JEE Main Cutoff Trends (2015-2025)- Candidates can check the JEE Main cutoff trends for the past 10 years on this page. The team has compiled data on the previous year JEE Mains cutoff trends. It is the minimum marks in JEE Mains necessary to qualify for JEE Advanced. JEE Mains cutoff is determined based mainly on the basis of the difficulty level of the exam and individual candidates’ performance in JEE Main. Aspirants taking the JEE Main 2025 exam must be aware of the JEE cutoff trends to be able to prepare accordingly. Check this page for JEE Main cutoff trends 2015-2025 for general and JEE Main cutoff trends 2015-2025 for OBC.
The NTA is expected to announce the JEE Main 2026 response sheet release date soon on its official website. As per last year’s trends, the response sheet is likely to be released in the first week of February.
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The minimum marks to qualify JEE Mains for the past 10 years make up the JEE Main cutoff trends (2015-2025). Note that the authority does not release the raw marks for JEE Main anymore. Candidates can check the official JEE Main cutoff marks for 2015, 2016 and 2017 below. For all the other years, the JEE Mains cut off percentile is mentioned.
NTA will release the cutoff details along with the result declaration. Meanwhile, the expected JEE Mains cut off percentile is given in the table below.
Category | JEE Cut Off 2025 Percentile |
|---|---|
General | 92 - 100 |
General-PwD | 0.0017 - 92 |
EWS | 83 - 92 |
OBC-NCL | 78 - 92 |
SC | 61 - 92 |
ST | 47 - 92 |
Check the following table for the 2024 cutoff percentile for JEE Mains. The data is presented for different categories.
Category | JEE Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
OPEN | 93.2362181 |
GEN-EWS | 81.3266412 |
OBC-NCL | 79.6757881 |
SC | 60.0923182 |
ST | 46.6975840 |
PwD (all categories) | 0.0018700 |
Cutoff for JEE Main 2023 is given in the table below.
Category | JEE Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
OPEN | 90.7788642 |
GEN-EWS | 75.6229025 |
OBC-NCL | 73.6114227 |
SC | 51.9776027 |
ST | 37.2348772 |
PwD (all categories) | 0.0013527 |
The table below shows the data on JEE Mains cutoff for 2022.
Category | JEE Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
OPEN | 88.4121383 |
GEN-EWS | 63.1114141 |
OBC-NCL | 67.009027 |
SC | 43.0820954 |
ST | 26.7771328 |
PwD (all categories) | 0.0031029 |
Aspirants can refer to the following table for category wise JEE Mains cutoff percentile.
Category | JEE Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
OPEN | 87.8992241 |
GEN-EWS | 66.2214845 |
OBC-NCL | 68.0234447 |
SC | 46.8825338 |
ST | 34.6728999 |
PwD (all categories) | 0.0096375 |
Cutoff for JEE Main 2020 is given in the table below.
Category | JEE Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
OPEN | 90.3765335 |
GEN-EWS | 70.2435518 |
OBC-NCL | 72.8887969 |
SC | 50.1760245 |
ST | 39.0696101 |
PwD (all categories) | 0.0618524 |
The table given below shows the data on JEE Mains cutoff for 2019.
Category | JEE Cutoff Percentile |
|---|---|
OPEN | 89.7548849 |
GEN-EWS | 78.2174869 |
OBC-NCL | 74.3166557 |
SC | 54.0128155 |
ST | 44.3345172 |
PwD (all categories) | 0.1137173 |
The table below mentions the data on minimum marks in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced 2018.
Category | Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|
OPEN | 74 |
OBC-NCL | 45 |
SC | 29 |
ST | 24 |
PwD (all categories) | -35 |
Aspirants can check the below given table for the JEE Mains cutoff for the year 2017. It is the minimum mark required to clear the exam.
Category | Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|
OPEN | 81 |
OPEN-PwD | 1 |
OBC-NCL | 49 |
SC | 32 |
ST | 27 |
Note the data provided here for category wise JEE Main cutoff marks 2016.
Category | Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|
OPEN | 100 |
OPEN-PwD | 1 |
OBC-NCL | 70 |
SC | 52 |
ST | 48 |
Check the following table for the 2015 cutoff marks of JEE Mains. The data is presented for different categories.
Category | Cutoff Marks |
|---|---|
OPEN | 105 |
OPEN-PwD | 19 |
OBC-NCL | 70 |
SC | 50 |
ST | 44 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The cutoff for JEE Mains 2025 for general category candidates is expected to be 92 - 100.
95.5 marks is not a good score in JEE Mains. However, 95.5 percentile is very good as one can get admission to top institutes and become eligible for JEE Advanced as well.
It depends on the JEE Main cutoff for that year. Open-category candidates with a percentile above 95 can get admission to top NITs.
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