Most "average vertical jump" numbers online are recycled estimates. These aren't. Every number below comes from real jumps measured on Plyomat devices — flight-time data from 658 athletes (CMJ) and 726 athletes (RSI), each contributing their single best kept rep. Median best CMJ: 47.0 cm (18.5 in) — 52.3 cm for male athletes, 37.6 cm for female athletes.
Find your best countermovement jump in the table. Each row is a percentile of the tested population: the 50th percentile is the athlete median, the 90th means you out-jump 9 in 10 tested athletes.
| Percentile | All athletes (n=658) | Male (n=330) | Female (n=167) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 30.8 cm · 12.1 in | 35.9 cm · 14.1 in | 27.1 cm · 10.7 in |
| 25th | 36.8 cm · 14.5 in | 42.4 cm · 16.7 in | 32.0 cm · 12.6 in |
| 50th · median | 47.0 cm · 18.5 in | 52.3 cm · 20.6 in | 37.6 cm · 14.8 in |
| 75th | 59.4 cm · 23.4 in | 63.5 cm · 25.0 in | 49.0 cm · 19.3 in |
| 90th | 68.9 cm · 27.1 in | 77.3 cm · 30.4 in | 56.7 cm · 22.3 in |
| 95th | 78.1 cm · 30.7 in | 84.3 cm · 33.2 in | 63.4 cm · 25.0 in |
Gender splits use athlete profiles where gender is recorded; the all-athletes column includes every tested athlete. Data snapshot: June 2026.
These are per-athlete bests, not session averages. Each athlete contributes the single best kept rep they've ever recorded, because "how high can I jump?" is the question people actually ask. A typical jump in a normal session runs lower than a best.
This is an athletic population. Plyomat users are coached athletes — school, club, college, and professional programmes — plus physio patients in testing. General-population averages run meaningfully lower than these tables. If you're an untrained adult comparing against the 50th percentile here, you're comparing against the middle of a trained group.
The measurement is honest. Every jump is flight-time measured on a switch mat and computed by the Controller 3.0 — a method independently validated against an AccuPower force plate (within ~1 cm, ICC 0.85). No self-reported numbers, no wall-and-tape estimates, no survey data.
RSI = jump height ÷ ground contact time, the standard measure of reactive, elastic ability. Same rules as above: per-athlete bests, real device data.
| Percentile | All athletes (n=726) | Male (n=349) | Female (n=178) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | 1.12 | 1.34 | 1.07 |
| 25th | 1.67 | 1.85 | 1.75 |
| 50th · median | 2.42 | 2.72 | 2.43 |
| 75th | 3.32 | 3.67 | 3.16 |
| 90th | 3.93 | 4.20 | 3.64 |
| 95th | 4.35 | 4.50 | 3.79 |
Because these are bests, they read higher than the working-session bands in our RSI guide (where above 3.0 is classed excellent). Use this table to see where your best stands among tested athletes; use the guide's bands to programme training. To get your own number, the free RSI calculator works from jump height and contact time.
Every data point is a jump on a Plyomat switch mat, measured by flight time and computed on the Controller 3.0. Nothing self-reported.
Each athlete contributes a single value per metric — their best kept rep — so a power user testing daily can't drag the distribution.
Percentiles are computed across the whole population with no names, teams, or identifying details. The app doesn't even collect dates of birth.
Snapshot: June 2026 — 658 athletes with CMJ data, 726 with RSI data. As more teams test, we'll refresh the tables and add by-sport breakdowns.
The numbers on this page came from Plyomat devices. Test a best CMJ on a force-plate-validated mat, read it on the device, and find yourself in the table — no lab, no laptop, no subscription.
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