Fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, which has a backrest, having a) a first fitting member and a second fitting member, which can be pivoted relative to each other about an axis, a toothed ring being constructed on the first fitting member and guiding segments being constructed on the second fitting member, b) at least one bar which can be radially displaced by means of the guiding segments in a guided manner between a locked state and an unlocked state and which in the locked state co-operates with the toothed ring in order to lock the fitting, the at least one bar having precisely two locking cams (16a, 16b) for interacting with a rotatably mounted eccentric, to be precise a first locking cam and a second locking cam, and it being possible for the at least one bar to tilt within a bar guide which comprises two guiding segments, and c) the rotatably supported eccentric which, during movement from the unlocked state to the locked state by means of rotation in a closure direction (c), acts on the bar, the eccentric having for the bar precisely one first eccentric cam which is suitable for co-operation with the first locking cam and precisely one second eccentric cam which is suitable for co-operation with the second locking cam, the first eccentric cam and the first locking cam being in contact with each other at a first contact location in the locked state without any external torque on the backrest, characterized in that d) in the locked state without any external torque on the backrest there is a gap between the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam, e) in the locked state, from a specific external torque on the backrest, the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam are in contact with each other at a second contact location, f) at the first contact location between the first eccentric cam and the first locking cam a first wedge angle (α) which is positive is defined, and g) at the second contact location between the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam a second wedge angle (ß) which is negative is defined. a) a first fitting member and a second fitting member, which can be pivoted relative to each other about an axis, a toothed ring being constructed on the first fitting member and guiding segments being constructed on the second fitting member, b) at least one bar which can be radially displaced by means of the guiding segments in a guided manner between a locked state and an unlocked state and which in the locked state co-operates with the toothed ring in order to lock the fitting, the at least one bar having precisely two locking cams (16a, 16b) for interacting with a rotatably mounted eccentric, to be precise a first locking cam and a second locking cam, and it being possible for the at least one bar to tilt within a bar guide which comprises two guiding segments, and c) the rotatably supported eccentric which, during movement from the unlocked state to the locked state by means of rotation in a closure direction (c), acts on the bar, the eccentric having for the bar precisely one first eccentric cam which is suitable for co-operation with the first locking cam and precisely one second eccentric cam which is suitable for co-operation with the second locking cam, the first eccentric cam and the first locking cam being in contact with each other at a first contact location in the locked state without any external torque on the backrest, characterized in that d) in the locked state without any external torque on the backrest there is a gap between the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam, e) in the locked state, from a specific external torque on the backrest, the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam are in contact with each other at a second contact location, f) at the first contact location between the first eccentric cam and the first locking cam a first wedge angle (α) which is positive is defined, and g) at the second contact location between the second eccentric cam and the second locking cam a second wedge angle (ß) which is negative is defined.