{"id":300673,"date":"2026-04-21T10:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/?p=300673"},"modified":"2026-04-21T10:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T04:55:26","slug":"jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/","title":{"rendered":"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 (OBC-NCL Category) OUT \u2013 Check Qualifying Percentile, Trends & Analysis"},"content":{"rendered":"

The JEE Main Cutoff 2026 for OBC-NCL category<\/strong> has been officially released by the National Testing Agency<\/span><\/span> along with the Session 2 result.<\/p>\n

As per the official NTA data<\/strong>, the cutoff for OBC candidates has seen a slight increase compared to last year, reflecting stable competition levels.<\/p>\n

Official JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL Cutoff:<\/strong>
80.9232583 percentile<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the minimum qualifying percentile<\/strong> required for OBC candidates to become eligible for JEE Advanced 2026<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

JEE Main 2026 Official Category-Wise Cutoff<\/h2>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Category<\/th>\nCutoff Percentile<\/th>\nCandidates Qualified<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
General (UR)<\/td>\n93.4123549<\/td>\n96,873<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
UR-PwD<\/td>\n0.0023186<\/td>\n4,391<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EWS<\/td>\n82.4164528<\/td>\n25,009<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OBC-NCL<\/strong><\/td>\n80.9232583<\/strong><\/td>\n67,597<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SC<\/td>\n63.9172792<\/td>\n37,522<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ST<\/td>\n52.0174712<\/td>\n18,790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

JEE Main OBC Cutoff Trend (2021\u20132026)<\/h2>\n

The OBC cutoff has shown consistent growth with slight stabilization in recent years<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th>\nOBC-NCL Cutoff<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2021<\/td>\n68.02<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>\n67.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>\n73.61<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td>\n79.68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>\n79.43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2026<\/td>\n80.92 (Official)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Insight:<\/strong>
After a sharp jump in 2024, the cutoff has now stabilized around 80 percentile<\/strong>, indicating balanced competition.<\/p>\n

What Does This OBC Cutoff Mean?<\/h2>\n

Understanding cutoff types is crucial:<\/p>\n

\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Parameter<\/th>\nQualifying Cutoff<\/th>\nAdmission Cutoff (JoSAA)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Purpose<\/td>\nEligibility for JEE Advanced<\/td>\nAdmission to NITs\/IIITs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Released By<\/td>\nNTA<\/td>\nJoSAA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Format<\/td>\nPercentile<\/td>\nAIR Rank<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Importance<\/td>\nEligibility only<\/td>\nFinal seat allotment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Important:<\/strong>
Clearing 80.92 percentile does NOT guarantee a college<\/strong> \u2014 it only qualifies you for JEE Advanced.<\/p>\n

Marks vs Percentile (OBC Category 2026)<\/h2>\n
\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Marks (out of 300)<\/th>\nPercentile<\/th>\nOutcome<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
200\u2013300<\/td>\n99\u2013100<\/td>\nTop IIT chances<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
160\u2013200<\/td>\n97\u201399<\/td>\nTop NITs (CSE\/ECE)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
130\u2013160<\/td>\n94\u201397<\/td>\nGood NITs\/IIITs<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100\u2013130<\/td>\n80\u201394<\/td>\nQualifying + average colleges<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Below 100<\/td>\n<80<\/td>\nMay not qualify<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Factors Behind 2026 OBC Cutoff<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • ~16 lakh candidates appeared<\/strong> (record high)<\/li>\n
  • Moderate difficulty level across sessions<\/li>\n
  • Normalisation across multiple shifts<\/li>\n
  • Reservation seat distribution<\/li>\n
  • Clustered scores in 90\u2013130 marks range<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    JoSAA Admission Cutoff (OBC Reference)<\/h2>\n

    Based on previous year JoSAA data:<\/p>\n

    \n
    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    Institute<\/th>\nBranch<\/th>\nClosing Rank (OBC)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
    NIT Trichy<\/td>\nCSE<\/td>\n~3,000\u20134,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    NIT Rourkela<\/td>\nCSE<\/td>\n~5,000\u20136,500<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    NIT Calicut<\/td>\nCSE<\/td>\n~7,000\u20139,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    Admission depends on category rank + JoSAA counselling<\/strong>, not just percentile.<\/p>\n

    What to Do After Clearing OBC Cutoff?<\/h2>\n

    If Qualified:<\/h3>\n
      \n
    • Register for JEE Advanced 2026<\/strong><\/li>\n
    • Start focused preparation immediately<\/li>\n
    • Use rank predictor tools<\/li>\n
    • Prepare JoSAA choice filling strategy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      If Not Qualified:<\/h3>\n
        \n
      • Apply for NIT\/IIIT counselling (if eligible)<\/li>\n
      • Explore exams:\n
          \n
        • MHT CET<\/li>\n
        • AP EAMCET<\/li>\n
        • State counselling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n
        • Consider drop for JEE 2027<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

