KCET Toppers List 2026: Check Stream Wise Name & Rank
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KCET Toppers List 2026: Check Stream Wise Name & Rank

Simran KashyapUpdated on 12 Dec 2025, 05:43 PM IST

KCET Toppers 2026- Karnataka Examinations Authority will publish the KCET 2026 exam toppers list online. The list of KCET toppers 2026 will be updated on this page once released. The toppers list of KCET 2026 will include the names of student who will score the highest in the KCET 2026. The authority will conduct the Karnataka CET exam in April 2026. In 2025, the KCET toppers included Bhavesh Jayanthi (rank 1), Satwik B Biradar (rank 2) and Dhinesh Gomathi Shankar Arunachalam (rank 3). The top 10 rankers with their merit percentage will be mentioned in this article. The toppers list will be released after the commencement of KCET 2026 result. Go through the article to learn more about the list of toppers in KCET and their cutoff marks.

KCET Toppers List 2026: Check Stream Wise Name & Rank
Toppers of KCET 2026

KCET 2026 Toppers

The toppers of KCET 2026 list will be released online. KEA will release the Karnataka CET toppers list along with the result only. Qualified candidates will be eligible to participate in KCET 2026 counselling. Candidates can find the KCET toppers list based on previous year below

KCET 2025 Top 10 Engineering Rank List

RankStudent NameMerit %Board
1Bhavesh Jayanthi99.06CBSE in Karnataka
2Satwik B Biradar98.83CBSE in Karnataka
3Dhinesh Gomathi Shankar Arunachalam98.67CBSE in Karnataka
4Shishir H Shetty98.61Karnataka (State Board)
5Divyansh Agrawal98.56CBSE in Karnataka
6Tharun A Surana98.56Karnataka (State Board)
7Karan Koder98.44Karnataka (State Board)
8Rishabh Pandey98.39CBSE in Karnataka
9Chaithanya Parama Shivam98.33CBSE in Karnataka
10Sarath Chandar M98.17CBSE in Karnataka

Previous Year KCET toppers

Candidates can find the previous year KCET 2025 toppers' lists below.

KCET 2024 Engineering Toppers

Rank

Karnataka CET toppers

School

1

Harsha Karthikeya

Narayana Olympiad School Sahakar Nagar, Bangalore

2

Manoj Sohan

Sri Chaitanya Techno School in Marathahalli, Bangalore

3

PJ Abhinav

Nehru Smarak Vidyalaya Jayanagar

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KCET 2023 Engineering Toppers

Karnataka CET toppers

Qualifying examination marks

CET marks

Total

Vignesh Natraj

99.667%

96.11%

97.889%

Arjun Krishna Swami

100%

95%

97.5%

Samrush Shetty

99.33%

95%

97.167%

Sumedh SS

99.667%

94.44%

97.056%

Madhav Surya

97%

96.6%

96.237%

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KCET 2022 Toppers List

KCET Toppers

Marks secured

Apoorv Tandon

98.611%

Siddhartha Singh

98.334%

Atmakuri Venkata Madhi

98.111%

Shishir RK

97.945%

Vishal Bysani

97.5%

Saagar

97.5%

Mahesh Kumar V

97.167%

Siddarth GV

97.056%

Sathvik V

96.834%

KCET 2021 Toppers - Engineering


All India Rank


Name of the Candidate

Rank 1

Meghan HK

Rank 2

Premankur Chakraborty

Rank 3

BS Anirudh

KCET 2020 Toppers - Engineering

All India Rank

Name of the Candidate

1

Rakshith M

2

Shubhan R

3

M. Shashank Balaji

4

Shashank P

5

Sandeepan Naskar

6

Nakul Abhay Bapat

7

S. Srivas

8

Advaith Prasad Curpod

9

Gaureesha Kajampady

10

Deepit S. Patil

KCET 2020 Toppers - B.Sc Agriculture

All India Rank

Name of the Candidate

1

Varun Gowda

2

Sanjana K

3

Lokesh B. Jogi

4

Arnav Aiyappa P P

5

Prajwal Kashyap

6

Chinmaya S. Bharadwaj

7

Pawan S. Gowda

8

Mayur S. Chittaragi

9

H C Gourish

10

Jathin A L D

KCET 2020 Toppers - B.V.Sc

All India Rank

Name of the Candidate

1

Sai Vivek P

2

Aryan Mahalingappa Channal

3

Sanjana K

4

Pawan S Gowda

5

Arnav Aiyappa P P

6

M D Arbaaz Ahmed

7

Varun Gowda A B

8

Suman K S

9

Karthik Reddy

10

Tejas Bhat K

KCET 2020 Toppers - B.Pharma/ Pharma D.

All India Rank

Name of the Candidate

1

Sai Vivek P

2

Sandeepan Naskar

3

Pawan S. Gowda

4

Aryan Mahalingappa Channal

5

Sanjana K

6

M Shashank Balaji

7

Arnav Aiyappa P P

8

Varun Gowda A B

9

M D Arbaz Ahmed

10

Gaureesha Kajampady


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: Who was the topper of KCET 2025?
A:

The topper of KCET 2025 was Bhavesh Jayanthi who scored 99.6% in the exam.

Q: Is KCET exam date 2026 announced?
A:

Yes, the KCET exam date for 2026 will be around April 2026.

Q: How many students appeared for KCET 2026?
A:

Over 2 lakh students appeared for the KCET 2025. Similar number of examinees are expected to appear for KCET 2026 as well. The exam statistics are released along with the declaration of results. 

Q: Is the KCET 2026 toppers list announced?
A:

No, the authority has yet not announced the KCET 2026 toppers list online.

Q: What rank is 120 in KCET?
A:

With 120 marks in the KCET exam, a candidate can expect a rank between 351 – 360. 

Q: Who obtained KCET 1st rank in 2023?
A:

KCET 2023 1st rank was obtained by Bengaluru's Vignesh Nataraj Kumar with 97.8%

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