NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the results for JEE Main 2026 Session 1 on February 16.
Candidates who appeared for the January session exam can download their scorecards from the official NTA portal nta.ac.in or jeemain.nta.nic.in.
For direct link to download JEE Main 2026 Session 1 scorecard, click here.
A total of 13,55,293 candidates registered for the examination, including those from centres outside India. Of them, 13,04,653 candidates appeared. The overall attendance stood at 96.26 per cent, said an official notification.
To view the detailed notification, click here.
As many as 12 candidates secured a 100 NTA score (percentile) in Paper 1 (BE/BTech).
Among female candidates, Ashi Grewal from Haryana emerged as the highest scorer in Paper 1 (BE/BTech). She secured an NTA Score of 99.9969766.
There is no female candidate among the toppers this year.
Toppers’ list
| Name | State of Eligibility |
| Shreyas Mishra | Delhi (NCT) |
| Narendrababu Gari Mahith | Andhra Pradesh |
| Shubham Kumar | Bihar |
| Kabeer Chhillar | Rajasthan |
| Chiranjib Kar | Rajasthan |
| Bhavesh Patra | Odisha |
| Anay Jain | Haryana |
| Arnav Gautam | Rajasthan |
| Pasala Mohith | Andhra Pradesh |
| Madhav Viradiya | Maharashtra |
| Purohit Nirmay | Gujarat |
| Vivan Sharad Mahiswari | Telangana |
This year, NTA conducted the pan-India examinations between January 21 and January 29, 2026. Earlier today, the NTA issued the final answer keys, which included nine dropped questions across papers.
Scorecards and qualifying status
The JEE Main scorecards lists subject-wise marks, overall percentile, and qualifying status. Percentile scores are computed using NTA’s normalisation method to ensure fairness across multiple shifts.
Top-performing candidates with percentiles high enough to meet eligibility criteria will be able to qualify for JEE Advanced 2026, the next stage for admission to premier engineering institutions, and others can consider admission options across NITs, IIITs, and other participating institutes based on rank and cut-off.
Candidates who are not satisfied with their score or percentile have the option to re-appear in JEE Main Session 2, for which registration is on.
Aspirants can log in using their Session 1 credentials, pay the examination fee, and complete the process to improve their scores in the April 2026 attempt.