’s the exact gap the AFT Score Chart closes. This guide breaks down how the official chart works, shows you real sample numbers, and clears up the mistakes that trip up soldiers reading their own scorecard.

AFT Score Chart Overview

The AFT Score Chart is the official set of scoring tables the Army uses to convert your raw event results into points. Every soldier’s score is built from these tables, and they’re grounded in Army doctrine, specifically FM 7-22 and DA Form 705, the same references graders use to record your official results. Each of the five events has its own table, and each table is broken down by five year age brackets.

For General standard soldiers, tables also split by gender, using “M/C” for Male/Combat and “F” for Female columns. Combat MOS soldiers use a single sex-neutral table regardless of gender. This structure is why manually flipping through the right column under time pressure gets confusing fast, and it’s exactly why most soldiers end up using an AFT calculator instead of the raw PDF.

How to Read the Chart

Reading the chart comes down to three steps. First, find your age bracket based on your age on the actual test date, not the date you’re checking your score. Second, locate your raw result for that event, whether that’s a weight, a rep count, or a time. Third, follow that row across to see your point value, which lands somewhere between 0 and 100.

One detail catches people off guard. Not every point value is achievable at every raw result. Some tables skip point values entirely between certain results, especially near the middle of the range, so you might jump from 58 to 60 points without a 59 existing for that specific age bracket. That’s normal, not a printing error, and it’s part of how the scoring curve was built from real test data.

Sample Chart: Male/Combat, Age 22 to 26

Here’s a shortened look at how the numbers actually run for one age bracket, so you can see the pattern instead of just reading about it.

Points	Deadlift (MDL)	Push-Up (HRP)	Sprint-Drag-Carry (SDC)	Plank (PLK)	Two-Mile Run (2MR)
100	350 lbs	61 reps	1:30	3:35	13:25
90	not listed	48 reps	1:43	3:03	15:38
80	not listed	37 reps	1:53	2:30	not listed
70	190 lbs	26 reps	2:05	1:58	18:23
60	150 lbs	14 reps	2:31	1:25	19:45

This is one age bracket for one standard, and every other bracket shifts these numbers slightly. Deadlift weight jumps in bigger increments than the other events, which is why several point values in that column simply aren’t achievable and get marked as unavailable. Always check the full official table for your specific age and MOS type before relying on any single row. For the full breakdown of each event, see our plank test standards and deadlift standards pages.

Combat vs General Chart

Soldiers with an approved medical profile that prevents standard plank positioning should confirm with their unit which accommodations apply, since profile-based adjustments are handled case by case rather than through a standard substitute event like the run has. Unlike the Two-Mile Run, the plank doesn’t have a published Go/No-Go alternate event tied to it directly. Your unit’s cadre and medical provider are the right point of contact if a physical limitation affects this specific event.

Combat MOS charts stay sex-neutral

A man and woman in the same age bracket read from the identical table, and the pass threshold sits at 350 points total with a 60 point floor per event. This applies to soldiers in 21 designated combat specialties, based on the Army’s published rollout.

General standard charts split by gender

Male and female soldiers in the same age bracket use separate columns, though the 60 point per event minimum stays the same either way. The total required to pass drops to 300 points instead of 350. Plank is the only event where even General standard scoring stays identical across gender, a detail worth remembering when you’re cross-checking a table.

Five Events Behind Every Chart

The chart runs across five events: the 3-Rep Max Deadlift (MDL), Hand-Release Push-Up (HRP), Sprint-Drag-Carry (SDC), Plank (PLK), and Two-Mile Run (2MR). Each one is scored independently out of 100 points, and every single one carries its own 60 point minimum regardless of how high your total climbs. A soldier scoring 480 out of 500 still fails outright if even one event lands at 58 points.

This is the single most common misunderstanding soldiers have about the chart. People tend to add up their five numbers first and check the total before checking each individual row, which is backward. Check each event against its own 60 point floor first, then worry about the combined total.

465 Point ABCP Exemption

There’s a lesser known benefit tied to a strong score chart result. Soldiers who score 465 points or higher overall, with a passing score on every individual event, become exempt from body fat assessment standards for that testing cycle under AR 600-9. This replaced the older 540 point exemption threshold that existed under the previous ACFT scale.

It’s a detail that rarely comes up in basic score lookups, but it matters if you’re close to that range and also tracking your body composition numbers separately. Hitting 465 with passing marks across the board removes one extra administrative step from your testing cycle entirely.

AFT Chart vs CFT

Soldiers sometimes mix up the AFT Score Chart with scoring for the Combat Field Test (CFT), but these are two separate systems entirely. The CFT applies to soldiers in 24 designated combat MOSs, a narrower and different list than the 21 MOSs covered under AFT Combat standards, and it’s graded pass or fail rather than on a points scale. The CFT runs alongside the AFT, not instead of it, so soldiers in those roles track both scorecards separately.

If you’re only checking your AFT total, the CFT doesn’t factor into that number at all. Keep the two systems separate when you’re reviewing your own readiness, since combining them leads to confusion about what score actually applies where.

Common Mistakes Reading the Chart

The most frequent error is grabbing the wrong age bracket, especially right after a birthday shifts a soldier into a new five year band. The second is applying a gender column to a Combat MOS score, when Combat standards ignore gender entirely and use one shared table. The third is stopping at the total score without confirming every individual event cleared 60 points first.

A calculator removes all three of these errors at once, since it applies the correct table automatically based on your inputs. If you’re checking your numbers by hand instead, double check your age on the actual test date and confirm which standard, Combat or General, actually applies to your MOS before you start reading rows.

Who Uses This Chart

Soldiers checking a diagnostic result before a record test are the most common users, but they’re not the only ones. Graders reference the same tables constantly during official testing, especially when confirming a borderline score on the spot. Unit fitness NCOs also pull from these charts when planning remediation schedules, since knowing exactly how many points a soldier needs on a specific event shapes the training plan far more than a vague total does.

This is part of why accuracy matters more than convenience here. A chart based on outdated standards or an approximated formula can hand a soldier false confidence going into test day, or worse, an inaccurate remediation plan built on the wrong numbers.

Frequently Asked Questions

It’s based on Army doctrine, specifically FM 7-22 and DA Form 705, the same references used to record official test results.

No. Combat MOS uses one sex-neutral table per age bracket, while General standard splits scoring by gender for most events.

Certain raw results don’t land on every possible point value, especially for events like the deadlift where weight increases in larger jumps.

You fail the entire AFT. The 60 point minimum per event applies regardless of how strong your combined total looks.

Yes. Soldiers scoring 465 or higher with passing marks on every event are exempt from body fat assessment for that cycle under AR 600-9.

Conclusion

The AFT Score Chart looks intimidating as a raw table, but the logic behind it is simple once you know what to check. Confirm your age bracket, confirm whether Combat or General standards apply, and check every individual event against its own 60 point floor before adding up your total. Get comfortable reading it once, and every future test date becomes a lot less stressful.

For a faster way to check your numbers without flipping through tables by hand, try our AFT calculator, or see how this event fits into your full scorecard on our plank test standards and deadlift standards pages. For the official Army source on current scoring policy, visit the Army’s own AFT page.