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Axle Press World Record Progression
How the strongman max axle press world record has climbed from 175 kg to the current all-time best.
12 record-setting marks
+43 kg over the era
Current Record Holder
218 kg
Progression Chart
Biggest Single Jump
+10 kg
Žydrūnas Savickas
(2010)
to 215 kg
Longest-Standing Record
7
years
215 kg
Žydrūnas Savickas
2010 - 2017
Record Timeline
12 records| Year | Record | Athlete | Improvement | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 175 kg |
Hugo Girard
|
First record | 2003 Hawaii Grand Prix |
| 2007 | 180 kg |
Saulius Brusokas
|
+5 kg | 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships |
| 2007 | 185 kg |
Vasyl Virastyuk
|
+5 kg | 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships |
| 2007 | 190 kg |
Andrus Murumets
|
+5 kg | 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships |
| 2007 | 195 kg |
Mikhail Koklyaev
|
+5 kg | 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships |
| 2007 | 200 kg |
Žydrūnas Savickas
|
+5 kg | 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships |
| 2009 | 202.5 kg |
Žydrūnas Savickas
|
+2.5 kg | 2009 Lithuania's Strongest Man |
| 2010 | 205 kg |
Laurence Shahlaei
|
+2.5 kg | 2010 Giants Live Turkey |
| 2010 | 215 kg |
Žydrūnas Savickas
|
+10 kg | 2010 Giants Live Turkey |
| 2017 | 216 kg |
Eddie Hall
|
+1 kg | 2017 Europe's Strongest Man |
| 2021 | 217 kg |
Cheick Sanou
|
+1 kg | 2021 Giants Live Strongman Classic |
| 2024 | 218 kg |
Mitchell Hooper
|
+1 kg | 2024 Giants Live Strongman Classic |
Other Record Progressions
About This Record Progression
This page tracks the verified world-record progression for the axle press. Every mark in the timeline beat the previous best in official competition, so the line shows a true running maximum rather than a list of every result.
Reading the Timeline
- Improvement: how much each new record exceeded the previous best, showing the pace of progression
- Biggest Single Jump: the largest one-step improvement, a watershed moment for the event
- Longest-Standing Record: the mark that proved hardest to beat, a ceiling that took years to surpass
Data Sources
Records are compiled from verified competition results across World's Strongest Man, the Arnold Strongman Classic, Giants Live, and major federations. Only sanctioned competition performances are included. Exhibition and gym lifts are excluded.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is built as a running maximum from verified competition results. Each entry in the timeline beat the previous best mark in official competition. Performances that did not exceed the standing record are not shown, which keeps the line clean rather than listing every result.
It shows how much each new record exceeded the one before it. The first mark in the timeline is labelled "First record" because there is no earlier value to compare it against.
We only publish a progression when the running-max line can be traced through documented competition results. When the history cannot be verified, we do not publish a line rather than guess.