JEE Main Cutoff

The cutoff of JEE Main 2026 will be released by NTA after the exam. This cutoff decides whether the candidates are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced 2026 or not. The cutoff is declared according to various categories like General, OBC, SC, ST and EWS.

JEE Main Qualifying vs Admission Cutoff

There are two types of cutoffs – Qualifying and Admission Cutoff:

✅ Qualifying Cutoff: This is the minimum score required to qualify for JEE Advanced 2026.

✅ Admission Cutoff: This is released after each round during JoSAA counselling, and varies as per college, course, and category.

Only after qualifying JEE Main, candidates can appear for JEE Advanced 2026, which is necessary for admission to IITs and top engineering colleges. This cutoff will be released along with the JEE Main result.

Expected JEE Main 2026 Cutoff

Check out the below table to know the expected cut-off marks for the JEE Mains 2026:

Category	Expected Qualifying Cutoff (%)
General	89–91
EWS	75–78
OBC-NCL	74–78
SC	44–48
ST	37–41
PwD	0.11–1.00

JEE Main 2026 Cut off for Previous Years

Since the JEE Main 2025 application forms aren’t out yet, it’s too early to know this year’s cutoff scores. But we can get an idea from the cutoffs of past years. Below, we’ve shared tables with JEE Main cutoffs for 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2019, 2018, and 2017, divided by category.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has posted the JEE Main 2024 cutoff scores on its official site. This cutoff is the minimum score you need to qualify for JEE Main 2024 and be eligible for admission to JEE-participating institutes. The NTA released the JEE Main 2024 cutoff with the result, and JoSAA has updated the admission cutoff. You can find the JEE Main 2024 cutoff in the table below.

JEE Mains 2025 Category-Wise Cut Off

Category	Cutoff Percentile
General (UR)	93.1023262
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	80.3830119
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL)	79.4313582
Scheduled Caste (SC)	61.1526933
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	47.9026465
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)	0.0079349

JEE Main 2024 Cutoff

Category	JEE Main Cutoff 2024
General	93.2362181
Gen-PwD	0.0018700
EWS	81.3266412
OBC-NCL	79.6757881
SC	60.0923182
ST	46.6975840

JEE Main 2023 Cutoff

Category	JEE Main 2023 Cutoff
Common Rank List	90.7788642
Gen-EWS	75.6229025
OBC-NCL	73.6114227
SC	51.9776027
ST	37.2348772
PwD	0.0013527

JEE Main 2022 Cut-Off

Category	Category-wise Cut-off of NTA Score (MIN_PS_TOT- MAX_PS_TOT)
UR	88.4121383- 100
EWS	63.1114141- 88.4037478
OBC-NCL	67.0090297- 88.4081747
SC	43.0820954- 88.4037478
ST	26.7771328- 88.4072779

Previous Year’s JEE Main Cut-off Analysis

Year	ST	SC	OBC NCL	General	PwD
2013	45 Marks	50 Marks	70 Marks	113 Marks	–
2014	47 Marks	53 Marks	74 Marks	115 Marks	–
2015	44 Marks	50 Marks	70 Marks	105 Marks	–
2016	48 Marks	52 Marks	70 Marks	100 Marks	–
2017	27 Marks	32 Marks	49 Marks	81 Marks	–
2018	24	29	45	74	-35
2019	44.33	54.01	74.3	89.7	0.11