Navy PRT standards chart by age group and sex

Navy PRT requirements: the three events

The Physical Readiness Test is the fitness half of the Navy Physical Fitness Assessment, or PFA. It has three events, done in this order on one day: push-ups, a forearm plank, then a cardio event. Each gets its own points.

Push-ups are as many correct repetitions as a Sailor can do in two minutes. The plank is held as long as possible, and the time is recorded to the nearest second. The guide stops the clock at 3:24 for men and 3:14 for women.

The standard cardio event is the 1.5 mile run or walk, and any mix of the two is allowed. A commanding officer can also allow an alternate: the 2 kilometer row, a 500 yard or 450 meter swim, a treadmill or a stationary bike. A Sailor who has not practiced on the machine does not take it that day.

The row and the two swims have columns in the tables. For men aged 17 to 19, the row runs from 7:00 for 100 points to 9:20 for 45 points. The treadmill and the bike have no column.

Categories, levels and points

Every table has the same 12 rows. Outstanding High is 100 points, Outstanding Medium 95 and Outstanding Low 90. Excellent runs 85, 80 and 75. Good runs 70, 65 and 60. Satisfactory High is 55 and Satisfactory Medium 50. Probationary, at the bottom, is 45.

Each row shows the least a Sailor must do to earn its points. For push-ups and plank that means at least that many or that long. For the run, row and swim it means that time or faster.

The minimum to pass

Probationary is the lowest passing category. Guide-5A says the PRT is passed when a Sailor reaches Probationary or higher in all three events. One failed event fails the whole PRT.

Minimums at 5,000 feet or lower, men then women, for ages 17 to 19: push-ups 42 and 19, plank 1:11 and 1:01, run 12:45 and 15:00. For ages 65 and over: push-ups 4 and 1, plank 0:58 and 0:50, run 20:35 and 20:52.

An unfinished run or row is recorded as 59:59 and fails the test.

How the overall score works

The overall PRT score is the average of the points from the three events. A Sailor with 100, 85 and 70 points has an average of 85.

Guide-5A does not say how an average with a fraction is rounded, or how it becomes an overall category. The Navy PRT calculator shows the points for each event so you can see where the average comes from.

Over 5,000 feet

Guide-5A defines increased elevation as more than 5,000 feet above sea level and prints a second set of tables for it. In every age group and for both sexes, the push-up and plank values match the sea level table. Only the run, the row and the swims change, and their times get slower.

For men aged 17 to 19 the run moves from 8:15 to 9:00 at 100 points and from 12:45 to 13:40 at 45 points. For women of that age it moves from 9:29 to 10:20 at 100 points and from 15:00 to 16:20 at 45 points.

The guide notes that the adjustment rests on 30 days of acclimatization. Test procedures do not change with elevation.

Two cycles in 2026

NAVADMIN 264/25 sets Cycle-1 from 1 January to 30 June 2026 and Cycle-2 from 1 July to 31 December 2026. Active Component Sailors take two fitness assessments a year. Reserve Component Sailors take at least one.

The fitness assessment is a body composition assessment plus the PRT. Guide-1 says a result from one cycle does not count for another.

Values kept as printed

A few table values look odd, and this chart keeps them as printed. Women aged 17 to 19 earn 100 points for a 9:29 run, then the next row is 11:15. Women aged 20 to 24 go from 9:47 to 11:15 the same way.

For women aged 35 to 39 over 5,000 feet, the 450 meter swim is 15:42 at Satisfactory Medium and 16:22 at Probationary. The 500 yard swim in the same rows is 15:40 and 15:58. In every other group the 450 meter time is the faster one.

Gaps in the Navy PRT guide

The documents do not say how a result between two rows is scored. The Navy PRT calculator gives such a result the points of the highest row it reaches, with no rounding up and no averaging between rows.

They do not give the points for a result slower than the Probationary row, except to call it a failure. They also do not say whether age on test day or on another date picks the age group.

The stationary bike is scored with the Navy's own mobile app, from the bike model and the calories burned, and no table prints those values. The guide does not say which column scores the treadmill.