Vertical jump norms · age 18

What is a good vertical jump for a 18 year old?

For a 18 year old man the average vertical jump is 19.2 in (49 cm); 22.2 in is good (top 20%) and 24.9 in is the top 5%. For a 18 year old woman: average 12.9 in, good 14.8 in, top 5% 16.7 in.

Ages 18–19, vertical jump. Statistics Canada CHMS 2016–17.
Group	AverageP50	GoodP80	Top 5%P95
Men	19.2 in48.7 cm	22.2 in56.3 cm	24.9 in63.2 cm
Women	12.9 in32.8 cm	14.8 in37.6 cm	16.7 in42.4 cm

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Norms: Statistics Canada CHMS 2016–17 · Targets: NFL & NBA combines

What changes at 18

Eighteen is the last teen band (18–19) and the first age the table counts as adult. Men's medians peak in the early twenties; women's medians are highest in the early teens and drift down slowly through adulthood, so an 18 year old woman is compared with a slightly lower median than a 13 year old girl.

Full percentiles for ages 18–19

Men, ages 18–19: vertical jump percentiles P5–P95. Inches, with centimetres beneath. Statistics Canada CHMS 2016–17.
Age	P5	P10	P20	P30	P40	P50median	P60	P70	P80good	P90	P95top 5%
18–19	12.832.6 cm	14.336.3 cm	16.040.7 cm	17.243.8 cm	18.246.3 cm	19.248.7 cm	20.151.0 cm	21.153.5 cm	22.256.3 cm	23.760.1 cm	24.963.2 cm

Women, ages 18–19: vertical jump percentiles P5–P95. Inches, with centimetres beneath. Statistics Canada CHMS 2016–17.
Age	P5	P10	P20	P30	P40	P50median	P60	P70	P80good	P90	P95top 5%
18–19	9.323.6 cm	10.125.6 cm	11.028.0 cm	11.729.8 cm	12.331.3 cm	12.932.8 cm	13.534.2 cm	14.135.8 cm	14.837.6 cm	15.840.2 cm	16.742.4 cm

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Compared with a national sample of the general population, not a ranking of other people. Method and sources are on the full table page.

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Is a 20 inch vertical good for a 18 year old?

For a 18 year old man, 20 in is about the 59th percentile; for a 18 year old woman it is about the top 5%. The 80th percentile, which this page calls good, is 22.2 in for mans and 14.8 in for womans.

What is the average vertical jump for a 18 year old?

The median (P50) for ages 18–19 is 19.2 in (48.7 cm) for mans and 12.9 in (32.8 cm) for womans, from Statistics Canada's force-plate survey.

How was this measured?

One countermovement jump from standing on a force plate, arm swing allowed, best of three trials, in a nationally representative Canadian sample (Canadian Health Measures Survey 2016–17).