Find out exactly how many promotion points your AFT score earns for SGT and SSG promotion boards. See what score you need to reach the next tier.
A score between 0 and 500.
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| AFT Score | Promotion Points |
|---|---|
| 400 and above | 30 promotion points |
| 380 to 399 | 20 promotion points |
| 350 to 379 | 10 promotion points |
| Below 350 | 0 promotion points |
Your AFT total score converts to promotion points on a four-tier scale. The Army Fitness Test contributes a maximum of 30 points toward your total promotion point score for SGT and SSG boards.
| AFT Total Score | Promotion Points | Average Needed |
|---|---|---|
| 400 and above | 30 Points | 80 per event |
| 380 to 399 | 20 Points | 76 per event |
| 350 to 379 | 10 Points | 70 per event |
| Below 350 | 0 Points | Under 70 per event |
The Army Fitness Test contributes up to 30 points toward your total promotion point score for SGT and SSG boards. These points come from the Physical Fitness category, which has a maximum of 120 points total.
Your AFT score is one of several factors in your total promotion point score. Other categories include military education, civilian education, awards, and duty performance.
To maximize your AFT contribution, aim for a total score of 400 or above.
30 Points
400 and above
Maximum contribution. Achievable with strong performance across all 5 events. Aim for 80 or more points per event on average.
20 Points
380 to 399
Strong performance. Competitive for most boards. Focus on your weakest event to push into the 30-point tier.
10 Points
350 to 379
Meets the passing threshold for promotion point contribution. Consider targeted training on weak events.
0 Points
Below 350
No promotion points from the AFT. Passing the AFT with 300 or more on the General standard does not guarantee promotion points. You need 350 or above for any contribution.
A high AFT score used to exempt soldiers from body fat screening at 465 points, but that exemption was rescinded by Army Directive 2026-13 in July 2026. Fitness and body composition are now judged separately: your AFT score earns promotion points, and body composition is measured on its own with the waist-to-height ratio. No AFT score exempts you from that standard.
Calculate your current score and see which tier you are in.
Open AFT Calculator →The AFT is one input into a much larger promotion point score, and understanding where it sits helps you decide how hard to chase it. For semi-centralized promotions to Sergeant and Staff Sergeant, points come from several categories: military training, awards and decorations, and military and civilian education, among others. The AFT contributes through the physical fitness portion of the military training category, up to a maximum of 30 points.
That cap matters for how you prioritize. Once you reach a 400 total and earn the full 30 points, additional AFT improvement adds nothing to your promotion score, so a soldier already at 400 is better off putting effort into a category that is not maxed, such as a correspondence course or a college class. A soldier sitting at a 360 total, by contrast, has real points still on the table: reaching 380 moves them from 10 points to 20, and reaching 400 moves them to 30. Knowing your current total tells you whether the AFT is still a good place to spend training time or whether you have already captured what it offers.
The thresholds are not evenly spaced in difficulty either. Going from a passing 300 to a 350 is often achievable by fixing one weak event, while pushing from 400 toward a near-maxed total asks for a strong performance across all five events. Use the AFT calculator to see which event is costing you the most points, then decide whether the next tier is worth the training investment relative to the other ways you can raise your board score.