JEE Advanced AIR 1 Scores Over 10 Years: Check How Topper Marks Have Changed from Aman to Shubham

JEE Advanced is amongst the toughest entrance tests of India in the field of engineering. Every year, many candidates apply for admissions into IITs, but just a few manage to secure good positions.

In 2026, the number of students who gave both the papers was 179,694, whereas those who qualified were 56,880. Shubham Kumar secured All India Rank 1 (AIR 1) with a mark of 330 out of 360, and Kabeer Chhillar secured AIR 2 with 329 marks.

The important thing is that the All India Rank 1 mark has varied widely every year depending upon the total marks, test pattern, and difficulty level of the paper. The year-by-year marks of JEE Advanced AIR 1 are presented below from 2016 to 2026.

JEE Advanced AIR 1 Score Trend: 2016 to 2026

Year	AIR 1	Score	Maximum Marks
2016	Aman Bansal	320	372
2017	Sarvesh Mehtani	339	366
2018	Pranav Goyal	337	360
2019	Kartikey Gupta	346	372
2020	Chirag Falor	352	396
2021	Mridul Agarwal	348	360
2022	R K Shishir	314	360
2023	Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy	341	360
2024	Ved Lahoti	355	360
2025	Rajit Gupta	332	360
2026	Shubham Kumar	330	360

Highest and Lowest AIR 1 Scores in 10 Years

The highest AIR 1 score within this range is 355/360 obtained in JEE Advanced 2024, while the lowest is 314/360 scored in 2022.

The toppers from 2020 secured 352/396, which is one of the top raw scores in the period under consideration. It should be noted that the maximum obtainable marks were different for this year and many others.

Thus, it is impossible to compare the raw marks obtained within different years. Total marks, question paper pattern, and level of difficulty have an impact on the final result.

JEE Advanced AIR 1: Subject-Wise Score Comparison

Year	AIR 1	Physics	Chemistry	Mathematics	Total
2016	Aman Bansal	113	105	102	320
2017	Sarvesh Mehtani	104	115	120	339
2018	Pranav Goyal	117	114	106	337
2019	Kartikey Gupta	113	112	121	346
2020	Chirag Falor	110	118	124	352
2021	Mridul Agarwal	120	112	116	348
2022	R K Shishir	96	109	109	314
2023	Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy	110	117	114	341
2024	Ved Lahoti	118	120	117	355
2025	Rajit Gupta	116	105	111	332
2026	Shubham Kumar	98	120	112	330

What the JEE Advanced AIR 1 Scores Show

The 10-year data highlights considerable variation in AIR 1 scores. The score increased from 320 in 2016 to 355 in 2024, before falling to 332 in 2025 and 330 in 2026.

The biggest drop in score was seen between 2021 and 2022, when the AIR 1 score dropped from 348 to 314.

Furthermore, an increase in the raw score does not mean that the exam was either easier or harder. Due to changes in the maximum score and exam format, the percentile, rank and performance of candidates are better comparators than the score itself.

JEE Advanced 2026 vs Previous Years

In 2026, Shubham Kumar scored a total of 330 out of 360, earning an All India Rank (AIR) of 1. The subject-wise marks secured by him are Physics – 98, Chemistry -120, and Mathematics – 112.

The aforementioned marks are slightly below the AIR 1 marks of 2023 and 2024 but above 2022’s AIR 1 marks of 314.

It is clear from the data that the AIR 1 scores in the JEE Advanced may show large variations year on year; hence, the future aspirants must not consider the raw score of the earlier year’s topper as the benchmark.

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