World records
Clean and Jerk World Records
The heaviest clean and jerk in competition since 1998 is 267 kg for men, by Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships, and 193 kg for women, by Tatiana Kashirina of Russia at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships. Below are the current clean and jerk world records in every class of the IWF list in force since 1 August 2026, then the ten heaviest clean and jerks by men and by women since 1998.
- Heaviest men's clean and jerk
- 267 kg
- Heaviest women's clean and jerk
- 193 kg
- Records in today's classes
- 11
- Records checked
- 3 Nov 2026
Current clean and jerk world records
The record in each class of today's list. A class with no record yet shows its world standard, the figure a lifter has to beat to set the first one.
Men
| Class | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 60 kg | 174 kg |
 Pang Un-chol 11 May 2026, 2026 Asian Championships, Gandhinagar
|
| 65 kg | 187 kg |
Pak Myong-jin 28 Oct 2026, 2026 World Championships, Ningbo
|
| 70 kg | 198 kg |
Ri Won-ju 26 Sep 2026, 2026 Asian Games, Nagoya
|
| 75 kg | 206 kg |
 Rahmat Erwin Abdullah 26 Sep 2026, 2026 Asian Games, Nagoya
|
| 85 kg | 215 kg |
Ro Kwang-ryol 2 Nov 2026, 2026 World Championships, Ningbo
|
| 95 kg | 220 kg | World standard, no record yet |
| 110 kg | 237 kg | World standard, no record yet |
| +110 kg | 261 kg |
 Alireza Yousefi 17 May 2026, 2026 Asian Championships, Gandhinagar
|
Women
| Class | Record | Holder |
|---|---|---|
| 49 kg | 121 kg |
Ri Sŏng-gŭm 23 Sep 2026, 2026 Asian Games, Nagoya
|
| 53 kg | 126 kg | World standard, no record yet |
| 57 kg | 134 kg |
Oh Kwang Ok 25 Sep 2026, 2026 Asian Games, Nagoya
|
| 61 kg | 142 kg |
 Pei Xinyi 1 Nov 2026, 2026 World Championships, Ningbo
|
| 69 kg | 153 kg |
Song Kuk-hyang 3 Nov 2026, 2026 World Championships, Ningbo
|
| 77 kg | 155 kg |
 Olivia Reeves 8 Oct 2025, 2025 World Championships, Førde
|
| 86 kg | 162 kg | World standard, no record yet |
| +86 kg | 181 kg | World standard, no record yet |
This site has only some results from the 2026 World Weightlifting Championships, so a record set there can be missing from its holder's profile.
What the heaviest clean and jerks look like on the bar
The discs on the bar for the heaviest clean and jerk by a man and by a woman, drawn to scale and loaded heaviest first, in the competition colours: 25 kg red, 20 kg blue, 15 kg yellow, 10 kg green and 5 kg white, then the smaller change discs. A 2.5 kg collar holds each end.
The heaviest clean and jerks since 1998
Each lifter's heaviest clean and jerk in competition since 1998, when the IWF reset its records with new classes, heaviest first. Classes changed again in 2018, 2025 and 2026, so a lift here can sit above today's record for its class. A lift newer than the results on this site appears only when it is a current world record.
Men
| # | Kg | Lifter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 267 |
 Lasha Talakhadze
+109 kg, 2021 World Weightlifting Championships
|
| 2 | 263.5 |
Hossein Rezazadeh
+105 kg, 2004 Olympic Games
|
| 3 | 262 |
Alireza Yousefi
+109 kg, 2024 World Weightlifting Championships
|
| 4 | 260 |
 Kim Tae-hyun
+105 kg, 2000 Olympic Games
|
| 5 | 260 |
 Andrei Chemerkin
+105 kg, 2000 Olympic Games
|
| 6 | 260 |
Ali Davoudi
+110 kg, 2026 Asian Games
|
| 7 | 258 |
 Matthias Steiner
+105 kg, 2008 Olympic Games
|
| 8 | 257.5 |
Ronny Weller
+105 kg, 2000 Olympic Games
|
| 9 | 257 |
Aleksey Lovchev
+105 kg, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships
|
| 10 | 255 |
 Jaber Saeed Salem
+105 kg, 2000 Olympic Games
|
Women
| # | Kg | Lifter |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 193 |
Tatiana Kashirina
+75 kg, 2014 World Weightlifting Championships
|
| 2 | 192 |
Zhou Lulu
+75 kg, 2014 Asian Games
|
| 3 | 188 |
Meng Suping
+75 kg, 2012 FISU World University Championships
|
| 4 | 187 |
Jang Mi-ran
+75 kg, 2009 World Weightlifting Championships
|
| 5 | 187 |
Li Wenwen
+87 kg, 2020 Asian Championships (held 2021)
|
| 6 | 182.5 |
Tang Gonghong
+75 kg, 2004 Olympic Games
|
| 7 | 180 |
Mu Shuangshuang
+75 kg, 2007 World Weightlifting Championships
|
| 8 | 180 | Zhou Xiaoman +87 kg, 2019 EGAT's Cup International Weightlifting Championships |
| 9 | 178 |
Li Yan
+86 kg, 2026 Asian Championships
|
| 10 | 175 |
Kim Kuk-hyang
+75 kg, 2016 Olympic Games
|
How clean and jerk records work
A new world record must beat the old one by at least 1 kg and be set at a competition the IWF has approved for records, with doping control. When the IWF changes its class list, only classes whose limits stay the same keep their records; new classes start from world standards.