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JEE Main cutoff category wise: official percentiles, 2022 to 2026

The JEE (Main) percentile each category needed to sit JEE (Advanced), five years of it, and how the figure is set.
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The JEE Main cutoff for JEE (Advanced) 2026 was the 93.4123549 percentile for the open category, 82.4164528 for GEN-EWS, 80.9232583 for OBC-NCL, 63.9172792 for SC and 52.0174712 for ST. It marks the top 2,50,000 in Paper 1, split by category, so it moves every year.

Checked on 13 Nov 2026 against 9 sources.

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JEE (Main) percentile needed to sit JEE (Advanced), by category
YearOpenGEN-EWSOBC-NCLSCSTPwD
202693.412354982.416452880.923258363.917279252.01747120.0023186
202593.102326280.383011979.431358261.152693347.90264650.0079349
202493.236218181.326641279.675788160.092318246.69758400.0018700
202390.778864275.622902573.611422751.977602737.23487720.0013527
202288.412138363.111414167.00902743.082095426.77713280.0031029
Source: JEE (Advanced) 2026 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2026

Sources: the Joint Implementation Committee's JEE (Advanced) report for each year (2022, 2024, 2025, 2026), and NTA's press releases for 2023 (29 Apr 2023) and 2025 (18 Apr 2025), which match. For 2023 the PwD figure is NTA's UR-PwD cutoff. The 2022 report prints the OBC-NCL figure with six decimals.

How the cutoff works

JEE (Advanced) takes the top 2,50,000 candidates in JEE (Main) Paper 1, all categories included. The places are split 10% GEN-EWS, 27% OBC-NCL, 15% SC, 7.5% ST and 40.5% open, with 5% for PwD candidates within each (JEE (Advanced) 2026 brochure). The cutoff is the percentile of the last candidate inside each group, so it comes from how everyone scored and is not fixed in advance.

The JEE (Main) 2027 bulletin keeps the same rule: the top 2,50,000 in Paper 1 (bulletin).

Candidates shortlisted for JEE (Advanced)
YearShortlisted
20262,50,174
20252,50,243
20242,50,284
20232,50,255
20222,62,175
Source: JEE (Advanced) 2026 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2026

The 2022 report says its total includes candidates made eligible through a one-time measure.

What a percentile means

An NTA percentile is the share of candidates in your session who scored the same as you or less. So the 93.4123549 percentile means about 93.41% of candidates were at or below that score. It is not a percentage of marks.

What was the JEE Main cutoff category wise in 2026?

For JEE (Advanced) 2026, the JEE (Main) percentile needed was 93.4123549 for the open category, 82.4164528 for GEN-EWS, 80.9232583 for OBC-NCL, 63.9172792 for SC, 52.0174712 for ST and 0.0023186 for PwD. The figures are from the JEE (Advanced) 2026 report of the Joint Implementation Committee, which prints NTA's cutoff table.

What is the JEE Main cutoff for JEE Advanced 2027?

It is not known yet. It will be the percentile of the last candidate inside the top 2,50,000 in Paper 1, by category, after Session 2 in April 2027. For a sense of range, the open-category figure was 93.2362181 in 2024, 93.1023262 in 2025 and 93.4123549 in 2026. Aim well above it, since qualifying alone does not get you a seat.

Is the JEE Main cutoff 2027 fixed in advance?

No. The rules fix the number of places, 2,50,000, and the category split, not the percentile. The percentile comes from how candidates score, which is why the open figure went from 88.4121383 in 2022 to 93.4123549 in 2026. Any 2027 cutoff you see before the result is a prediction, not an official figure, so treat it with care.

Sources

  1. JEE (Advanced) 2026 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2026 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  2. JEE (Advanced) 2025 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2025 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  3. JEE (Advanced) 2024 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2024 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  4. JEE (Advanced) 2023 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2023 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  5. JEE (Advanced) 2022 report, Joint Implementation Committee, JEE (Advanced) 2022 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  6. NTA press release: JEE (Main) 2023 result and cutoffs, Release of 29 Apr 2023 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  7. NTA press release: JEE (Main) 2025 Session 2 result and cutoffs, Release of 18 Apr 2025 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  8. NTA: JEE (Main) 2027 information bulletin, Bulletin of 24 Oct 2026 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)
  9. JEE (Advanced) 2026 information brochure, JEE (Advanced) 2026 (checked on 13 Nov 2026)

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