JEE Main percentile to rank: 99 percentile is about rank 15,400

JEE (Main) 2026Estimated

Rank 76,900

About 5% of the 15,38,468 candidates in 2026 finished ahead.

Your result

About rank 76,900. About 5% of the 15,38,468 candidates in 2026 finished ahead. That qualifies you to sit JEE (Advanced): the General (UR) qualifying percentile was 93.41.

An estimated JEE Main rank: with 15,38,468 candidates in 2026, the 99 percentile is about rank 15,400.

Qualifying percentile to sit JEE (Advanced) 2026

CategoryJEE (Main) percentileCandidates
General (UR)93.412354996,873
EWS82.416452825,009
OBC-NCL80.923258367,597
SC63.917279237,522
ST52.017471218,790
General PwBD0.00231864,391

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Questions people ask

What rank is 99 percentile in JEE Main?

About rank 15,400, from the 15,38,468 candidates who appeared in 2026.

What JEE Main percentile did you need to sit JEE Advanced 2026?

93.41 for General, 82.42 for EWS, 80.92 for OBC-NCL, 63.92 for SC and 52.02 for ST.

How is the JEE Main percentile calculated?

100 times the number of candidates in your shift with your raw score or less, divided by the number who appeared in that shift.

Which session's percentile counts?

The better of your two percentiles, from January and April.

How many candidates appeared in JEE Main 2026?

15,38,468 unique candidates across both sessions.

How we work this out

What it does

Enter your percentile for an estimated rank and the percentile your category needed to sit JEE Advanced.

Your JEE (Main) Paper 1 percentile, read against the 2026 result.

Method

  1. Your percentile is the share of your shift who scored the same as you or less.
  2. So about (100 minus your percentile)% of the 15,38,468 candidates who appeared in 2026 finish ahead of you.