JEE Main 2026 General Category Cutoff Percentile- NTA will 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 trends in JEE Main general category cutoff percentile. The expected JEE Main cutoff is around 93 to 94 for the general candidates. The final JEE Main result 2026 will be announced in May, tentatively. 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)
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.
The expected JEE Mains 2026 cutoff is around 93 to 93 for general category candidates.
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