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CELEBRITY BENCH PRESSES (2026) HOW DO YOU COMPARE?

Updated: 3/07/2026

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Celebrity Bench Press Numbers: Who’s Actually Strong?

Celebrity bench numbers are hard to pin down. Some are filmed, some come from interviews, and others are estimates from rep work. 
Here’s what we found, with the cleanest numbers separated from the looser gym claims.

 

Chris Hemsworth and the Centr bench numbers

Chris Hemsworth is best known for playing Thor, which is why his training gets picked apart more than most actors. His bench press is often estimated around 136 kg / 300 lb, but he hasn’t posted an official one-rep max.
 

Our estimate is based on his training footage, including a 2018 video where Hemsworth was shown benching 195 lb / 88.5 kg for reps. That type of set points to a possible max around the 300 lb mark, depending on rep speed, fatigue and how strict the lift was.
 

In an interview, Hemsworth also said he uses 30 to 40 kg dumbbells for bench work and does a lot of time under tension training. That makes sense for an actor training for size, control and screen-ready muscle rather than a powerlifting total. For Thor, Extraction and his Centr training content, Hemsworth’s number looks strong and believable, just not a confirmed max.
 
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Tom Brady’s first max bench in 18 years

Tom Brady is famous as a seven-time Super Bowl champion and one of the greatest quarterbacks in NFL history. His bench number is also easier to trust than most because he filmed the attempt.

At 47, Brady hit 111 kg / 245 lb in his first max bench attempt in nearly two decades.

 

"If you told me this morning I had to do 245, 
I’d be out of my mind." 


That’s not a huge number compared with wrestlers or strongmen, but for a retired quarterback in his late 40s, it’s a strong lift. It also gives the list a clean reference point because the lift is shown on video. What do you think he would have got back in his prime?

 

Alexander Volkanovski: strong for a featherweight

Alexander Volkanovski is one of Australia’s best ever UFC fighters and a former UFC featherweight champion. He’s known for his pace, strength, wrestling and ability to bully bigger fighters in the clinch.

 

His reported bench press is 125 kg / 275 lb, which is a serious number for someone who has fought at featherweight. A lift like that would be strong for most gym lifters, let alone a fighter who needs to stay light, fast and conditioned.

 

Volkanovski’s training has always looked more about usable fighting strength than gym numbers. Heavy lifting helps, but fighters need to be able to strike, wrestle, scramble and recover round after round. That’s why a 125 kg bench at his size gets attention.

 

Anatoly: stronger than he looks

Anatoly, real name Vladimir Shmondenko, is known for gym prank videos where he pretends to be a cleaner before lifting serious weight. He’s also a real weight lifter, not just an internet character.

 

His bench press is harder to confirm than his deadlift and squat. Public numbers often place his bench around 100 to 145 kg, depending on the source and clip being used. Our safer estimate is to keep him around the middle of that range unless a clean max attempt is shown.

 

What makes Anatoly interesting is the gap between how he looks and how much he lifts. His content works because people underestimate him, then he moves weights that look out of reach for someone his size.

 

Sylvester Stallone: Rocky strength and old-school training

Sylvester Stallone is famous for Rocky, Rambo and decades of action films. His training is a huge part of his image, especially because Rocky made boxing-style conditioning and gritty gym scenes part of pop culture.

His bench number at peak was placed around 180 kg / 400 lb, but that should be treated as a claimed figure rather than a confirmed competition-style lift. Stallone trained seriously for years, often with bodybuilding-style volume, heavy basics and very low body fat for film roles.

 

He built a look that matched the characters: lean, muscular, tough and athletic. For Rocky and Rambo, that mattered more than a perfect bench press single.

 

Serena Williams: tennis power, not gym-show numbers

Serena Williams is one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Her strength showed up where it mattered: serve power, court speed, balance, rotation and durability across long matches.

 

Her bench press is often listed around 102 kg / 225 lb, but there isn’t enough clean evidence to treat that as a confirmed max. It’s a strong number if accurate, but her real strength case doesn’t rely on a bench press claim.

 

Serena has spoken about strength as more than lifting the most weight. For her, it’s also about mental toughness and being ready for pressure. That matches how she played: powerful, composed and hard to break.

 

Tom Holland: Spider-Man strength is more than bench press

Tom Holland is best known for playing Spider-Man. His training is different from a lot of bigger action stars because Spider-Man needs to look fast, mobile and athletic, not just huge.

 

His bench press is often estimated around 102 kg / 225 lb. His training has been focused on bodyweight strength, gymnastics, dips, pressing work, core training and stunt prep.

 

That makes sense for the role. Holland needed to jump, flip, climb, land well and move like an athlete. A big bench helps, but for Spider-Man, relative strength matters more than a massive one-rep max.

 

Chris Pratt: from comedy lead to action shape

Chris Pratt is best known for Guardians of the Galaxy, Jurassic World and The Terminal List. His body change for Guardians became one of the better-known Hollywood training stories.

 

His bench press is often estimated around 130 kg / 285 lb, based on reports of him pressing heavy weight for reps during his action-film prep. We’d treat that as an good estimate, not a confirmed max.

 

Pratt’s training has included heavy circuits, conditioning, pull-ups, loaded carries and bodyweight work. That fits the type of shape he needed for Star-Lord: leaner, athletic and strong enough to look believable in action scenes.

 
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