Is 400 a Good AFT Score? What Your Result Means in 2026
Information checked October 5, 2026.
A 400 AFT score is 80% of the test’s 500-point maximum. But is 400 a good AFT score for your next goal? It gives you room above the General and Combat passing totals, provided you meet every event minimum. Here’s how to evaluate the result, understand its promotion-point value, and decide what to improve.
Is 400 a Good AFT Score Under the Current Standards?
Yes, 400 is a good AFT score if you’re judging it against the Army’s minimum passing requirements, putting you 100 points above the General total requirement and 50 above the Combat total requirement.
Calling it good is a practical assessment, rather than an official Army performance category.
The Army’s AFT guidance requires at least 60 points in every primary event, plus these totals:
| Applicable standard | Minimum total | Your total at 400 |
|---|---|---|
| General | 300 | 100 points above the total minimum |
| Combat | 350 | 50 points above the total minimum |
Those extra points give you some room above the overall requirement. Your lowest event still matters, though, because if it sits right at 60, a small drop in that performance could cause you to fail the next test.
This guide discusses the standard five-event AFT; authorized medical profiles and alternate events have separate rules that need to be considered when interpreting a score.
What Do Your Five Event Scores Say About Your 400 Total?
Your event scores show where you have room to improve and where you’re close to the passing limit.
A 400 total works out to an average of 80 points per event, but you can reach it through very different combinations.
For instance, these two illustrative scorecards both add up to 400:
| AFT event | Result A | Result B |
|---|---|---|
| Three-repetition maximum deadlift | 83 | 100 |
| Hand-release push-up | 85 | 100 |
| Sprint-drag-carry | 80 | 80 |
| Plank | 82 | 70 |
| Two-mile run | 70 | 50 |
| Total | 400 | 400 |
| Event minimums met? | Yes | No, run below 60 |
Result A clears every event minimum, with the run offering the least room above 60.
Result B fails despite its high strength-event scores, because extra points on the deadlift and push-ups cannot make up for the failed run.
Also, age group and applicable scoring standard affect how raw performances convert to points. General scoring uses age and sex, while Combat scoring uses the age-specific M/C column for both men and women.
The official AFT scoring scales list those event thresholds and the 100-point maximum for each event.
You can use the five-event AFT calculator to check your times, repetitions, and deadlift weight against the appropriate tables. That gives you a better starting point than judging your fitness from the total alone.
How Many AFT Promotion Points Does a 400 Score Earn?
A qualifying record AFT total of 400 earns 60 promotion points for promotion to sergeant or staff sergeant, using Table 3-4 in AR 600-8-19, dated March 6, 2026.
Here’s how that compares with two higher targets:
| AFT total | Table 3-4 promotion points |
|---|---|
| 400–404 | 60 |
| 450–454 | 90 |
| 500 | 120 |
If you improve from 400 to 450, your fitness contribution increases by 30 promotion points, while reaching 500 would add 60 compared with the original 400 result.
The table uses score bands.
For instance, improving from 400 to 404 leaves you at 60 promotion points; reaching 405 moves you into the next band, worth 63.
You can check the current total and next band with the AFT promotion points calculator. Its result is a fitness-score conversion, rather than your complete Promotion Point Worksheet (PPW).
The qualifying record test and other promotion requirements still determine what can count officially.
What Is the Average AFT Score in the Army?
A reliable Army-wide average AFT score could not be verified from the public sources reviewed for this October 2026 guide. So a 400 should be judged against the published standards and your own event results, without assigning it a percentile.
A unit or ROTC program may publish an average for its own Soldiers or cadets, but that describes the people tested there during that reporting period. It can't tell you where a score stands across the entire Army.
Also, the 80-point average within a 400 score is just arithmetic: 400 divided by five events, which is different from the average score achieved by a population of Soldiers.
What Other Fitness Requirements Apply in October 2026?
Your AFT result is one part of meeting Army physical requirements. Two 2026 policy changes are especially useful to understand when you’re deciding what a good score accomplishes.
Body Composition Is Assessed Separately
No AFT score gives you an exemption from the current waist-to-height ratio requirement.
The Army’s 2026 body-composition policy update confirms that Army Directive 2025-17, which provided the former performance-based exemption, has been rescinded.
Under the current standard, waist circumference at the navel divided by height must be below 0.55, using measurements in inches and recording the ratio to three decimal places without rounding.
A recorded .549 passes; .550 fails.
So if you’re working toward 465 or 500, your waist-to-height ratio still needs to meet the standard. They’re separate goals.
Combat Specialties Have a Separate Field Test
A 400 AFT score doesn't establish that you’ve passed the Combat Field Test.
Army Directive 2026-07 establishes the CFT as a separate pass/fail assessment and specifically says it is not a substitute for the AFT.
The directive also adds 12D, 89D, and 89E to the designated combat specialties. Your specialty and duty status determine the applicable testing requirements, so you need to check those separately from your AFT total.
How Can You Choose Your Next AFT Score Target?
Your next target should address the part of the result that matters most to you.
- If you’re focused on passing consistently, an event close to 60 deserves attention.
- If you’re pursuing more promotion points, the next score band gives you a specific total to work toward.
For example, suppose your run is worth 70 points and the other four events total 330; increasing the run’s score to 75 would bring the AFT total to 405 if the other results stay the same.
Before setting that target, you’ll need to check the actual run time required in the applicable scoring column.
The master AFT score chart lets you look up those thresholds by event, age group, and standard. Some performance increments skip a numerical point value, so you can't assume every point has its own raw-performance threshold.
You can then compare your next test with the same scoring context and keep your raw times, repetitions, and weights alongside the points. That makes your progress easier to follow and gives you a clearer reason to aim beyond 400.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a 400 on a Diagnostic AFT Earn Promotion Points?
No, a diagnostic result by itself doesn't qualify as your record AFT for promotion points, because the promotion regulation requires a qualifying record test. You can use the diagnostic score to plan improvements.
Can You Earn More Than 500 AFT Points?
No. Each of the five primary events is capped at 100 points, so the maximum total is 500. You won't receive bonus points for exceeding an event’s maximum scoring threshold.
Is a 400 ACFT Score the Same as a 400 AFT Score?
No. The former ACFT had six scored events and a 600-point maximum; the current AFT has five and a 500-point maximum. Army Directive 2025-06 replaced the ACFT with the AFT on June 1, 2025. An old 400 ACFT total should be interpreted using its original test and scoring rules.