What is the highest General Technical (GT) and/or Physical Fitness Test score you've seen?

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:28:46 -0500

The highest GT score I've seen is 138. This is a 'general knowledge' score; however, it does not test someone's common sense.

The highest APFT score I've seen is 339...an 18 year old stud. However, I've never seen anyone 30-35 years of age be even close to that. I'm 30 years old and I feel as a leader I should set the example by leading the way in all aspects. I'm not a 339 score stud but I'm up there. Now that I'm thinking about it let me go work out...Does anyone thinks different?

Response by CW2 Joseph Evans made Jan 24 at 2014 3:41 PM

CW2 Joseph Evans — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:41:53 -0500

GT is going to vary according to test version. Seen 130 on one version and a 135 on the other. (I believe that was max for the respective tests, 99.9%). APFT maxes at 300, or did you want that lunatic with the 375 extended scale?

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 24 at 2014 5:46 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:46:50 -0500

I have a 143 GT...believe on this test it went to 150, but have only heard so far of 1 SM with a higher, 146 somewhere down in Ft. Stewart. Took the test in Sept. 2010.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 18 at 2014 10:37 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 22:37:36 -0400

I graded a female LTC in her mid 40's a few years ago. Her score was consistently in the 350-360 extended scale range.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 20 at 2015 11:52 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 20 May 2015 11:52:57 -0400

Highest GT: 144. 2 guys I went to basic with. Highest PT test I ever saw in person was a 394. Highest PT test I ever heard of a guy getting was above a 400. Same guy who got the 394. He just did it after I PCS'd. Dude was a freak of nature. He was capable of 35 dead hang pull-ups in a row. His push-up average was above 120. His sit-ups hovered at 100. His run just kept getting faster. Fastest I saw him run was a 10:40. That was the only thing that seemed to ever really roller coaster for him. And I promise he was graded fairly. If I remember correctly, the NCO grading him on the 394 test didn't even really like him that much. There was just no denying that he was a PT stud. Common sense...eh...not so much.

Response by CW3 Sandra Aultman made Dec 14 at 2017 5:00 PM

CW3 Sandra Aultman — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:00:42 -0500

I had a 148 GT but that was when the max was 150. I know they changed it so I don't know what the max is now.

Response by SP5 Richard Hastings made Jul 26 at 2018 4:02 AM

SP5 Richard Hastings — Thu, 26 Jul 2018 04:02:05 -0400

My GT score was 158. They moved me right into Public Information. For two years of my enlistment (1961-1964) the brigade commander kept trying to get me to go to West Point. Seriously considered it, but decided to call it a day and went back to civilian college. BTW, the colonel told me that he had never seen at GT that high in his career, which is not unusual, since it ranks in the 99.9th percentile.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Jul 27 at 2018 9:27 AM

SGM Bill Frazer — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 09:27:49 -0400

You should try to lead by example- bit there will always be folks better or worse than you. As a PSG and higher, I was an old man (enlisted when I was 23) and there were better studs than me, but I made short I could outlast them. When my 6 min 2 milers felt their oats- I would lead them on a 5-6 mile run at 8 min pace. It shut them up.

Response by SGT Lynia Ghormley made Oct 2 at 2018 12:56 PM

SGT Lynia Ghormley — Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:56:17 -0400

My GT is 155. I didn't think much about it until I was attached to a band, where one of the trumpet players had the same score and made a big deal out of it.

Response by SFC Casey O'Mally made Jun 11 at 2019 11:16 AM

SFC Casey O'Mally — Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:16:39 -0400

I had a 140 GT I served with in infantryland. And we had a female in PLDC who scored a 327 on the extended scale..... on the MALE extended scale. On her scale she was in the 400s, I believe.

Response by SP5 Jim Steiger made Jun 17 at 2019 6:46 PM

SP5 Jim Steiger — Mon, 17 Jun 2019 18:46:28 -0400

I scored 156 on the Army GT in December 1965. The following March, I was in tech training school in New Mexico and was told by the Sergeant Major that this was the highest score he had ever seen in over 30 years of recruits.

