IPF Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame: There shall be an honorary body titled the "IPF Hall of Fame". Its purpose shall be to honour members who have made an outstanding contribution either by way of lifting achievement or service in general to the sport of powerlifting internationally. A maximum of three lifters and two, male and female, official may be elected to the Hall of Fame each year but with the added provision that not more than three from each gender may be elected in the same year. A certificate of achievement will be awarded. No one who has been involved in drug offences or has been suspended for a doping offence shall be proposed to Hall of Fame. Any lifter or official previously awarded Hall of Fame will lose this distinction if suspended by IPF for doping or any other violation.
The Executive decides prior to the IPF Congress, after having received bids from the member nations, whom will be awarded Hall of Fame. The appointed person(s) will be honoured at the Congress.
| Year | Official | Female Lifter | Male Lifter |
| 1978 | Bob Hoffman (USA) | - | Ron Collins (GBR) |
| Larry Pacifico (USA) | |||
| 1979 | Clay Patterson (USA) | - | Hideaki Inaba (JPA) |
| Precious McKenzie (NZL) | |||
| 1980 | Vic Mercer (GBR) | - | Lamar Gant (USA) |
| Don Reinhoudt (USA) | |||
| 1981 | - | - | - |
| 1982 | Jan Todd (USA) | - | Eddie Pengelly (GBR) |
| Walter Thomas (USA) | |||
| 1983 | - | - | - |
| 1984 | Manojit Bose (IND) | - | Kenneth Mattson (SWE) |
| 1985 | - | - | - |
| 1986 | - | - | - |
| 1987 | George Leggett (GBR) | Bev Francis (AUS) | Tony Stevens (GBR) |
| 1988 | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Gren Elmore (GBR) | - | - |
| 1990 | Wouter van der Toorn (NED) | - | - |
| 1991 | Arnold Boström (SWE) | Ruthie Shafer (USA) | - |
| 1992 | - | - | - |
| 1993 | John Moody (GBR) | - | - |
| 1994 | Toni Sundjaja (INA) | - | - |
| 1995 | Heiner Köberich (GER) | Cathy Millen (NZL) | Andrzej Stanaszek (POL) |
| 1996 | - | - | - |
| 1997 | - | - | - |
| 1998 | Grahame Fong (NZL) | - | - |
| 1999 | - | Anna-Liisa Prinkkala (FIN) | - |
| 2001 | John Stephenson (GBR) | - | - |
| 2002 | - | - | Jarmo Virtanen (FIN) |
| 2003 | Bill Jamison (CAN) | - | - |
| 2004 | Gaston Parage (LUX) | - | - |
| 2005 | Kalevi Sorsa (FIN) | - | |
| 2006 | Detlev Albrings (GER) | Chen Yueh Chao (TPE) | Brad Gillingham (USA) |
| 2007 | Norbert Wallauch (AUT) | Raija Koskinen (FIN) | Hiroyuki Isagawa (JPN) |
| 2008 | Subrata Dutta (IND) | Inger Blikra (NOR) | Mike Bridges (USA) |
| 2009 | Arnulf Wahlstrom (NOR) | Priscilla Ribic (USA) | |
| 2010 | Dennis Unitt (GBR) | Antonietta Orsini (ITA) | Konstantin Pavlov (RUS) |
| 2011 | Lawrence Maile (USA) | Wei-Ling Chen (TPE) | Kenneth Sandvik (FIN) |
| 2012 | Yukako Fukushima (JAP) | Jaroslaw Olech (POL) | |
| 2013 | David Ricks (USA) | ||
| 2014 | Robert Wilks (AUS) | Larysa Soloviova (UKR) | Anibal Coimbra (LUX) |
| Peter Fiore (AUS) | |||
| 2015 | Wade Hooper (USA) | ||
| 2016 | Alan Ferguson (RSA) | Ielja Strik (NED) | Daiki Kodama (JPN) |
| 2017 | Dietmar Wolf (NOR) | Inna Filimonova (RUS) | Jan Wegiera (POL) |
| Ralph Farquharson (ESP) | Gundula Viona Von Bachhaus (GER) | ||
| 2018 | Eva Speth (GER) | ||
| Johnny Wiklund (SWE) | Tsung-Ting Hsieh (TPE) | ||
| Dr. Josephine Ip (HGK) | |||
| 2019 | Robert Keller (USA) | Jennifer Thompson (USA) | Hassan El Belghiti (FRA) |
| 2020 | Johan "Hannie" Smith (RSA) Myriam Busselot (BEL) | Tetyana Melnyk (UKR) | Andrei Konovalov (RUS) |
| 2021 | Sigurjon Petursson (ICE) Christina Chamley (AUS) | Rhaea Stinn (CAN) | Sergey Bilyi (UKR) |
| 2022 | Kerstin Klawitter Thomsen (GER) Farshid Soltani (IRI) | Marion Hammang (LUX) | Carl Yngvar Christensen (NOR) |
| 2023 | Richard Parker (GBR) PJ Joseph (IND) | Hildeborg Hugdal (NOR) | Daisuke Midote (JPN) |
| 2024 | Klaus Brostrom (Denmark) Xavier De Puytorac (France) | Kimberly Walford (USVI) | Tony Cliffe (Great Britain) |
