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    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

    Also Check:

    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%

    Related-

    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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