Response by SSG Gordon Holmes made Dec 1 at 2019 1:09 AM

SSG Gordon Holmes — Sun, 01 Dec 2019 01:09:08 -0500

My GT score was 146. My lowest scores were 127.

Response by SPC Steve Fickler made Mar 20 at 2020 6:54 PM

SPC Steve Fickler — Fri, 20 Mar 2020 18:54:21 -0400

I scored 142. I remember I aced four or five and I was embarrassed at the low one, 106. Not bragging, just a smart guy. I was a novelty to most. Volunteered to go go Vietnam. HAD to see it personally. Had my 25th BD there. Spent 4 months with Special Troops Inf unit. I got over 300 on physical test in basic. I don't lie.

Response by SPC Michael Wade made Aug 18 at 2020 3:09 PM

SPC Michael Wade — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 15:09:28 -0400

To date, highest GT score I'm aware of is 147. That's what I got, and I had to get used to producing my ERB to various NCOs upon request, because most didn't believe it actually went that high.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Dec 9 at 2020 12:27 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 12:27:57 -0500

Just found a guy who has a GT of 142... and he went 11C. Should be working for NASA haha

Response by CW4 Gregg Brown made Apr 3 at 2021 1:27 PM

CW4 Gregg Brown — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:27:55 -0400

Just FYI, my GT score in 1971 was 155. I was told at the time that was the highest score possible.

Response by CW4 Gregg Brown made Apr 3 at 2021 1:34 PM

CW4 Gregg Brown — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 13:34:29 -0400

Just FYSA, my GT score in 1981 was 155. I was told at the time that was the highest score possible.

Response by CW4 Gregg Brown made Apr 3 at 2021 2:42 PM

CW4 Gregg Brown — Sat, 03 Apr 2021 14:42:04 -0400

My GT score in 1981 was 155. I was told at the time that was the highest possible score.

Response by SSG Gordon Holmes made May 24 at 2021 1:28 AM

SSG Gordon Holmes — Mon, 24 May 2021 01:28:48 -0400

My original GT score in 1973 was 146.

Response by CPT George Gauthier made Nov 14 at 2021 7:22 PM

CPT George Gauthier — Sun, 14 Nov 2021 19:22:05 -0500

Hasn't the test changed over the years since I took the GT way back in 1968. My score then was 149 where a max was 160 if I recall rightly. I remember my own score because in 1971 I joined a unit where the company clerk mentioned to me that so-and-so had a GT of 148 and so was the smartest man in the detachment. I told him smugly "Not any more."

Response by SGT Reed Cundiff made Jan 11 at 2022 11:21 AM

SGT Reed Cundiff — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 11:21:06 -0500

The old GT test maxed at 160. MENSA (top 2% IQ) requires a 136 and 999 (top 0.1%) requires a 157 pre-1986 or so scores. The LRRP team (173rd ABN 1966-67), Team 4,I was on had 4 out of 6 with GTs 140 and over. This included four high school grads and two who had been to college. A friend who was a records clerk at 173rd Administration Company had a hobby of tracking high GTs and he told me that 5 or so out of 20 highest GTs in BDE were in LRRP platoon. Team 3 had folks just as smart. I remain in contact with all that remain of those two teams.

Response by SP5 James Furey made May 19 at 2022 1:36 PM

SP5 James Furey — Thu, 19 May 2022 13:36:21 -0400

I achieved a GT score of 146 in Ft Dix in April 1962. I still have the paperwork. It seemed to create a stir at the time. I was discharged in 1965 as a Sp5. Jim Furey

Response by SGT Jimmie Wilkison made Sep 11 at 2022 4:05 PM

SGT Jimmie Wilkison — Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:05:54 -0400

my GT score was 146. while in Germany I had the highest GT score in the Battalion. one of my friends score was 145, so I guess we were the sharpest in the Battalion, I don't really think so it depends on the subject matter. I think we just happen to test well.