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Broad Jump Score Calculator

Enter your jump distance and height in the same unit.

How it is calculated

Type the standing broad jump distance and the athlete's standing height in the same unit (both in centimetres, or both in inches). The tool returns the distance as entered, then two normalised scores: ratio = jump / height, shown with three decimals, and percent of height = ratio × 100. A ratio of 1.000 means the jump equals the athlete's own height. The unit cancels out, so centimetres and inches give the same ratio as long as both fields match. The jump may be zero but not negative, and height must be above zero. The tool reports only the ratio and the percentage and does not rate them as good or poor, so compare them with your own earlier tests or with a group tested the same way.

Worked example

An athlete 178 cm tall jumps 225 cm from a standing start. The jump distance is recorded as 225.00. Ratio: 225 / 178 = 1.2640…, shown as 1.264. Percent of height: 1.264 × 100, which the tool shows as 126.40%. The jump is therefore about 1.26 times the athlete's height. After training, a jump of 235 cm at the same height would give 1.320, or 132.02%.

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Common mistakes

  • Mixing units, such as a jump in centimetres and height in metres or feet. The ratio is then off by a factor of 100 or more.
  • Measuring from the wrong points. The jump should be taken from the take-off line to the heel (the closest point of the body) where the athlete lands; measuring to the toes inflates the score.
  • Entering a running or hopping jump. The score is meant for a standing, two-foot take-off, so comparisons with other results only hold for that format.
  • Comparing percentages between very different groups without thinking. The score removes the effect of height, but not of age, sex or training background.
  • Expecting a grade or category. The tool gives only the two numbers.

About this calculator

The standing broad (long) jump is a classic test of explosive lower-body power, but raw distance alone doesn't account for the fact that a taller person naturally jumps farther with the same relative power output. Benchmarking the jump against body height — typically expressed as jump distance ÷ height, or as a percentage — normalizes for that, making the score comparable across athletes of different sizes.

This calculator takes a jump distance and body height in the same unit and returns the height-normalized score. Strength and conditioning coaches use this ratio to track an athlete's explosive power gains over a training cycle independent of growth or body size, and PE teachers and combine-style athletic testers (echoing tests used at events like the NFL Scouting Combine) use it to compare performance fairly across a roster of different-sized athletes.

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  • Editorial team

    The ratio compares a jump with the athlete's own height, which is handy for tracking one person over time, but the tool has no age or sex norms built in, so it cannot say whether a score is good for a group. Measure from the take-off line to the back of the nearest heel, and use the same method each session. What ratio are you seeing, and for what age group?

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