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JEE Advanced 2026 Result Analysis: Who Appeared, Who Qualified

By Sampath Kumar · Updated

The full picture from the official 2026 and 2025 result press releases — every category, women, PwD, zones and qualifying marks — and what those ranks then bought in JoSAA.

179,694appeared in both papers
56,880qualified (54,378 in 2025)
31.7%qualified rate (30.1% in 2025)
10,107women qualified (17.8%)

JEE (Advanced) 2026 was held on 17 May 2026 and organised by IIT Roorkee; results came on 1 June 2026. Shubham Kumar topped the Common Rank List with 330/360 (IIT Delhi zone). Arohi Deshpande was the top woman at CRL 77 with 280/360. In 2025 the topper, Rajit Gupta, scored 332.

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Category-wise: registered, appeared, qualified

Non-PwD candidates. “Qualified” means placed on a rank list after meeting both the subject-wise and aggregate minimums for that list.

CategoryRegisteredAppearedQualifiedQualified % 2026Qualified % 2025Qualified change
GEN38,98737,45315,53041.5%44.3%-10.1%
OBC-NCL69,12266,29512,03018.1%18.9%-4.6%
GEN-EWS29,80429,0246,25121.5%22.2%-2.5%
SC31,36829,78615,81753.1%42.3%+26.5%
ST15,05614,2726,36544.6%35.7%+27.1%
The shift inside the numbers. Total qualifiers rose by 2,502, but General-category qualifiers fell by 1,743 while SC qualifiers rose by 3,318 and ST by 1,357. The qualifying marks went up for every list (below), so the SC and ST gains came against a higher bar, not a lower one.

PwD candidates by category

ListAppeared 2026Qualified 2026Rate 2026Appeared 2025Qualified 2025
GEN-PwD98335335.9%902238
OBC-NCL-PwD1,24435528.5%988216
GEN-EWS-PwD33512637.6%29886
SC-PwD2293917.0%18829
ST-PwD731419.2%639
All PwD2,86488731.0%2,439578

Women in JEE Advanced 2026

CategoryWomen appearedWomen qualifiedQualified %Women's share of qualifiers
GEN7,4332,41532.5%15.6%
OBC-NCL14,7141,60310.9%13.3%
GEN-EWS6,49288813.7%14.2%
SC7,3853,52147.7%22.3%
ST3,8341,49138.9%23.4%
All (incl. PwD)40,56210,10724.9%17.8%

Women were 22.6% of those who appeared and 17.8% of those who qualified (2025: 22.9% and 17.3%). The IITs’ female-only supernumerary seats exist because of exactly this gap — the IIT rank analysis measures how much looser those seats close.

Qualifying marks: 2026 vs 2025

Out of 360 (120 per subject). A candidate must clear both the per-subject minimum and the aggregate minimum for a list.

Rank list2025 subject / aggregate2026 subject / aggregateAggregate %
Common Rank List (CRL)7 / 748 / 9220.56% → 25.56%
OBC-NCL6 / 667 / 8218.50% → 22.78%
GEN-EWS6 / 667 / 8218.50% → 22.78%
SC3 / 374 / 4610.28% → 12.78%
ST3 / 374 / 4610.28% → 12.78%
All PwD lists3 / 374 / 4610.28% → 12.78%
Preparatory Course1 / 182 / 235.14% → 6.39%

The CRL aggregate went from 74 to 92 because the percentage thresholds themselves were raised (20.56%% to 25.56%% of 360 for the CRL, and in the same proportion for every other list). Even so, more candidates qualified than in 2025.

Zone-wise: top ranks and qualifiers

Zone (2026)Zone topperIn top 10In top 100In top 500Qualified
IIT BombayB Jayakrishna Srinivas (CRL 6)22312012,389
IIT DelhiShubham Kumar (CRL 1)52911410,697
IIT MadrasMohit Shekher Shukla (CRL 4)33517414,294
IIT RoorkeeNikunj Agrawal (CRL 11)09465,637
IIT BhubaneswarBhavesh Patra (CRL 29)01235,428
IIT KanpurRiddhesh Anant Bendale (CRL 18)03165,552
IIT GuwahatiYashraj Singh (CRL 122)0072,883

The zones are not the same two years running: 2026 had IIT Madras and IIT Bhubaneswar zones where 2025 had IIT Hyderabad and IIT Kharagpur, so compare the table below as a whole, not zone to zone.

