What is a good score in JEE Main 2026: Check Percentiles for NITs, IIITs and GFTIs

What constitutes a high JEE Main 2026 score: You have a better chance of getting into prestigious NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs if you do well on the JEE Main. Students benefit from achieving a high percentile and ranking in prestigious engineering fields. A NTA JEE Main score of 250 or higher is regarded as exceptional, sufficient to gain admission to institutions such as NIT Rourkela, NIT Delhi, etc., based on previous year’s JEE Mains cutoff trends. Continue reading to view the JEE Main 2026 exam’s safe score, expected cutoff, and marks versus percentile.

● EXACT MARKS 0-300
MARKS 190
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JEE MAIN 2026
99.48033 %ILE
~6,337
All India Rank (AIR)
Percentile 99.48033 %ILE
Range 5,321-7,354

What Exactly Makes a Score "Good" in JEE Main 2026?

CategoryJEE Main rank range
Excellent1 to 15000
Good15000 - 30000
Average30000 - 50000
LowAbove 50000

What is a good rank in JEE Main 2026?

Rank typeJEE Main Rank range
GoodUpto 25000
Average50000
Above Average25000 to 50000

JEE Main 2026 Expected Cutoff: Based on Past Year's Cutoff Trends

Candidates can view the anticipated cutoff scores for JEE Main 2026 by category. Together with the outcome, the actual cutoff will be made available.

CategoryJEE Main Cutoff 2026
Unreserved (UR)93%
Gen-EWS81%
OBC-NCL80%
SC61%
ST48%
UR-PwD1%

JEE Mains Marks Vs Percentile 2026

Candidates can view the expected marks vs. percentile below, which is based on past JEE Mains cutoff trends.

JEE Main Marks 2026JEE Main Expected Percentile 2026JEE Main Expected Ranks 2026
240 - 280+99.9+1 - 1,200
210 - 24099.5 - 99.91,200 - 6,000
180 - 21099.0 - 99.56,000 - 12,000
160 - 18098.0 - 99.012,000 - 25,000
140 - 16097.0 - 98.025,000 - 35,000
120 - 14095.0 - 97.035,000 - 60,000
100 - 12090.0 - 95.060,000 Lakh - 1.1 Lakh
70 - 10080.0 - 90.01.1 Lakh - 2.5 Lakh

Qualifying for JEE Advanced: What’s Required?

CategoryPercentileTotal Number of Candidates
UR-ALL100.00% – 93.10%97,321
UR- PwBD93.10% – 0.01%3,950
EWS-ALL93.10% – 80.38%25,009
OBC-ALL93.10% – 79.43%67,614
SC-ALL93.10% – 61.15%37,519
ST-ALL93.10% – 47.90%18,823