What is a Good Score in JEE Advanced 2026? How much should a candidate score to qualify the exam, and what marks guarantee admission to an IIT? In this article, we will be observing some previous year trends to analyse what a safe score is in JEE Advanced 2026. Read below.
What is a Good Score in JEE Advanced?
Safe score in JEE Advaced 2026 exam would be 250+ to grab a seat in top IITs in branches like CSE and AI/Data Science. For admission in new IITs, candidates must score 150+ marks. Safe score in JEE Advanced 2026 will be 150+ marks. Details about college wise cutoff of JEE Advanced is provided in the page.
Candidates who are appearing in JEE Advanced 2026 must have an idea about what a safe score is to pass the exam, and also what a good score in JEE Advanced is that guarantees admission in IITs. This will help streamline their exam preparation and achive the required marks/score in exam.
All candidates have to score minimum marks to qualify JEE Advanced 2026 individually in each subjects (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) and also they must score above the minimum aggregate marks. The minimum marks will be different for reserved and unreserved category students. The minimum/ cutoff marks to pass the JEE Advanced exam will be released along with the results on June 1, 2026.
Let us check a details analysis of the previous year trends in this article to understand what is a safe score in JEE Advanced and what will be the good score in JEE Advanced 2026 for admission in IITs.
- What is a Safe Score in JEE Advanced? - Previous Year Cutoff Marks Analysis
- Safe Score Analaysis Basis Past Year Cutoff
- What is a Good Score in JEE Advanced to Get an IIT - Previous Year Cutoff Marks Analysis
What is a Safe Score in JEE Advanced? - Previous Year Cutoff Marks Analysis
The candidates who score equal to or more than the minimum percentage of marks required to pass the exam are assigned a rank in the JEE Advanced exam. Those candidates with JEE Advanced ranks are then eligible ot participate in JoSAA counselling for IIT admission. Note that those candidates who do not qualify the cutoff marks are not given any ranks and are ineligible for IIT admissions.
Analysis of JEE Advanced cutoff marks over the years:
| Category |
2025 |
2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Unreserved |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 5.83% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 8.68% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 20.56% | Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 30.34% | |
| OBC-NCL |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 5.25% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 7.8% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 18.50% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 27.30% |
|
| GEN-EWS |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 5.25% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 7.8% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 18.50% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 27.30% |
|
| SC |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| ST |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| Unreserved PwD |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| OBC-NCL-PwD |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| GEN-EWS-PwD |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| SC-PwD |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| ST-PwD |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 2.92% |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 4.34% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 10.28% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 15.17% |
|
| Preparatory Course (PC) |
Minimum Percentage of Marks in Each Subject - 1.46% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 2.17% |
| Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 5.14% |
Minimum Percentage of Aggregate Marks - 7.58% |
Safe Score Analaysis Basis Past Year Cutoff
Considering the cutoff score for admission in IITs, the safe score in the JEE Advanced exam will be as follows
- Between 2020 to 2022, the safe score, that is the minimum marks needed to pass the exam in aggregate, was between 15% to 17%.
- In 2023, the safe score to pass the JEE Advanced exam rose to 23.89%. This was a drastic rise from the previous years.
- In 2024, the safe score skyrocketed to 30.34%.
- In 2025, which was the most recent year of JEE Advanced, the safe score fell to 20.56%.
Thus, since 2023, the safe score in JEE Advanced has increased, with 2024 witnessing a big jump in the cutoff marks. Therefore, candidates should score at least 30% marks in the JEE Advanced exam to be on the safe side.
| Safe score for JEE Advanced 2026: 30%. If the total marks in exam is 360, then candidates must try to score 108 marks and above. |
What is a Good Score in JEE Advanced to Get an IIT - Previous Year Cutoff Marks Analysis
A good score to get into an IIT will depend on the IIT a candidate is aiming for. This is because all IITs have different standards when it comes to admission. For example, the cutoff for IIT Bombay for the Computer Science course will be very high as compared to the cutoff of any other IIT.
In the table below, we have provided the highest closing ranks in the last JoSAA counselling round of all the 23 IITs and marks out of 360 for the corresponding ranks. This will provide an idea about:
- What was the maximum rank up to which IITs accepted admission, and how many marks are needed to get that rank.
- Candidates can thus check the good marks needed for admission to all 23 IITs.
| IIT | Closing rank as per last year | Marks out of 360 |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Institute of Technology Bombay | 8343 | 234 to 208 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad | 10043 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 10290 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur | 10482 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati | 10727 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar | 11066 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee | 11130 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Indore | 11274 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 12217 | 120 to 110 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Goa | 13451 | 109 to 105 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | 13685 | 109 to 105 |
| Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi | 14447 | 109 to 105 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Ropar | 14480 | 109 to 105 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar | 16268 | 104 to 100 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati | 16548 | 104 to 100 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad | 16753 | 104 to 100 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Patna | 16815 | 104 to 100 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai | 17478 | 99 to 94 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Mandi | 17491 | 99 to 94 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Jammu | 18156 | 99 to 94 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur | 18310 | 99 to 94 |
| Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad | 18368 | 99 to 94 |
| Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad | 18979 | 99 to 94 |
From the above table, it is clear that:
- The minimum marks needed to get an IIT range from 94 to 234 marks. A -tier IITs like IIT B and IIT M demand higher marks between 110 to 240.
- All IITs close their admission at ranks below 19000.
| Good score for JEE Advanced 2026: 95+ marks. Last year, all IITs closed their intake in the general category at ranks below 19000. |
To conclude:
| 200+ marks | Excellent marks - top tier IITs guaranteed |
| 110 to 200 marks | Good marks to get any IIT, other than the top tier ones |
| 100 marks to 109 marks | Safe marks to pass the exam |
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