Enter your JEE Main percentile from one or both sessions to estimate your All-India rank with NTA's formula and the 2026 candidate numbers, or enter a rank to see the percentile it needs.
How to use the JEE percentile calculator
- Enter your session 1 percentile, and session 2 if you took it; the better one is used.
- Keep the 2026 candidate number or enter another year's.
- Read your estimated rank, or switch to work out the percentile for a target rank.
Worked example
With a 99 percentile and 15,38,468 candidates, 1% of them, about 15,385, are ahead of you, so your estimated rank is 15,386. A 92.3 percentile among session 1's 13,04,653 candidates puts about 1,00,458 ahead, a rank of roughly 1,00,459. Working backwards, a rank of 25,000 among 15,38,468 needs about the 98.375 percentile.
The formulas
- Percentile = 100 × candidates at or below your score ÷ candidates in the session
- Rank ≈ (100 − percentile) ÷ 100 × candidates + 1
- The better of your two session percentiles counts
Sources: National Testing Agency (JEE Main information bulletin and 2026 result notes). Everything runs in your browser.
Frequently asked questions
How is the JEE Main percentile calculated?
NTA works it out session by session: 100 × the number of candidates in your session who scored the same as you or less, divided by the number of candidates in the session, to 7 decimal places. So a 99 percentile means 99% of your session scored at or below you.
How do I convert my percentile into a rank?
Multiply the share of candidates above you by the number of candidates: (100 − percentile) ÷ 100 × candidates. At the 99th percentile among 15,38,468 candidates, about 15,385 are ahead of you, so your rank is around 15,386.
How many candidates took JEE Main 2026?
For Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech), 13,04,653 candidates appeared in session 1 and 10,34,330 in session 2, as reported from NTA's figures, and about 15,38,468 different candidates across both. Many sat both sessions, so the two numbers can't simply be added.
Which session's percentile counts?
The better one. If you took both sessions, NTA uses your higher percentile for the merit list and ranks.
Is percentile the same as percentage?
No. Percentage is your marks out of the maximum; percentile is your position among the candidates in your session. A 90 percentile doesn't mean 90% marks.
Can I find my marks from my percentile?
Not reliably. The same marks give different percentiles in different shifts because the papers differ in difficulty, so this calculator works only with percentile and rank, not marks.
