JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile: Know How to Calculate JEE Main Percentile

JEE Mains Percentile for Marks: The JEE Main 2025 session 1 starts on January 22, 2025, and will continue till 30th Jan. Students who will be and have already appeared have the confusion between marks and percentile. It is complicated how NTA calculates the percentile and then gives the rank. Know here the complete procedure step-by-step.

Jan 20, 2025, 17:38 IST
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JEE Marks Vs Rank Vs Percentile: The JEE Main 2025 admit card is out for the Jan 22, 23, and 24, 2025 shifts. NTA will release the admit card for other dates later. Students are in full form to tackle the upcoming JEE Main paper. They have prepared well and are all set to appear at the exam centres as mentioned in the JEE Main 2025 City Intimation Slip. Even after all these efforts, the applicants have one major confusion that they always find the answer to. How are the percentiles calculated based on the marks? Well, the answer lies here. Percentile is different from percentage, and thus ranks calculated from it also differ. Know the complete process here.

From Previous Year: JEE Main 2024 Topper List for Session 1 and Session 2

Difference Between Percentage and Percentile

People often confuse between percentage and percentile. Read the table below to clear all the doubts related to JEE percentage and JEE percentile. 

JEE Main Percentage

JEE Main Percentile

Definition: It is a numerical representation of a fraction out of 100.

Definition: It is a statistical measure indicating the relative position of a particular value in a dataset.

Calculation: It is calculated by taking a fraction, multiplying it by 100, and expressing the result with the percentage symbol (%).

Calculation: It is calculated by determining the percentage of scores that fall below a specific value in a dataset.

Example: If a student scores 80 out of 100, the percentage score is  80/100 ร— 100 = 80 %

Example: If a student's score is higher than 75% of the students in a class, their percentile rank is 75.

Percentage is a universal measure used to express a part of a whole in various contexts, such as grades, discounts, or proportions.

Percentile provides a relative measure, showing how a particular score compares to others in the same group or population.

Key Distinctions between JEE Main Marks Vs JEE Main Percentile:

  • Scope: Percentage is a broader measure, while percentile is specific.
  • Calculation Basic: Percentage is calculated directly from a given set of values, whereas percentile involves comparing a value to the entire dataset.
  • Interpretation: Percentage directly represents a portion of a whole, while percentile provides a ranking or position relative to others.

Why JEE Results are in Percentile and Not in Percentage?

NTA designs multiple sets for the JEE Mains exam, which differ in difficulty level. Students who get the set with higher difficulty tend to be at a loss if they follow the percentage calculation due to their lower scores. Thus, to normalise this, a normalisation procedure based on the percentile score is used by NTA. It is also mentioned in the official NTA brochure that โ€œthe process of normalisation is an established practice for comparing candidate scores across multi-session papers and is similar to those being adopted in other large educational selection tests conducted in India. For normalisation across sections, NTA shall use the percentile equivalence."

Also Check: JEE Main 2025 Syllabus

JEE Main Percentile Calculation

The JEE exam results for all the sessions would be prepared in the form of raw scores and Percentile (total and separately for each subject: Maths, Physics and Chemistry). 

  • Total Percentile: 100 X ๐‘๐‘œ. ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘„๐‘ˆ๐ด๐ฟ ๐‘‡๐‘‚ ๐‘‚๐‘… ๐ฟ๐ธ๐‘†๐‘† ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‡ ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โž— Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
  • Mathematics Percentile: 100 X ๐‘๐‘œ. ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘„๐‘ˆ๐ด๐ฟ ๐‘‡๐‘‚ ๐‘‚๐‘… ๐ฟ๐ธ๐‘†๐‘† ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› Mathematics ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โž— Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
  • Physics Percentile: 100 X ๐‘๐‘œ. ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘„๐‘ˆ๐ด๐ฟ ๐‘‡๐‘‚ ๐‘‚๐‘… ๐ฟ๐ธ๐‘†๐‘† ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› Physics ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โž— Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session
  • Chemistry Percentile: 100 X ๐‘๐‘œ. ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐ถ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐ธ๐‘„๐‘ˆ๐ด๐ฟ ๐‘‡๐‘‚ ๐‘‚๐‘… ๐ฟ๐ธ๐‘†๐‘† ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› Chemistry ๐‘†๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ โž— Total No. of Candidates appeared in the session

Download Percentile Calculation Followed by NTA

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JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile: Expected

In the table below a range of JEE Mains marks and percentile for that range are given. Students can check and have an idea of their percentile rank post JEE Mains 2024. These percentiles are calculated using the general NTA formula that has been discussed above. The below table is just for reference.

JEE Main Marks

JEE Main Percentile

300-281

100 โ€“ 99.99989145

271 โ€“ 280

99.994681 โ€“ 99.997394

263 โ€“ 270

99.990990 โ€“ 99.994029

250 โ€“ 262

99.977205 โ€“ 99.988819

241 โ€“ 250

99.960163 โ€“ 99.975034

231 โ€“ 240

99.934980 โ€“ 99.956364

221 โ€“ 230

99.901113 โ€“ 99.928901

211 โ€“ 220

99.851616 โ€“ 99.893732

201 โ€“ 210

99.795063 โ€“ 99.845212

191 โ€“ 200

99.710831 โ€“ 99.782472

181 โ€“ 190

99.597399 โ€“ 99.688579

171 โ€“ 180

99.456939 โ€“ 99.573193

161 โ€“ 170

99.272084 โ€“ 99.431214

151 โ€“ 160

99.028614 โ€“ 99.239737

141 โ€“ 150

98.732389 โ€“ 98.990296

131 โ€“ 140

98.317414 โ€“ 98.666935

121 โ€“ 130

97.811260 โ€“ 98.254132

111 โ€“ 120

97.142937 โ€“ 97.685672

101 โ€“ 110

96.204550 โ€“ 96.978272

91 โ€“ 100

94.998594 โ€“ 96.064850

81 โ€“ 90

93.471231 โ€“ 94.749479

71 โ€“ 80

91.072128 โ€“ 93.152971

61 โ€“ 70

87.512225 โ€“ 90.702200

51 โ€“ 60

82.016062 โ€“ 86.907944

41 โ€“ 50

73.287808 โ€“ 80.982153

31 โ€“ 40

58.151490 โ€“ 71.302052

JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile Rank

Below is the table showing JEE Main marks and percentile rank based on the obtained marks. 

Percentile Rank= Lโž—N x 100

N= Total number of data values

L= Data value from the data set

Example:

Marks

Percentile Rank

300

100.0000000

299

99.6666667

298

99.3333333

297

99.0000000

296

98.6666667

295

98.3333333

294

98.0000000

293

97.6666667

292

97.3333333

291

97.0000000

290

96.6666667

Hope this helps you understand how your percentile will be calculated using your section-wise marks in the 2024 JEE Main exam. For more updates related to JEE Main and Advanced check the official website of Jagran Josh. 

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FAQs

  • If my JEE Main marks are between 201 โ€“ 250 then what would be my JEE percentile?
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    As per the expected calculations using the NTA percentile formula, the applicants who got average marks between 201 and 250 in their JEE Mains would have a percentile between 99.975034 and 99.795063.
  • Is the percentage and percentile are same for JEE Mains?
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    No, percentage and percentile are two different measuring categories. Percentage is a numerical representation of a fraction out of 100, whereas percentile is a statistical measure indicating the relative position of a particular value in a dataset. A percentage is considered to calculate rank in the JEE Main exam.

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