JEE Main 2026 Marks Vs Percentile Vs Rank: Predict Your Rank

Candidates often get confused about marks/ percentile in JEE Main. NTA (National Testing Agency) will release JEE Main Result 2026 in the form of percentile scores. Percentile scores are not the actual marks but the normalised scores, and they represent a candidate’s relative performance for others.

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The authorities will have to use a unique normalisation formula to arrive at JEE Main 2026 Marks/ Percentile/ Rank. JEE Main is conducted to provide admission in various Engineering, Technology & Architecture courses.

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The result for session 1 was declared on 16th February 2026. Here, we have provided complete details about the Difference between JEE Main Marks Vs Percentile Vs Rank 2026.

JEE Main Marks/ Rank/ Percentile 2026

The authority uses a unique normalisation formula to calculate the JEE Main 2026 percentile in various subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. To know the process of Engineering admissions based on JEE Main marks, it is necessary for the students to have complete knowledge of marks, rank & percentile.

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JEE Main Expected Rank Vs Percentile 2026

Candidates can check the expected JEE Main marks vs rank vs percentile provided below:

JEE Main Percentile 2026

Applicants who are top scorers in each section are assigned 100 percentile. The percentile score is calculated up to 7 decimal places to avoid ties between two candidates who appears in exam.

The percentile is calculated for each candidate on a scale of 100 to 0 through which candidates are able to analyse their JEE Main percentile or marks.

How to Calculate JEE Main Percentile

The result is prepared for each session in the form of raw scores and percentile scores for each subject i.e., Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

The total percentile is calculated as follows:

Total Percentile (T1P):

= 100 X No. of candidates appeared for the session with a raw score equal to or less than T1 
Total no. of candidates who appeared in the session

Mathematics Percentile (M1P):

= 100 X No. of candidates appeared for a session with raw score equal to or less than M1 score 
Total no. of candidates appeared in the session

Physics Percentile (P1P):

= 100 X No. of candidates appeared for session with raw score equal to or less than P1 score 
Total no. of candidates appeared in the session

Chemistry Percentile (C1P):

= 100 X No. of candidates appeared for session with raw score equal to or less than C1 score
Total no. of candidates appeared in the session

Why JEE Main Result Declared in Percentile?

JEE Main is conducted by NTA (National Testing Agency) on different dates basically in two shifts per day. Besides maintaining equivalence among various papers, a situation might arise that the difficulty level of various exam shifts varies. Some candidates may find the paper easier as compared to another one.

Candidates who attempts a relatively hard set of question papers ends up getting lower marks compared to those candidates who get an easy set. To overcome this situation “Normalisation procedure based on Percentile score” is used to ensure that candidates are neither benefitted nor disadvantaged due to different sets of difficulty levels.

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JEE Main Tie Breaker Guidelines:

JEE Main Tie Breaker Guidelines comes into effect when two or more candidates obtain equal percentile scores. The inter-se merit is determined according to following rules in case of a tie:

JEE Main Paper 1: B.E./ B. Tech Tie Breaking Rule:

1. NTA score in Mathematics, followed by;

2. NTA score in Physics, followed by;

3. NTA score in Chemistry, followed by;

4. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test, followed by;

5. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics in the Test, followed by;

6. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Physics in the Test, followed by;

7. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Chemistry in the Test followed by;

8. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank

JEE Main Paper 2A (B. Arch) Tie Breaking Rule:

Mathematics (Part-I) and Aptitude Test (Part-II) and Drawing Test (Part-III)

1. NTA score in Mathematics, followed by;

2. NTA score in Aptitude Test, followed by;

3. NTA score in Drawing Test, followed by;

4. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test, followed by;

5. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics (Part-I) in the Test, followed by;

6. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Aptitude Test (Part-II) in the Test followed by;

7. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

JEE Main Paper 2B (B. Planning) Part-I Tie Breaking:

1. NTA score in Mathematics, followed by;

2. NTA score in Aptitude Test, followed by;

3. NTA score in Planning Based Questions, followed by;

4. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in all the subjects in the Test, followed by;

5. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Mathematics (Part- I) in the Test, followed by;

6. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Aptitude Test (Part- II) in the Test, followed by;

7. Candidate with less proportion of a number of attempted incorrect answers and correct answers in Planning Based Questions (Part-III) in the Test followed by;

8. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.

Previous Year JEE Main Percentile/ Marks

Candidates can check the previous year (2021) percentile or marks of JEE Main below:

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