JEE Advanced 2026 Expected Cut-off and Trends Based on Past Year Cut-offs
JEE Advanced 2026 expected cutoff is expected to be between 93 and 100 marks for the General category, reflecting a consistent upward trend in competition. While qualifying marks establish the eligibility for the rank list, a score above 180+ is typically required for the top 5,000 rank and admission into core branches at premier IITs.
The qualifying cutoff for JEE Advanced is notoriously changeable, as it depends entirely on the difficulty level set by the organising IIT, IIT Roorkee, for 2026 and the relative performance of the top 2.5 lakh candidates. Analysing the data from 2021 to 2025, we observed that the aggregate qualifying percentage for the Common Rank List, CRL, has fluctuated between 15.28% and 30.34%.
JEE Advanced 2026 Expected Cutoff: Category-wise Qualifying Marks for 2026
The JEE Advanced 2026 expected cutoff is based on the recent high-scoring trends, to qualify for the paper out of a total of 360 is as follows:-
| Category | Aggregated Minimum Percentage expected | Marks Range out of 360 | Subject-wise Minimum Percentage |
| General (CRL) | 26% to 28% | 93-100 | 8% to 10% |
| OBC-NCL or EWS | 23% to 25% | 83 90 | 7% to 9% |
| S, ST, PwD | 13% to 14% | 46-51 | 4% to 5% |
JEE Advanced 2026 Past Year’s Cutoff
Given below is the past year cutoff trend of the JEE Advanced exam to give an understanding of how the cutoffs for each have been increasing and decreasing:-
| Year | Combined Rank List Categories | Min. Percentage per Subject | Min. Aggregate Percentage |
| 2021 | Common Rank List (CRL) | 5.00% | 17.50% |
| 2021 | OBC-NCL & GEN-EWS Rank Lists | 4.50% | 15.75% |
| 2021 | SC, ST, Common-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, SC-PwD, & ST-PwD Rank Lists | 2.50% | 8.75% |
| 2021 | Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List | 0.75% | 2.63% |
| 2022 | Common Rank List (CRL) | 4.40% | 15.28% |
| 2022 | OBC-NCL & GEN-EWS Rank Lists | 4.00% | 13.89% |
| 2022 | SC, ST, Common-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, SC-PwD, & ST-PwD Rank Lists | 2.20% | 7.78% |
| 2022 | Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List | 0.83% | 3.89% |
| 2023 | Common Rank List (CRL) | 6.83% | 23.89% |
| 2023 | OBC-NCL & GEN-EWS Rank Lists | 6.15% | 21.50% |
| 2023 | SC, ST, Common-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, SC-PwD, & ST-PwD Rank Lists | 3.42% | 11.95% |
| 2023 | Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List | 1.71% | 5.98% |
| 2024 | Common Rank List (CRL) | 8.68% | 30.34% |
| 2024 | OBC-NCL & GEN-EWS Rank Lists | 7.80% | 27.30% |
| 2024 | SC, ST, Common-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, SC-PwD, & ST-PwD Rank Lists | 4.34% | 15.17% |
| 2024 | Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List | 2.17% | 7.58% |
| 2025 | Common Rank List (CRL) | 5.83% | 20.56% |
| 2025 | OBC-NCL & GEN-EWS Rank Lists | 5.25% | 18.50% |
| 2025 | SC, ST, Common-PwD, OBC-NCL-PwD, GEN-EWS-PwD, SC-PwD, & ST-PwD Rank Lists | 2.92% | 10.28% |
| 2025 | Preparatory Course (PC) Rank List | 1.46% | 5.14% |
In 2024 and 2025, the cutoffs saw a sharp increase, crossing 100 marks for CRL as students adapted to the exam pattern and high-quality digital resources. Historically, clearing the cutoff only places the student in the rank list. For seeking admission to the Top 7 IIT a stduents usually need to score at least 1.5 to 2 times higher qualifying cutoff marks.
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