          FAQs<\/h2>\n

          Q1. What is the official OBC cutoff for JEE Main 2026?<\/h3>\n

          The official cutoff is 80.9232583 percentile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

          Q2. How many OBC candidates qualified?<\/h3>\n

          A total of 67,597 candidates<\/strong> qualified under OBC category.<\/p>\n

          Q3. Is 80 percentile enough for NIT?<\/h3>\n

          No. For good NITs, aim for 90\u201397+ percentile<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

          Q4. Does clearing cutoff guarantee admission?<\/h3>\n

          No. It only ensures eligibility for JEE Advanced<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

          Q5. Is cutoff same for both sessions?<\/h3>\n

          Yes, NTA releases one final cutoff after Session 2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

          \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          The JEE Main Cutoff 2026 for OBC-NCL category has been officially released by the National Testing Agency along with the Session 2 result. As per the official NTA data, the cutoff for OBC candidates has seen a slight increase compared to last year, reflecting stable competition levels. Official JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL Cutoff:80.9232583 percentile This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":300685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3719,1295],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jee","category-jee-main"],"yoast_head":"\nJEE Main Cutoff 2026 OBC-NCL OUT \u2013 Official 80.92 Percentile, Trends & Analysis<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL cutoff released by National Testing Agency. Check official 80.92 percentile, previous year trends, marks vs percentile, and JoSAA admission insights.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OBC-NCL OUT \u2013 Official 80.92 Percentile, Trends & Analysis\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL cutoff released by National Testing Agency. Check official 80.92 percentile, previous year trends, marks vs percentile, and JoSAA admission insights.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aakash Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aakasheducation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-04-21T04:55:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogcdn.aakash.ac.in\/wordpress_media\/2026\/04\/Toughest-Shift-of-JEE-Mains-2026-Check-Shift-Wise-Difficulty-Here-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"420\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jatin Bhola\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AESL_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AESL_Official\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jatin Bhola\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OBC-NCL OUT \u2013 Official 80.92 Percentile, Trends & Analysis","description":"JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL cutoff released by National Testing Agency. Check official 80.92 percentile, previous year trends, marks vs percentile, and JoSAA admission insights.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OBC-NCL OUT \u2013 Official 80.92 Percentile, Trends & Analysis","og_description":"JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL cutoff released by National Testing Agency. Check official 80.92 percentile, previous year trends, marks vs percentile, and JoSAA admission insights.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/","og_site_name":"Aakash Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aakasheducation","article_published_time":"2026-04-21T04:55:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":420,"url":"https:\/\/blogcdn.aakash.ac.in\/wordpress_media\/2026\/04\/Toughest-Shift-of-JEE-Mains-2026-Check-Shift-Wise-Difficulty-Here-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Jatin Bhola","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AESL_Official","twitter_site":"@AESL_Official","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jatin Bhola","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/","url":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/","name":"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OBC-NCL OUT \u2013 Official 80.92 Percentile, Trends & Analysis","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/blogcdn.aakash.ac.in\/wordpress_media\/2026\/04\/Toughest-Shift-of-JEE-Mains-2026-Check-Shift-Wise-Difficulty-Here-1.png","datePublished":"2026-04-21T04:55:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c98d2bb496b6a52abc53308df5aa3579"},"description":"JEE Main 2026 OBC-NCL cutoff released by National Testing Agency. Check official 80.92 percentile, previous year trends, marks vs percentile, and JoSAA admission insights.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/blogcdn.aakash.ac.in\/wordpress_media\/2026\/04\/Toughest-Shift-of-JEE-Mains-2026-Check-Shift-Wise-Difficulty-Here-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/blogcdn.aakash.ac.in\/wordpress_media\/2026\/04\/Toughest-Shift-of-JEE-Mains-2026-Check-Shift-Wise-Difficulty-Here-1.png","width":600,"height":420,"caption":"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 OBC-NCL OUT \u2013 Official 80.92 Percentile, Trends & Analysis"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/jee-main-cutoff-2026-obc\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"JEE","item":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/category\/jee\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"JEE Main Cutoff 2026 (OBC-NCL Category) OUT \u2013 Check Qualifying Percentile, Trends & Analysis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/","name":"Aakash Blog","description":"Medical, IIT-JEE & Foundations","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/c98d2bb496b6a52abc53308df5aa3579","name":"Jatin Bhola","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7285a5ac545d7edb9760c09a4342332f4be64d70cb3e1430af1b2d5eb0835206?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7285a5ac545d7edb9760c09a4342332f4be64d70cb3e1430af1b2d5eb0835206?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jatin Bhola"},"description":"Search Engine Optimization","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/author\/jatin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":300686,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300673\/revisions\/300686"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.aakash.ac.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}