Overview

• Rajasthan’s Mahesh Kumar secured All India Rank 1 with 686 out of 720 marks and no candidate achieved a perfect score this year.
• Out of 22.09 lakh entrants, 12,36,531 candidates qualified, marking a 6% drop in successful candidates compared with 2024.
• Women formed the majority of qualifiers with 7,22,462 passing the exam, compared to 5,14,063 male candidates.
• Uttar Pradesh led the states with over 1.70 lakh qualifiers, followed by Maharashtra’s 1.25 lakh and Rajasthan’s 1.19 lakh.
• Tamil Nadu’s government continues to challenge NEET’s fairness despite six of its students making the top 100 and recent reports linking exam stress to student suicides.