New Delhi: A complete of 26 applicants secured an ideal 100 NTA rating in JEE (Major) 2026, whilst 2,50,182 applicants certified for JEE (Complex), the gateway to the IITs. The selection of superb scorers has risen from 24 remaining yr, underlining intensifying festival on the peak finish. A few of the 26 superb scorers, one candidate belongs to the general-EWS class and one to OBC-NCL.A few of the 26 toppers, there is not any feminine candidate with a 100 percentile this yr. Telangana’s Mallavarapu Aasna emerged because the highest-scoring feminine candidate with a near-perfect 99.998 percentile. The absence of a feminine 100-percentiler marks a shift from 2025, when no less than one lady featured a few of the peak scorers.State-wise, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana ruled the easiest scorers checklist with 5 applicants each and every. Rajasthan adopted with 4, whilst Delhi accounted for 3. Maharashtra and Haryana had two each and every, and one each and every got here from Chandigarh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Gujarat, reflecting a endured focus of peak ranks in a handful of states.No candidate from SC or ST classes featured a few of the 100 percentile scorers, proceeding a development observed in earlier years.When compared, JEE Major 2025 had 24 applicants with a 100 NTA rating, together with 10 from the April consultation on my own. Rajasthan had led the tally with seven toppers, adopted through Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh. Particularly, 2025 had no less than one feminine topper a few of the superb scorers, indicating a slight shift in gender illustration this yr. JEE (Complex) stays probably the most hardest front examinations globally, serving as the only gateway to the Indian Institutes of Generation. Handiest the top-performing applicants in JEE (Major), according to category-wise cut-offs, are eligible to seem for it. The examination in the end filters applicants for more or less 17,000 IIT seats, making the choice ratio extraordinarily aggressive.This yr, 96,873 applicants from the final class certified for JEE (Complex), adopted through 67,597 OBC applicants, 37,522 SC, 25,009 EWS and 18,790 ST applicants, taking the whole to two,50,182 .General, 16,04,854 distinctive applicants registered for JEE (Major) 2026 throughout each classes, of whom 15,38,468 gave the impression. Within the April consultation on my own, 11,10,904 applicants registered and 10,34,330 gave the impression, reflecting a top attendance fee of over 93% The Joint Front Exam (JEE) Major is India’s greatest engineering front take a look at and serves because the gateway to undergraduate programmes in establishments such because the Nationwide Institutes of Generation (NITs), Indian Institutes of Data Generation (IIITs) and different centrally funded technical establishments. Carried out through the Nationwide Trying out Company (NTA), the examination is held in two classes each and every yr in a computer-based structure, with applicants allowed to seem in a single or each classes and their perfect rating thought to be for rating. Ratings are reported as NTA percentiles, which normalise efficiency throughout more than one shifts.Key highlightsHighest scorers26 applicants scored 100 NTA percentileUp from 24 in 2025Topper distribution (100 percentile)Andhra Pradesh: 5Telangana: 5Rajasthan: 4Delhi: 3Maharashtra: 2Haryana: 2Others (1 each and every): Chandigarh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, GujaratClass snapshot (100 percentile)Common-EWS: 1OBC-NCL: 1Certified for JEE (Complex): 2,50,182Common: 96,873OBC: 67,597SC: 37,522EWS: 25,009ST: 18,790Participation (each classes mixed)Registered: 16,04,854Seemed: 15,38,468Repeat performersPasala Mohith from Andhra Pradesh and Shubham Kumar from Bihar the 2 applicants who scored 100 percentile in each the classes (January and April).