Matt Silvey
New Zealand · Male · 231.4 lbs (105 kg) bodyweight at best meet · NZPF
Pull-dominant
#856 in the elite index
527.2 DOTS
Best squat
716.5 lbs
325 kg
Best bench press
424.4 lbs
192.5 kg
Best deadlift
785.9 lbs
356.5 kg
Best total
1,926.8 lbs
874 kg
Best DOTS
527.2
Profile analysis
Matt Silvey ranks #856 among the men in our elite index and #10 in New Zealand, with a best DOTS score of 527.2 set at New Zealand Powerlifting Open Nationals (2025).
Relative to bodyweight, Matt squats 3.10×, benches 1.83× and deadlifts 3.40× bodyweight. The total splits 37% squat, 22% bench and 41% deadlift.
Pull-dominant. The deadlift represents more of the total than average, the signature of a powerful posterior chain and often long arms relative to the torso.
Across 11 raw full-power meets in 4 federations (NZPF, CommonwealthPF, IPF, ORPF), Matt took 10 first places. From the first recorded meet to the best one, the total grew by 372.6 lbs (169.0 kg) — about 81.1 lbs per year over 4.6 years.
Progression over time
Compared with all competitive lifters (up to 231.5 lbs class)
Competition history
| Date | Meet | Place | Bodyweight | Squat / Bench / Deadlift | Total | DOTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-19 | Oceania Regional Powerlifting Championships · ORPF | 1 | 229.6 lbs | 711 lbs / 413.4 lbs / 771.6 lbs | 1,896 lbs (860 kg) | 520.4 |
| 2025-09-25 | New Zealand Powerlifting Open Nationals · NZPF | 1 | 231.4 lbs | 716.5 lbs / 424.4 lbs / 785.9 lbs | 1,926.8 lbs (874 kg) | 527.2 |
| 2025-03-29 | Southern Powerlifting Provincial Championships · NZPF | 1 | 229.9 lbs | 705.5 lbs / 418.9 lbs / 760.6 lbs | 1,885 lbs (855 kg) | 517.0 |
| 2024-09-16 | National Championships · NZPF | 1 | 229.6 lbs | 696.7 lbs / 413.4 lbs / 784.8 lbs | 1,894.9 lbs (859.5 kg) | 520.1 |
| 2024-04-14 | Southern Powerlifting Provincial Championships · NZPF | 1 | 218.6 lbs | 661.4 lbs / 402.3 lbs / 762.8 lbs | 1,826.5 lbs (828.5 kg) | 511.8 |
| 2023-08-27 | World Junior and Sub-Junior Classic Championships · IPF | 10 | 204 lbs | 606.3 lbs / 374.8 lbs / 700 lbs | 1,681 lbs (762.5 kg) | 486.4 |
| 2023-04-15 | Southern Powerlifting Regionals Championships · NZPF | 1 | 204.2 lbs | 622.8 lbs / 385.8 lbs / 729.7 lbs | 1,738.3 lbs (788.5 kg) | 502.7 |
| 2022-11-28 | Commonwealth Championships · CommonwealthPF | 1 | 202.8 lbs | 606.3 lbs / 369.3 lbs / 728.6 lbs | 1,704.2 lbs (773 kg) | 494.4 |
| 2022-08-01 | New Zealand Championships · NZPF | 1 | 204.9 lbs | 589.7 lbs / 352.7 lbs / 707.7 lbs | 1,650.2 lbs (748.5 kg) | 476.4 |
| 2022-04-02 | Provincial Championships · NZPF | 1 | 205 lbs | 584.2 lbs / 353.8 lbs / 672.4 lbs | 1,610.5 lbs (730.5 kg) | 464.9 |
| 2021-04-17 | Southern Powerlifting Provincial Championships · NZPF | 1 | 203.3 lbs | 562.2 lbs / 330.7 lbs / 661.4 lbs | 1,554.3 lbs (705 kg) | 450.4 |
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Bobb Matthews
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Anthony McNaughton
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Luke Tolman
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Keenan Lee
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