Army Height and Weight Calculator for Enlistment

How this Army height and weight calculator works

This calculator checks a height and weight against the Army enlistment weight tables: Table 2-1 for men and Table 2-2 for women in Army Regulation (AR) 40-501, Change 004. Enter your sex, your age, your height in inches, and your weight in pounds. The main result is the table maximum weight for your height and age group. Under it, the page shows whether your weight is within the table, the minimum weight for your height, and the body-fat limit for your age group.

The tables are for people applying to enlist in the Army. Applicants for appointment as commissioned officers, including commissioned warrant officers, follow AR 600-9 instead (AR 40-501, paragraph 2-3b), so this page covers enlisted applicants only.

Enlistment only: current Soldiers use waist-to-height

These tables are not the standard for current Soldiers. Army Directive 2026-13, dated 1 July 2026 and effective immediately, made the waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) the only standard of the Army Body Composition Program (ABCP). Paragraph 5a states:

“a. WHtR is the Only Authorized ABCP Standard. The WHtR is adopted as the sole measurement for all Soldiers. The use of height and weight screening tables is discontinued.”

The directive applies to Soldiers, to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy and in Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, to retention actions, and to Army schools and training courses. It does not mention enlistment applicants or AR 40-501, and AR 40-501 still sets the enlistment tables used here. The older Soldier screening table in AR 600-9 is no longer used, and this page does not show it. If you are already serving, the Army body fat calculator works out your waist-to-height ratio.

Height: 58 to 80 inches, rounded to the nearest inch

AR 40-501 paragraph 2-3a sets an enlistment height range of 58 to 80 inches for both men and women. Height is rounded to the nearest inch first: a fraction under half an inch rounds down, and half an inch or more rounds up. So 57.5 inches counts as 58 and is in range, 80.4 inches counts as 80, and 80.5 inches counts as 81, which is outside the range. When the rounded height is outside 58 to 80 inches, the page shows no table weight.

Enter your height in inches: 5 feet 10 inches is 70 inches, and 6 feet is 72 inches.

Minimum weight and maximum weight by age

Each table row gives, for one height, a minimum weight that applies at every age and a maximum weight for each of four age groups: 17–20, 21–27, 28–39, and 40 and over. The minimum weight is the same for men and women, for example 91 lb at 58 inches and 132 lb at 70 inches. The maximum weight depends on sex and age group.

A weight equal to the table maximum is within the table. AR 40-501 turns to body fat only when a weight exceeds the maximum, so 192 lb at 70 inches for a 25-year-old man is within the table, and 193 lb is above it.

AR 40-501 does not specify how to round weight. EVR follows the AR 600-9 method (Appendix B, paragraph B-1b): round to the nearest pound, with a fraction under half a pound rounded down and half a pound or more rounded up. So 192.4 lb counts as 192 and 192.5 lb counts as 193.

Age is your age at your last birthday, in whole years. The tables start at age 17, so for an age under 17 the page shows no table weight. The 40 and over group has no upper age in the tables.

AR 40-501 does not say what happens when a weight is below the minimum weight. In that case, the page says your weight is below it and that your recruiter or the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) decides what this means for you.

In three rows the maximum does not rise from the youngest age group to the next, and this page keeps them exactly as printed. For men at 58 inches, the maximum is 129 lb for ages 17–20 and 128 lb for ages 21–27, and at 59 inches it is 134 lb and 132 lb. For women at 66 inches, the maximum is 160 lb for both ages 17–20 and 21–27.

Body-fat limits by age

When a weight is above the table maximum, AR 40-501 uses body fat as the final check. The footnotes to the tables set these limits by age group. For men: 24% at ages 17–20, 26% at 21–27, 28% at 28–39, and 30% at 40 and over. For women: 30% at ages 17–20, 32% at 21–27, 34% at 28–39, and 36% at 40 and over.

This calculator does not estimate body fat and does not describe how it is measured. The table footnotes leave that measurement to AR 600-9; this page does not name a method. EVR found no published Army source that says how body fat is measured for applicants since the 2026 changes for Soldiers. Ask your recruiter.

Army enlistment height and weight chart

These are AR 40-501 Tables 2-1 and 2-2. Heights are in inches and weights in pounds. Each maximum column is one age group, and the minimum weight applies at every age. The last row gives the body-fat limit for each age group.

Army height and weight examples

A 25-year-old man who is 70 inches tall has a minimum weight of 132 lb and a maximum of 192 lb for ages 21–27, with a body-fat limit of 26%. At 192 lb he is within the table. At 193 lb he is above the maximum, so the body-fat check applies. At 131 lb he is below the minimum weight.

A 30-year-old woman who is 65 inches tall has a minimum weight of 114 lb and a maximum of 158 lb for ages 28–39, with a body-fat limit of 34%. At 158 lb she is within the table, and at 159 lb she is above the maximum.

At 80 inches, a woman aged 40 or over has a maximum of 241 lb and a body-fat limit of 36%. An 18-year-old man at 80 inches has a maximum of 247 lb, so 248 lb is above it.

Not an official Army determination

This page is an independent check against the published tables. It is not affiliated with the U.S. Army and does not decide whether anyone can enlist. Your recruiter and MEPS take the official measurements and make the determination. AR 40-501 paragraph 2-3c applies the tables to all enlisted applicants except those in pilot testing sponsored by Headquarters, Department of the Army, and other enlistment standards apply that this page does not cover.

Height and weight standards before enlistment are a Department of Defense requirement: DoD Instruction 1304.26 requires all individuals to meet pre-accession height and weight standards. Every number on this page comes from AR 40-501.

Sources

• Army Regulation 40-501, Standards of Medical Fitness, 27 June 2019, Change 004 (administrative revision dated 29 September 2025), paragraph 2-3 and Tables 2-1 and 2-2: AR 40-501 on armypubs.army.mil.
• Army Directive 2026-13, Army Body Composition Program and Standards, 1 July 2026, paragraph 5a: Army Directive 2026-13 on armypubs.army.mil.
• Army Regulation 600-9, The Army Body Composition Program, 16 July 2019, Change 001 (27 February 2025), Appendix B, paragraph B-1b, cited only for the weight rounding method: AR 600-9 on armypubs.army.mil.
• DoD Instruction 1304.26, Qualification Standards for Enlistment, Appointment, and Induction, 23 March 2015, Change 4 (29 May 2025), Enclosure 3, paragraph f(1), cited only for the requirement of pre-accession height and weight standards: DoD Instruction 1304.26 on esd.whs.mil.

EVR checked all 284 printed table values (heights, weights, and body-fat limits) against the official AR 40-501 PDF with a script that reads the PDF.

Last checked against AR 40-501 on 9 October 2026.

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