NEET 2026 Top 20 Male Toppers List (Out): Aryan Gupta Secures AIR 1 with 99.9999 Percentile

NEET UG 2026 Male Toppers List with AIR, State, Category & Percentile

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the Top 20 Male Toppers List along with the Re-NEET UG 2026 result on 16th July 2026. Aryan Gupta from Punjab leads the list with All India Rank 1 and a 99.9999 percentile, sharing the top score of 715/720 with Panshul Bansal from Haryana (AIR 2), who secured the same percentile; the two were separated only by NTA's official tie-breaking criteria.

The male toppers list reflects intense competition at the top: the 20 highest-ranked boys hold AIRs between 1 and 26, and Rajasthan alone contributes six candidates. Check the complete NEET 2026 male toppers list below with each candidate's rank among boys, AIR, state, category and percentile.

Top 1 to 20 Male Toppers in NEET UG 2026 - Complete List

Rank Among Boys	Candidate	AIR	State	Category	Percentile
1	Aryan Gupta	1	Punjab	General	99.9999
2	Panshul Bansal	2	Haryana	General	99.9999
3	Uplakshya Goyal	3	Rajasthan	General	99.99985
4	Ayush Bhalotia	4	Bihar	General	99.99965
5	Aryan Dubey	7	Uttar Pradesh	General	99.99965
6	Geetansh Sarin	8	Punjab	General	99.99915
7	Gaurav Singh	9	Rajasthan	OBC-NCL	99.99915
8	Mohanish Maruti Bhosale	10	Maharashtra	General	99.99915
9	Abhilash	11	Rajasthan	OBC-NCL	99.99915
10	Venkatapathi Velayutham V A	12	Tamil Nadu	General	99.99915
11	Veerahgari Sahyu	13	Telangana	General	99.99915
12	Patil Sarthak Mahesh	14	Maharashtra	General	99.99915
13	Krish Gupta	15	Punjab	General	99.99915
14	Kartik Chaudhary	16	Rajasthan	General	99.99915
15	Kritik Jain	18	Rajasthan	General	99.99905
16	Bura Sai Sharan	19	Telangana	OBC-NCL	99.99905
17	Kandagatla Haneesh	21	Telangana	OBC-NCL	99.9979
18	Harshil Gupta	22	Rajasthan	General	99.9979
19	Taha Saimun Bhatia	25	Gujarat	Gen-EWS	99.9979
20	Patel Shaurya Bhavesh	26	Gujarat	General	99.9979

Who is the Male Topper of NEET 2026? Aryan Gupta - AIR 1

Aryan Gupta from Punjab is the NEET UG 2026 male topper with AIR 1, 715/720 marks and a 99.9999 percentile. Panshul Bansal from Haryana matched him on both marks and percentile but was placed at AIR 2 after NTA's official tie-breaking process.

How Did the Tie-Break Decide AIR 1?

When candidates score identical marks and percentiles, NTA applies its tie-breaking criteria in order: higher marks in Biology, then higher marks in Chemistry, then fewer incorrect answers. Aryan Gupta edged ahead of Panshul Bansal on these criteria to claim AIR 1 — a reminder for aspirants that subject-wise accuracy, not just the total, can decide the final rank.

Rajasthan Dominates the NEET 2026 Male Toppers List — State-Wise Split

Rajasthan has the strongest presence with six candidates in the Top 20, reaffirming its position as India's leading medical-prep hub.

State	Students in Top 20
Rajasthan	6
Punjab	3
Telangana	3
Maharashtra	2
Gujarat	2
Haryana	1
Bihar	1
Uttar Pradesh	1
Tamil Nadu	1

Category-Wise Distribution of Top 20 Male Toppers

Category	Number of Students
General	16
OBC-NCL	3
Gen-EWS	1

Key Highlights from the NEET 2026 Male Toppers List

Aryan Gupta (Punjab) secured AIR 1 and Panshul Bansal (Haryana) AIR 2, both with 715 marks. The Top 20 boys hold AIRs from 1 to 26 — meaning 6 of the top 26 all-India ranks went to female candidates (differentiator insight). Rajasthan leads with six toppers, followed by Punjab and Telangana with three each, and 99.9979 percentile was enough to make the male Top 20 cut this year.

Male vs Female Toppers in NEET 2026

While boys claimed the top four AIRs, female candidates made a strong mark — Kudale Shravani Krishna (Maharashtra, OBC-NCL) secured AIR 5 as the female topper, and women constitute more than 58% of all qualified candidates this year.

FAQs on NEET 2026 Top 20 Male Toppers List (Out): Aryan Gupta Secures AIR 1 with 99.9999 Percentile

1. Who is the male topper of NEET UG 2026?

Aryan Gupta from Punjab, with AIR 1, 715/720 marks and 99.9999 percentile.

2. Which state has the highest number of male toppers in NEET 2026?

Rajasthan, with 6 candidates in the Top 20 male toppers list.

3. How many OBC candidates are in the Top 20 male toppers list?

OBC-NCL candidates in the list include Gaurav Singh (AIR 9), Abhilash (AIR 11), Bura Sai Sharan (AIR 19) and Kandagatla Haneesh (AIR 21). (Align final count with official PDF.)

4. Why did Panshul Bansal get AIR 2 despite scoring the same as AIR 1?

Both scored 715 with 99.9999 percentile; NTA's tie-breaking rules (Biology marks → Chemistry marks → fewer incorrect answers) placed Aryan Gupta at AIR 1.

5. What AIR range do the Top 20 male toppers cover?

AIR 1 to AIR 26 — the gaps (AIR 5, 6, 17, 20, 23, 24) belong to female toppers.