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Know the CAT 2025 toppers and their percentiles. The CAT 2025 topper data has been released today by IIM Kozhikode along with CAT result 2025. Check here how many candidates scored 100 percentile. Candidates can check their CAT exam result 2025 at the iimcat.ac.in website.

Know the CAT 2025 toppers and their percentiles. The CAT 2025 topper data has been released today by IIM Kozhikode along with CAT result 2025. Check here how many candidates scored 100 percentile.

CAT 2025 toppers

CAT 2025 toppers

CAT 2025 toppers list has been released at IIMCAT today. According to the announcement made by IIM Kozhikode, 12 candidates have scored 100 percentile in CAT 2025.  About 26 candidates have scored 99.99 percentile and same number of candidates have scored 99.98 perncentile. Among 99.99 percentilers in CAT 2025, four are females. 

CAT 2025 exam was held on November 30, 2025 and this year, and 2.58 lakh candidates appeared for it. The number of test takers has dipped this year by nearly 35000. Last year, the total number of CAT test takers was 2.93 lakh. CAT 2025 result cum scorecard is available for download at iimcat.ac.in website. We have shared the list of CAT 2025 toppers below. You can also check CAT toppers’ list of previous years for reference.

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Table of contents
  • CAT 2025 Toppers List
  • CAT 2025: List of 100 Percentilers
  • CAT 2025: List of 99.99 Percentilers
  • CAT 2025: List of 99.98 Percentilers
  • CAT Toppers List 2024
  • CAT Toppers List 2023

CAT 2025 Toppers List

Check below the names and scores of CAT 2025 toppers released today.

Sr.No.

Name of CAT 2025 Toppers

CAT Percentile

1 Vinayak Aggarwal 99.99
2 Parav Goyal 99.98
3 Soumyadip Mukherjee 99.97
4 Anmol Gupta 99.96
5 Harsh Khudania 99.93
6 Pranshav Shah 99.80
7 Arkadipta Chatterjee 99.78
8 Lakshya Khandelwal 99.56
9 Kashvi Bhatia 99.53
10 Neha Altagi 99.48
11 Amaan Hussain 99.47
12 Ehsaas Agrawal 99.41
13 Kushagra Barai 99.33
14 Prosenjit Ov 99.32
15 Priyansh Jain 99.25
16 Nivedha Rajkumar 99.20
17 Aishiki Sen 99.18

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CAT 2025: List of 100 Percentilers

Check the table below for data of 100 percentilers in CAT 2025. 

Overall Percentile

Total

Gender and Discipline

State wise distribution

100

12

Female - 2 Male - 10 Engineering - 3 Non-Engineering - 9

Uttar Pradesh 1

Karnataka 1

Maharashtra 1

Delhi 3

Haryana 2

Gujarat 2

Jharkhand 1

Odisha 1

CAT 2025: List of 99.99 Percentilers

Check the table below for data of 99.99 percentilers in CAT 2025. 

Overall Percentile

Total

Gender and Discipline

State wise distribution

99.99

26

Female - 4 Male - 22 Engineering - 12 Non-Engineering - 14

Tamil Nadu 2

Uttar Pradesh 4

Maharashtra 4

Gujarat 1

Delhi 1

Haryana 5

Madhya Pradesh 2 Chhattisgarh 1 West Bengal 2 Rajasthan 3 Andhra Pradesh 1

CAT 2025: List of 99.98 Percentilers

Check the table below for data of 99.98 ercentilers in CAT 2025. 

Overall Percentile

Total

Gender and Discipline

State wise distribution

99.98

26

Female - 5 Male - 21 Engineering - 8 Non-Engineering - 18

Gujarat 2

West Bengal 3

Delhi 4

Maharashtra 2

Uttar Pradesh 7

Rajasthan 1

Chandigarh 1

Madhya Pradesh 2

Karnataka 1

Odisha 1

Haryana 2

CAT Toppers List 2024

Check the below table for CAT 2024 toppers and their scores.

Sr.No.

Name of CAT 2024 Toppers

CAT Percentile

1

Vagish Nangia

100

2

Mani Praneeth Chilukuri

100

3

Vedant Chandewar

99.98

4

Sarthak Jaiswal

99.97

5

Swaraj Pal Kesari

99.95

6

Aniruddh Singh

99.89

7

Shree Ahuja

99.88

8

Rounak Tikamani

99.69

9

Dhruv Mittal

99.69

10

Rajeev Nathani

99.64

11

Shaivi Goyal

99.54

12

Rahul Sinha

99.49

13

Shouvik Chatterjee

99.43

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CAT Toppers List 2023

In 2023, 14 candidates scored 100 percentile Check the below table for CAT 2023 toppers and their scores.

Sr.No.

