AFT Promotion Points Calculator

Enter your Army Fitness Test total and see how many promotion points it earns toward Sergeant or Staff Sergeant, using Table 3-4 of AR 600-8-19 (dated 6 March 2026). The AFT replaced the ACFT as the Army's test of record on June 1, 2025; the same 1-to-120-point chart applies to both ranks and both scoring standards, and only a record test entered in DTMS counts.

Promotion to

Sergeant (E-5): the AFT is worth up to 120 of the 280 military training points.

300 (pass)350 (Combat pass)500

Use the aggregate score of your last record AFT, as recorded in DTMS. Both the General and Combat standards use the same conversion table.

Promotion points (SGT)
60/ 120

An AFT total of 400–404 earns 60 points; 5 more AFT points would earn 63.

That is 60 of the 800 administrative points on the SGT promotion point worksheet.

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SGT promotion points
60 / 120
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AFT 400 · SGT

AFT score to promotion points table

AR 600-8-19, Table 3-4: Record Army Fitness Test qualification for promotion to sergeant and staff sergeant (aggregate score = promotion points). Highlighted rows mark the 300 General pass mark, the 350 Combat pass mark, the 400 midpoint and the 500 maximum.

AR 600-8-19 Table 3-4: AFT aggregate score to promotion points for SGT and SSG
AFT total scorePromotion points (SGT & SSG)
500120
495–499117
490–494114
485–489111
480–484108
475–479105
470–474102
465–46999
460–46496
455–45993
450–45490
445–44987
440–44484
435–43981
430–43478
425–42975
420–42472
415–41969
410–41466
405–40963
400–40460
395–39957
390–39454
385–38951
380–38448
375–37945
370–37442
365–36939
360–36436
355–35933
350–35430
345–34927
340–34424
335–33921
330–33418
325–32915
320–32412
315–3199
310–3146
305–3093
300–3041
Below 3000 (not a passing test)

Where the AFT fits on the 800-point worksheet

Promotion to SGT and SSG is semi-centralized: your unit recommends you, and the Army ranks you against monthly cutoff scores using an automated promotion point worksheet worth up to 800 administrative points. The AFT sits in the military training category next to weapons qualification, and it is the only category where SGT and SSG share the same cap.

Military training category of the promotion point worksheet
Military trainingSGTSSG
Army Fitness Test (Table 3-4)120120
Weapons qualification (Tables 3-2, 3-3)160110
Category maximum280230

The remaining points come from awards and decorations (145 SGT / 165 SSG), military education (240 / 245) and civilian education (135 / 160). Because the AFT chart climbs 3 points for every 5 AFT points, raising your total from 400 to 450 is worth 30 promotion points, the same as a Bronze Star Medal. Use the AFT calculator to see which events give you the cheapest gains and the score chart for the exact thresholds.

AFT promotion points FAQ

Sources

  • AR 600-8-19, Enlisted Promotions and Demotions (6 March 2026), Army Publishing Directorate: Table 3-4 (page 47), paragraph 3-15 (military training, 120-point AFT maximum), paragraph 3-14 (computation of promotion points). The conversion table on this page is transcribed from that PDF.
  • U.S. Army, Army Fitness Test: Combat-standard scores used for promotion actions from January 1, 2026; 120 points remains the maximum.
  • Army HRC and S1NET guidance (May 2025): General-standard AFT scores count toward promotion points from October 1, 2025; a record AFT missing from DTMS earns no AFT points for that cycle. These dates are not stated in the regulation itself.

Updated 2026-10-19. Verify your own points on your promotion point worksheet.

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