Kianoush Rostami vs Nizami Pashayev

Career figures from every result on this site. Where one figure is better, it is in bold. The figures are explained under the table.

Figure	Kianoush Rostami	Nizami Pashayev
Nation	Iran	Azerbaijan
Born	1991	1981
Competitions	27, 2008 to 2026	11, 1999 to 2009
Olympic medals	1 gold, 1 silver	None
World Championships medals	2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze	2 gold, 1 silver
Best snatch	179 kg	185 kg
Best clean and jerk	225 kg	222.5 kg
Best total	403 kg (men's 96 kg, 2019)	405 kg (men's 94 kg, 2001)
Best Sinclair score	498.6	485.7
Best total, place in its class	5th of 455 in the men's 96 kg	8th of 1,113 in the men's 94 kg
Snatch attempts made	55% (42 of 77)	53% (16 of 30)
Clean and jerk attempts made	50% (34 of 68)	63% (19 of 30)
Snatch as a share of clean and jerk	79%	82%
World records held now	None	None

How to read these figures

• Sinclair score. The total scaled for bodyweight with the IWF's 2025 to 2028 coefficients, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Women and men have separate formulas.
• Place in its class. Where the best total stands among every lifter with a total in that class on this site, on the IWF class list in force at the time.
• Attempts made. The share of all snatch or clean and jerk attempts the lifter made. At senior World Championships and Olympic Games since 1998, lifters make 58% of snatches and 56% of clean and jerks.
• Snatch as a share of clean and jerk. The snatch divided by the clean and jerk at the best total. It describes the shape of a lifter, not strength, so it is not in bold; eight in ten men lifting in national federation meets sit between 71% and 86%.
• World records held now. Records on the IWF class list in force since 1 August 2026. A record set in a class that list retired does not carry over, so a past record holder can show none.

Kianoush Rostami and Nizami Pashayev never lifted in the same class at the same competition. The results here run from 2008 to 2026 for Kianoush Rostami and 1999 to 2009 for Nizami Pashayev, so the side by side figures and the chart are the comparison.

The Sinclair score at each competition: the total scaled for bodyweight, so lifters from different classes sit on one scale. Competitions that ended without a total or a bodyweight have no point.

Lifters whose best totals came in nearby classes, from any year.

• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Szymon Kołecki
• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Karlos Nasar
• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Sohrab Moradi
• Nearby class Kianoush Rostami vs Kakhi Kakhiashvili
• Nearby class Nizami Pashayev vs Szymon Kołecki
• Nearby class Nizami Pashayev vs Karlos Nasar