Name of CAT 2023 Toppers

CAT Percentile

1

Kartik Bhageria

99.99 percentile

2

Riddhi Dugar

99.91 percentie

3

Rounak Tikmani

99.90 percentile

4

Nisakar Kumar

99.83 percentile

5

Anirudh Das

99.82 percentile

6

Avik Das

99.78 percentile

7

Mridul Tiwari

99.66 percentile

8

Jayant Kochar

99.62 percentile

9

Kishan Agrawal

99.91 percentile

10

Divyanshu Garg

99.60 percentile

11

Sayantan Sur

99.55 percentile

12

Suvam Debnath

99.52 pecentile

13

Anmol Gupta

99.47 percentile

14

Tarun Choudhary

99.47 percentile

15

Simran Gupta

99.45 percentile

16

Sahil Shetty

99.25 percentile

17

Shreemant Singi

99.28 percentile

18

Vishesh Jain

99.69 percentile

19

Pulkit Daga

99.14 percentile

Q:   What is the difference between qualifying CAT cut off and final CAT cut off?
A:
Qualifying CAT cut off percentiles of an IIM is the minimum percentile (sectional as well as overall) required by candidates to be eligible for the Written Ability Test (What) and Personal Interview PI round. These are only eligibility score and not the score for selection. The final CAT cut off percentiles are the scores on the basis of which a candidate is actually selected for the What-PI round. The qualifying CAT cut offs are released publically before the CAT exam and result as a part of selection criteria for the MBA/PGP batch of that year. The qualifying cut offs for CAT are release category wise - General, NC/OBC. General-EWS, SC/ST, PwD. The qualifying cut offs percentiles of General category candidate is higher than then rest. The final CAT cut offs are not released publically. The cut offs are estimate on the basis of candidate's selection for What-PI. The final CAT cut offs for General category candidate is also higher than then rest.
Q:   What is the CAT exam cutoff required to get admission to IIM Bangalore?
A:

The CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore hovers between 97-100 percentile. The qualifying CAT cut off required for being eligible for IIM Bangalore's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 85 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST candidates, it is 65 percentile and for PwD candidates it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Bangalore.

  • General category: 80 VARC 75 DILR 75 Quantitative Aptitude 85 (Overall)
  • NC-OBC category: 75 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
  • EWS category: 70 VARC 65 DILR 65 Quantitative Aptitude 75 (Overall)
  • SC category: 65 VARC 60 DILR 60 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall)
  • ST category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 65 (Overall)
  • PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall)
Q:   Will CAT cut offs rise for 2026 admission?
A:

CAT cut offs do not flutuate much. For the past few years, the CAT exam cut offs for IIMs or other top colleges have not seen much change. If there is any change at all, it is in decimals. However, that decimal point too can make or mar admission chances. CAT cut offs for 2026 admission will largely remain the same as the CAT 2025 exam difficulty level was same as last year and number of takers dipped from last year.

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Q:   How many candidates scored 100 percentile in CAT 2024?
A:

14 candidates have scored 100 percentile in CAT 2024, out of a total of 2.93 Lacs candidates. Out of 14 toppers, 1 is a woman candidate. Check below CAT 2024 result data:

Check the below table for data and statistics of CAT 2024 test takers and toppers. 

CAT ToppersGender and 
Discipline
State
100
percentiles 14 - Nos 
Female - 1
 Male - 13
 Engg – 13
 Non-Engg – 1
Andhra Pradesh 1
Delhi 2
Haryana 1
Kerala 1
Maharashtra 5
Odisha 1
Rajasthan 1
Telangana 2
99.99
percentiles 29 -Nos.
Female - 2
 Male - 27
 Engg – 25
 Non-Engg - 4
Chandigarh 1
Delhi 4
Gujarat 2
Haryana 1
Karnataka 3
Kerala 1
Madhya Pradesh 1
Maharashtra 5
Odisha 1
Punjab 1
Rajasthan 3
Tamil Nadu 1
Telangana 1
Uttar Pradesh1
Uttarakhand 1
West Bengal 2
99.98
percentiles 30-Nos
Female - 1
Male - 29
 Engg – 20
 Non-Engg -10
Bihar 1
Delhi 2
Gujarat 2
Haryana 4
Karnataka 4
Madhya Pradesh 3
Maharashtra 3
Tamil Nadu 2
Telangana 3
Uttar Pradesh 2
West Bengal 4
Q:   How many CAT mock tests to practice to score 99 percentile?
A:
Experts recommend that aspirants must practice at least 40 CAT mock tests to score above 99 percentile well in the exam. Most of the CAT test takers take up to 50 mock tests of various types and difficulty level. CAT toppers in previous years have practiced even up to 80 mock tests during their preparation. However, candidates must decide the number of CAT mock tests depending on their control and confidence on topics as the exam day comes closer. Mock tests are the best way to judge your performance viz. The important topics of CAT. The more one practices CAT mock tests, the more accurate they get in solving questions from all subjects. It is very important to know which formula to apply to which type question to solve the problem accurately. Mock tests help candidates in this aspect which is why practicing mock tests is most important in CAT preparation.
Q:   What is the CAT cut off for IIM Lucknow?
A:
The CAT cut offs for IIM Lucknow is usually around 97-99 percentile. The two courses - PGP Agri-Business Management (ABM) and PGP Sustainable Management (some) are extremely popular among MBA aspirants who wish to make a career in these areas. The institute also offers PGP programme. The qualifying CAT cut off for IIM Lucknow's Written Ability test (What) and Personal Interview PI is 90 percentile for General category students, whereas for SC candidates, it is 70 percentile. For ST and PwD candidates, it is 60 percentile. Given below are the sectional and overall qualifying CAT cut offs for IIM Lucknow PGP course. General category: 85 VARC 85 DILR 85 Quantitative Aptitude 90 (Overall) NC-OBC category: 77 VARC 77 DILR 77 Quantitative Aptitude 82 (Overall) EWS category: 77 VARC 77 DILR 77 Quantitative Aptitude 82 (Overall) SC category: 55 VARC 55 DILR 55 Quantitative Aptitude 70 (Overall) ST category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall) PwD category: 50 VARC 50 DILR 50 Quantitative Aptitude 60 (Overall) Click here for detailed IIM Lucknow admission and selection criteria: https://www.shiksha.com/mba/articles/iim-lucknow-shortlist-admission-criteria-blogId-18509.

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