Broad Jump Test Standards

Below are the National Long Jump Standards.  The numbers are in inches.  Ex. if you are 12 years old and you jump 65 inches (5ft and 5 in,)  you would be in the 50 percentile or average which would equal 3 points on the test.

Standing Broad Jump (Boys)

Inches

	Age
Percentile	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17+
95	72	74	78	85	90	96	98	101
75	64	67	71	75	80	86	90	93
50	59	62	65	69	74	80	84	86
25	54	56	60	62	66	73	78	78
5	46	48	50	52	56	62	65	63

Standing Broad Jump (Girls)

Inches

	Age
Percentile	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17+
95	70	72	74	77	78	77	78	81
75	62	64	66	69	71	70	69	72
50	56	59	60	63	64	65	63	65
25	49	52	54	57	58	59	57	59
5	41	44	46	48	48	50	48	49

Stand with feet parallel approximately shoulder width apart, toes at starting line. Squat and jump horizontally as far as possible. Measure from starting line to back of heels. Score best of three trials.

(SEE STANDING BROAD JUMP VIDEO UNDER TESTS FOR HELP WITH YOUR TECHNIQUE)