AFT Standards: 2026 Passing Scores, Combat 350, and Event Cutoffs
Last updated: 30 August 2026
Key takeaways
AFT standards require 60 points in each of five events. The general pass is a 300-point total; designated combat specialties must reach 350. Read your age row on the AFT score chart, then confirm MOS on the combat standard hub.
What a passing AFT requires
AFT standards require 60 points in every event on the Army Fitness Test of record. The official overview at army.mil/aft states that combat specialties use one sex-neutral, age-normed standard that requires a total score of 350 with a minimum of 60 points per event, while combat-enabling specialties keep sex- and age-normed scoring that requires a total of 300.
| Population | Per-event floor | Total pass |
|---|---|---|
| General / combat-enabling | 60 points | 300 |
| Designated combat specialties | 60 points | 350 |
Point tables themselves are published in ATP 7-22.01, Holistic Health and Fitness Testing. The current publication record is on the Army Publishing Directorate ATP 7-22.01 page. This site’s calculator applies those scales; it is not a substitute for the official PDF.
When the combat 350 standard applies
Army Directive 2025-06 is the policy memo that made the AFT the test of record and set combat-standard dates. Soldiers serving in combat specialties in the Regular Army population named in the directive must achieve the combat standard beginning 1 January 2026; the Reserve Component population named there begins 1 June 2026. Read the text in Army Directive 2025-06 (PDF) rather than a social-media summary.
The same directive sets record-test frequency (two passing record AFTs per year for most active Soldiers, with a minimum gap between passing tests). Standards and frequency are different questions: 350 is the score rule; the calendar is the testing rule.
Army Directive 2026-07 (Army Physical Fitness Standards) is listed on APD as dated 17 April 2026. Confirm the live record at PUB_ID 1032971 if you are citing CFT or later fitness-policy changes alongside AFT scoring.
Five events the standards cover
The Army Fitness Test page lists five events: three-repetition maximum deadlift, hand-release push-up, sprint-drag-carry, plank, and two-mile run. Event execution and local 60/100 rows belong on the event hub, not as a second copy of the full matrix on this URL.
- Identify MOS: general 300 or combat 350 via the combat MOS list.
- Open your age and sex (or combat) column on the 2026 AFT score chart.
- Enter a diagnostic into the AFT calculator.
- If you are programming sessions, use the AFT training plan.
Tape, promotion, and scorecards
Body-fat screening is AR 600-9, not an AFT event. The regulation PDF is ARN43120-AR_600-9-001-WEB-3.pdf. High AFT totals can support a body-fat incentive; verify current exemption language on the exemption page and the tape calculator.
Enlisted promotion points from the fitness test are a different conversion, under AR 600-8-19. Use the promotion points chart after you have a legal AFT total. Record the attempt on a DA Form 705-AFT score card — APD lists DA Form 705-AFT (1 April 2026) as prescribed by ATP 7-22.01.
FAQ
What is a passing AFT score in 2026?
A passing Army Fitness Test requires at least 60 points in each of the five events. The general standard also requires a 300-point total. Designated combat specialties require a 350-point total on the combat scale. Failing one event fails the test.
What are the AFT standards for combat MOS Soldiers?
The Army Fitness Test page describes a sex-neutral, age-normed combat standard: 60 points per event and 350 total. Active-component combat specialties began that scoring on 1 January 2026 under Army Directive 2025-06; Reserve and National Guard combat specialties on 1 June 2026.
Where is the official AFT score chart?
Event-by-event point tables are in ATP 7-22.01. This site publishes a filterable 2026 AFT score chart so you can read age and sex scales without paging the PDF. The calculator on the homepage applies those same tables.
Do AFT standards include a tape test?
Height-weight and body-fat rules are the Army Body Composition Program (AR 600-9), not a sixth AFT event. High AFT scores can create a body-fat incentive; they do not replace the five fitness events.