Table 3. Sex- and chronological age-specific anthropometric and physical fitness percentiles of German elite young athletes.

	age (years)	n	P20	P40	P50	P60	P80
Anthropometry
boys
standing height [cm]	12	54	150.6	159.0	160.8	164.0	170.4
	13	91	157.9	166.4	169.0	173.0	177.8
	14	68	162.4	166.4	169.0	171.7	180.1
	15	76	171.2	176.1	178.1	181.3	187.9
girls
standing height [cm]	12	45	153.3	159.0	161.2	165.9	173.2
	13	59	160.1	164.3	165.5	167.0	171.3
	14	56	160.0	163.5	165.8	167.3	174.0
	15	52	165.5	169.0	170.9	172.5	176.2
boys
sitting height [cm]	12	55	77.7	81.5	82.9	84.3	88.0
	13	90	81.0	85.0	87.5	88.1	91.6
	14	60	82.5	85.2	86.5	87.5	93.0
	15	67	87.2	90.9	92.0	93.2	95.9
girls
sitting height [cm]	12	45	80.1	83.1	84.7	86.2	89.6
	13	58	83.7	86.0	87.5	88.0	90.1
	14	54	84.6	87.0	87.8	88.6	90.5
	15	51	86.6	89.1	90.0	90.4	91.7
boys
BMI [kg/m2]	12	53	17.1	17.8	18.3	18.8	20.5
	13	88	17.2	18.4	18.8	19.5	21.3
	14	64	18.0	19.2	19.4	20.0	22.0
	15	68	18.7	20.3	21.4	22.1	24.0
girls
BMI [kg/m2]	12	45	17.3	18.4	18.8	19.6	21.2
	13	58	18.3	19.4	19.9	20.3	21.8
	14	54	19.0	20.5	20.9	21.4	22.6
	15	49	19.1	20.5	21.0	21.6	23.0
boys
body mass [kg]	12	53	39.5	45.1	48.2	49.8	59.7
	13	88	44.0	50.3	53.8	56.7	67.0
	14	64	48.5	54.5	55.5	60.0	68.1
	15	68	55.5	64.0	68.3	70.4	82.7
girls
body mass [kg]	12	45	43.2	47.1	48.8	54.3	61.3
	13	60	49.1	52.8	54.4	55.8	62.1
	14	54	52.0	56.3	59.6	61.5	65.5
	15	49	54.7	58.7	61.6	63.7	69.1
Physical fitness
boys
countermovement jump [cm]	12	43	20.6	24.4	24.8	27.3	30.1
	13	86	24.4	26.3	27.4	28.4	30.2
	14	51	25.4	27.7	28.5	30.8	33.8
	15	61	29.9	32.6	34.4	36.9	41.1
girls
countermovement jump [cm]	12	42	20.1	22.3	23.5	25.3	26.8
	13	53	21.4	23.6	25.3	26.5	28.5
	14	55	23.0	25.3	26.7	27.3	30.1
	15	47	23.0	25.0	26.4	27.7	31.6
boys
drop jump (DJ) [cm]	12	43	18.0	20.6	21.9	23.1	25.4
	13	86	19.1	22.0	32.4	24.7	28.5
	14	51	21.8	24.5	25.8	27.5	31.0
	15	62	24.3	27.8	30.4	32.3	37.0
girls
drop jump (DJ) [cm]	12	42	18.4	20.9	22.2	23.5	25.1
	13	52	19.1	21.2	23.0	24.1	26.0
	14	55	19.6	22.0	22.8	24.1	26.3
	15	49	19.8	23.8	25.3	26.3	28.5
boys
drop jump ground contact time [ms]	12	42	290	236	217	209	189
	13	85	262	231	218	207	186
	14	47	259	219	206	202	188
	15	58	225	206	202	188	202
girls
drop jump ground contact time [ms]	12	43	278	240	231	222	207
	13	50	248	221	208	200	177
	14	54	237	214	203	196	187
	15	49	233	215	206	196	187
boys
drop jump performance index [m/s]	12	42	0.61	0.83	0.91	0.99	1.20
	13	86	0.81	1.01	1.04	1.10	1.28
	14	48	0.91	1.14	1.26	1.38	1.55
	15	58	1.18	1.41	1.52	1.65	2.03
girls
drop jump performance index [m/s]	12	43	0.78	0.87	0.93	0.95	1.17
	13	51	0.85	0.97	1.04	1.15	1.37
	14	54	0.95	1.08	1.11	1.14	1.32
	15	49	0.89	1.05	1.20	1.27	1.44
boys
T-test [s]	12	34	12.28	11.99	11.86	11.66	10.71
	13	75	11.96	11.21	10.93	10.76	10.30
	14	51	11.38	11.03	10.71	10.50	9.98
	15	62	10.67	10.22	9.99	9.89	9.64
girls
T-test [s]	12	42	12.79	12.47	12.32	12.04	11.46
	13	52	12.41	12.10	11.84	11.66	10.76
	14	51	11.91	11.34	11.09	10.79	10.47
	15	48	11.65	10.83	10.71	10.53	10.20
boys
Y-balance test (dominant) [%]	12	30	96.1	102.3	103.9	106.2	108.5
	13	36	95.8	97.5	101.1	104.2	108.6
	14	34	95.0	98.1	101.0	104.1	117.1
	15	45	96.9	100.1	104.4	107.1	112.6
girls
Y-balance test (dominant) [%]	12	25	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
	13	36	96.9	101.0	102.0	102.8	111.0
	14	36	99.0	104.7	105.0	106.8	108.4
	15	42	93.7	99.6	101.2	102.9	111.2
boys
Bourban-test [s]	12	41	72	96	102	115	152
	13	80	79	100	123	150	192
	14	51	91	106	124	135	187
	15	61	77	105	119	125	148
girls
Bourban-test [s]	12	42	57	75	83	95	142
	13	53	63	90	104	124	175
	14	52	71	88	99	109	158
	15	48	71	90	94	104	137
boys
hand grip strength (dominant) [kg]	12	40	22.9	25.8	29.2	30.0	33.3
	13	74	25.1	29.4	30.8	33.5	40.7
	14	47	26.7	29.7	30.5	33.2	40.8
	15	48	30.9	37.0	40.1	44.8	51.7
girls
hand grip strength (dominant) [kg]	12	40	22.6	25.3	26.4	27.5	30.1
	13	47	26.5	28.4	29.5	30.2	36.0
	14	39	27.3	31.0	32.7	33.7	36.0
	15	30	29.1	32.1	32.6	34.2	37.3

Sex-specific percentile reference values for anthropometric and physical fitness data. Data were only calculated if at least 30 participants were available within a subgroup. For the subgroups including 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, and 18 year old athletes, less than 30 participants were available which is why these cells could not be filled.

NA = not applicable (< 30 participants).