Zone (2025)Zone topperIn top 10In top 100In top 500Qualified
IIT BombayMajid Mujahid Husain (CRL 3)33114511,226
IIT DelhiRajit Gupta (CRL 1)43111111,370
IIT HyderabadArnav Singh (CRL 9)22313912,946
IIT RoorkeePiusa Das (CRL 29)06535,445
IIT KharagpurDevdutta Majhi (CRL 16)05325,353
IIT KanpurAkshat Kumar Chaurasia (CRL 6)14175,295
IIT GuwahatiKanishka Chakraborty (CRL 161)0032,743

In 2026 the IIT Madras zone had the most qualifiers (14,294) and the most candidates in the top 500 (174); IIT Delhi zone had half the top 10.

Top 10 in the Common Rank List, 2026

CRLNameMarks /360Zone
1Shubham Kumar330IIT Delhi
2Kabeer Chhillar329IIT Delhi
3Jatin Chahar319IIT Delhi
4Mohit Shekher Shukla319IIT Madras
5Kuchi Sandeep318IIT Madras
6B Jayakrishna Srinivas314IIT Bombay
7Arnav Gautam314IIT Delhi
8Kanishk Jain313IIT Bombay
9Medisetti Naga Saharsha312IIT Madras
10Darsh Sikka311IIT Delhi
Rank listRank 1, 2026Zone
OPEN (CRL)Shubham KumarIIT Delhi
GEN-EWSB Jayakrishna SrinivasIIT Bombay
OBC-NCLJatin ChaharIIT Delhi
SCKovid BoobIIT Bombay
STJatin KumarIIT Delhi
CRL-PwDArsh JainIIT Kanpur

By nationality

NationalityAppeared 2026Qualified 2026Appeared 2025Qualified 2025
Indian178,94456,625179,76654,147
OCI/PIO (I)314217250165
OCI/PIO (F)3052829053
Foreign1311011613

What an Advanced rank bought in JoSAA 2026

Final-round (Round 5) closing ranks at the IITs, gender-neutral, Computer Science (4-year B.Tech). Ranks are category ranks for category seats. The full table for every branch and category is in the IIT finder.

IIT (CSE, OPEN)Closing rank 2026Closing rank 2025
IIT Bombay6766
IIT Delhi128126
IIT Madras151171
IIT Kanpur283271
IIT Kharagpur509466
IIT Roorkee587592
IIT Hyderabad680673
IIT Guwahati822792
IIT (BHU) Varanasi1,4391,489
IIT Indore1,6761,775
IIT Gandhinagar2,3152,020
IIT Ropar3,2142,512
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Frequently asked questions

How many candidates qualified JEE Advanced 2026?

56,880 of the 179,694 who appeared in both papers qualified (31.7%), including 10,107 women.

What were the JEE Advanced 2026 qualifying marks?

CRL 92/360 with at least 8 in each subject; OBC-NCL and GEN-EWS 82 (7 per subject); SC, ST and all PwD lists 46 (4 per subject). In 2025 the CRL aggregate was 74.

How many SC and ST candidates qualified JEE Advanced 2026?

SC 15,817 (non-PwD) and ST 6,365, up from 12,499 and 5,008 in 2025.

Who topped JEE Advanced 2026?

Shubham Kumar of the IIT Delhi zone, with 330/360. The top woman was Arohi Deshpande, CRL 77, 280/360.

Which zone did best in JEE Advanced 2026?

IIT Madras zone had the most qualifiers (14,294) and the most candidates in the top 500 (174). IIT Delhi zone had five of the top 10.

Is 92 marks enough for an IIT seat?

No. 92 only puts you on the Common Rank List. The closing ranks on this page and in the finder show what rank actually got a seat.

Source and method

JEE (Advanced) 2026 Results press release (1 June 2026, IIT Roorkee) and JEE (Advanced) 2025 Results press release (2 June 2025, IIT Kanpur), both from jeeadv.ac.in; IIT closing ranks from the JoSAA 2025 and 2026 opening and closing rank files (josaa.admissions.nic.in). Rates and changes are computed here. Some coaching sites quote a 2025 CRL cut-off of 93; the official 2025 press release says 74, and that is what is used here.

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