Percentiles
Resting heart rate: how do you compare?
Median 71 US adults · approximate
Beats per minute at rest. Bell curve around a typical adult average of about 71. "Lower than" means a slower resting pulse. Approximate; not medical advice.
US adults · approximate
| Rank | Resting heart rate |
|---|---|
| Faster than 95% of the group | 53 bpm |
| Faster than 90% of the group | 57 bpm |
| Faster than 75% of the group | 64 bpm |
| Faster than 50% of the group | 71 bpm |
| Faster than 25% of the group | 78 bpm |
| Faster than 10% of the group | 85 bpm |
| Faster than 5% of the group | 89 bpm |
A bell curve fitted to published averages; every value is a modeled estimate. The slider on the main page runs past this table up to the record: Daniel Green, 26 bpm, the lowest resting heart rate ever recorded, 2014.