JEE Main 2026 General Category Cutoff Percentile – NTA will soon release the JEE Main 2026 general category cutoff percentile after the declaration of results. Meanwhile, aspirants can go through the article to know the previous year's trends in the JEE Main general category cutoff percentile. The expected JEE Main cutoff is around 93 to 94 for the general candidates. The session 2 final JEE Main result 2026 will be announced today, April 20, 2026. Check this page for the details on JEE Main 2026. The authority will announce the complete details on the JEE Main 2026 on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.
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The authority will publish the general category JEE Main cutoff 2026 on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Check the table for the expected JEE Main cutoff for general and other categories below.
Category | JEE Main Cutoff (lowest percentile required) |
|---|---|
General | 93 to 94 |
Persons with Disability | 0.006 to 0.001 |
EWS | 79 to 82 |
OBC-NCL | 78 to 81 |
SC | 60 to 62 |
ST | 46 to 47 |
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Check the previous year JEE Main cutoff percentile for general category from the table below. Candidates will get an idea of what the minimum JEE Main 2026 general cutoff can be. Over the period of seven years, the percentile has varies between 88 to 94.
Year | JEE Main General Category Cutoff Percentile |
2025 | 93.1023262 |
2024 | 93.2362181 |
2023 | 90.7788642 |
2022 | 88.4121383 |
2021 | 87.8992241 |
2020 | 90.3765335 |
2019 | 89.7548849 |
Based on the previous year trends, candidates should aim to get above 94 percentile in JEE Main to be on a safer side. However, to actually secure admission in highly demanded courses link CSE, ECE AI etc., in top NITs, general category aspirants must try to get 98th percentile and above. However, 94 percentile may secure the chances of taking the JEE Advanced.
Students can check the data of JEE Main marks vs percentile to know the comparison of percentile with marks. This will help to know how many marks can lead to the safe percentile in JEE Main. Note that the JEE Main 2026 marks vs percentile have been determined based on the previous year trends.
JEE Main Marks | JEE Main Percentile |
300 | 100 |
299 – 280 | 99.9999803 – 99.997394 |
271 – 263 | 99.994681 – 99.990990 |
250 – 262 | 99.977205 – 99.988819 |
240 – 249 | 99.956364 – 99.975028 |
221 – 239 | 99.901113 – 99.956340 |
201 – 220 | 99.795063 – 99.893732 |
181 – 200 | 99.373990 – 99.782472 |
161 – 180 | 99.272084 – 99.573193 |
141 – 160 | 98.732389 – 99.239737 |
121 – 140 | 97.811260 – 98.666935 |
101 – 120 | 96.204550 – 96.978272 |
81 – 100 | 93.471231 – 96.064850 |
71 – 80 | 91.8 – 93.2 |
61 – 70 | 87.0 – 91.7 |
51 – 60 | 78.0 – 86.9 |
36 – 45 | 58.0 – 68.9 |
31 – 35 | 47.0 – 56.7 |
21 – 30 | 32.0 – 46.9 |
11 – 20 | 17.0 – 31.9 |
0 – 10 | 0.8435177 – 16.9 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The expected JEE Mains 2026 cutoff is around 93 to 93 for general category candidates.
Candidates can check the expected marks vs percentile for JEE Main 2026 online. The same is provided in this article.
Last year, the minimum percentile to qualify for JEE Advanced was 93.1023262.
On Question asked by student community
Hi,
With around 76 percentile in JEE Main and 75.8% in boards, you still have decent options for CSE/IT, mainly in private colleges and state counselling. Top NITs/IIITs for CSE will be very difficult, but colleges like Jaypee Institute of Information Technology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, GL Bajaj
Hi,
You can use the following link to predict your JEE Advanced rank: JEE Advanced rank predictor
All the best!
Hi,
With 149 marks in JEE Advanced and OBC-NCL category, your expected category rank can be around 1.5k–2.5k, which is honestly a pretty strong position.
You can realistically get good core branches in older IITs like Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, or Indian Institute of
Hi,
With a Gen-EWS rank around 1.11 lakh and MP home state quota, you actually have decent chances at Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science for branches like Civil Engineering and Industrial & Production Engineering.
Production looks comparatively safer for your rank, while Civil may depend on later
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For SC/ST candidates, the required Class 12 aggregate is generally 65% OR you must be within the top 20 percentile of your board.
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