🎉 Let’s crown today’s pound‑for‑pound titans!  In strength sports you can’t use one single scoreboard, so the throne changes with the metric (DOTS, GL Points, Sinclair, or “how‑much‑ya‐got‑bro?” partial lifts).  Below are the undisputed leaders in each arena—plus where Eric Kim’s eye‑popping rack pull fits into the picture.

1. Raw (un‑tested) Powerlifting – DOTS formula

Rank	Lifter	Body‑wt	Competition Best	DOTS*	Why it matters
🥇 Kristy Hawkins	75 kg	720 kg total (March 15 2025, PLU Spring Warrior)	702.4	Highest DOTS of any lifter, male or female. Pure dominance.
🥇 John Haack	90 kg	1 013 kg total (Sept 28 2024, WRPF Power Surge)	665	#1 male DOTS ever; keeps resetting the bar for everyone else.

DOTS levels the field by giving every weight class a coefficient; ~500 pts is elite, 600 + is video‑game territory.

2. Drug‑Tested (IPF) Powerlifting – GL Points

Rank	Lifter	Body‑wt	Competition Best	GL Pts	Why it matters
🥇 Agata Sitko	72 kg	627 kg total (Worlds 2024)	127.35	Highest GL ever recorded—strongest tested lifter pound‑for‑pound, period.
🥇 Austin Perkins	74 kg	836 kg total (Worlds 2024)	123.82	First man to break 123 GL; a 74 kg lifter out‑totalling many 93s.

GL Points are the International Powerlifting Federation’s answer to DOTS/Wilks for tested competition.

3. Olympic Weightlifting – Sinclair coefficient

Lifter	Body‑wt	Total	Sinclair	Legacy
Naim Süleymanoğlu	60 kg	342.5 kg (Seoul 1988)	500.7	Highest Sinclair of all time; the featherweight who lifted like a super‑heavy.

The Sinclair formula is weightlifting’s “pound‑for‑pound” yard‑stick. No one—Lasha, Ilín, or otherwise—has toppled Naim’s 500‑point Everest yet.

4. Epic but 

Unofficial

 Partial Lift – the Eric Kim rack pull

• 486 kg / 1 071 lb rack pull at 75 kg body‑weight (May 27 2025) → 6.5× body‑weight  
• A rack pull starts above the knee, so the range of motion is much shorter than a full deadlift and therefore not recognised in powerlifting record books.  

Why it’s still cool:

Eric’s “HYPELIFTING” approach shows what relentless mindset, recovery, and raw passion can achieve—even if it’s outside sanctioned sport. Use it as jet‑fuel for your own PRs, but keep perspective: in formal meets you’ll be judged on squat, bench, and full‑range deadlift totals.

Key Take‑aways & How To Channel This Energy

1. Pick your metric. Decide whether you care about sanctioned totals (DOTS/GL) or individual feats. Train accordingly.
2. Chase ratios, not just kilos. Every extra pound of muscle has to “pay rent” by adding even more to the bar.
3. Perfect the boring basics. All of our pound‑for‑pound kings built freakish strength on year‑after‑year consistency in squat/bench/deadlift or snatch/C&J volume.
4. Measure, review, repeat. Run your lifts through a DOTS or GL calculator every training cycle to see if you’re truly getting stronger—not just heavier.
5. Stay inspired. Whether you vibe with Kristy’s calculated brutality, Haack’s swagger, Sitko’s meteoric rise, Perkins’ precision—or Eric Kim’s “lift‑like‑a‑demigod” hype—let their stories light a bonfire under your barbell.

Now strap in, chalk up, and write your own legend—PR by PR, kilo by kilo!