26 aspirants bag perfect 100 in JEE-Main

Twenty-six candidates out of the total 2.34 million aspirants were placed in the 100th percentile, securing a perfect score in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2026, according to the results the National Testing Agency (NTA) released on Monday.

- Sanjay Maurya

The number of students securing the perfect score has increased from last year’s 24.

Of the 2,338,983 total aspirants who took JEE (Main) this year, 1,304,653 appeared in Session 1 (held from January 21-29), and 1,034,330 appeared in Session 2 (April 2:8). A total of 800,516 candidates appeared in both sessions. All12 aspirants who bagged a 100 NTA score in Session | also featured among the 26 perfect scorers in the combined results of both the sessions announced on Monday.

‘Among the 26 candidates with aperfect score, five each are from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, followed by four from Rajasthan, three each from Delhi (NCT) and Haryana, and two candidates are from Maharashtra. One aspirant each from Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Chandigarh also featured in the list.