Jaipur: Rajasthan’s headline result this year belongs to Uplakshya Goyal, who has secured All India Rank 3 with a near-perfect 99.99985 percentile – the state’s best individual finish. But zoom out from the topper, and the bigger story is volume: NTA’s official merit data shows Rajasthan placed more candidates inside the national top 138 than any other state, and dominates two categories almost outright.
Rajasthan’s State Topper: Uplakshya Goyal
| Particulars | Details |
| Candidate Name | Uplakshya Goyal |
| All India Rank | 3 |
| Percentile | 99.99985 |
| Category | General |
Goyal’s AIR 3 sits directly behind the two joint national toppers – Punjab’s Aryan Gupta and Haryana’s Panshul Bansal, both at 715/720 – making him the highest-ranked single candidate outside those two states.
The Bigger Number: 19 Rajasthan Names in the National Top 138
Of the 138 candidates nationwide scoring 690 marks or above, 19 are from Rajasthan – the largest single-state contingent on the list, ahead of Maharashtra and Punjab. That’s not a fluke of one strong batch; it spans General, OBC-NCL and EWS categories in roughly equal measure, which points to broad depth rather than a handful of outlier scorers.
Where Rajasthan Actually Dominates: EWS and ST Categories
This is the part of the result that’s easy to miss if you only look at the overall merit list:
EWS category – Rajasthan holds 5 of the national top 10 spots:
| Rank | Candidate | AIR |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Candidate | AIR |
| 2 | Ranveer Kumar | 39 |
| 3 | Aditya Sharma | 76 |
| 4 | Himanshu Kumar | 111 |
| 5 | Rajdeep Gupta | 113 |
| 10 | Ganga Singh | 212 |
ST category – Rajasthan holds 5 of the national top 10 spots:
| Rank | Candidate | AIR |
| 1 | Vivek Meena | 260 |
| 5 | Arpit Meena | 844 |
| 7 | Udit Meena | 904 |
| 8 | Himesh Khokhar | 921 |
| 9 | Vibhor | 968 |
Half the country’s top ST-category rankers this year come from a single state – a pattern strong enough that it’s worth attention on its own, separate from the overall topper story.
Rajasthan’s Full Presence in the National Top 138
| Name | Gender | Category | AIR |
| Uplakshya Goyal | Male | General | 3 |
| Gaurav Singh | Male | OBC-NCL | 9 |
| Abhilash | Male | OBC-NCL | 11 |
| Kartik Chaudhary | Male | General | 16 |
| Kritik Jain | Male | General | 18 |
| Harshil Gupta | Male | General | 22 |
| Prakhar Bansal | Male | General | 31 |
| Ranveer Kumar | Male | Gen-EWS | 39 |
| Daivik Middha | Male | General | 47 |
| Yash | Male | OBC-NCL | 54 |
| Anushka Choudhary | Female | OBC-NCL | 58 |
| Bhavyaa Gunwal | Female | General | 71 |
| Saurabh Agrawal | Male | General | 87 |
| Priyanshu Lamba | Male | OBC-NCL | 108 |
| Aaradhya Garg | Male | General | 110 |
| Himanshu Kumar | Male | Gen-EWS | 111 |
| Rajdeep Gupta | Male | Gen-EWS | 113 |
| Prince Nehra | Male | OBC-NCL | 121 |
| Mayank Kumar Singh | Male | General | 129 |
Rajasthan Among Male and Female National Toppers
- Male toppers list: 6 of the national top 20 male scorers are from Rajasthan – Uplakshya Goyal (3), Gaurav Singh (7), Abhilash (9), Kartik Chaudhary (14), Kritik Jain (15) and Harshil Gupta (18)
- Female toppers list: Rajasthan places 2 in the national top 20 women – Anushka Choudhary (16th) and Bhavyaa Gunwal (18th)
How Rajasthan Compares Overall
- Punjab and Haryana jointly hold AIR 1 with 715/720
- Rajasthan’s Uplakshya Goyal at AIR 3 sits ahead of Bihar (AIR 4), Maharashtra (AIR 5) and Uttar Pradesh (AIR 7)
- Only 19 candidates nationwide crossed 700 marks; Rajasthan’s spread sits mostly in the 690s and just under, which is where its real numerical strength shows up
What This Might Mean Going Into Counselling
Rajasthan’s deep bench – rather than one outlier score – typically translates into tighter closing ranks at state government colleges, since a larger pool of high-percentile candidates will be competing for the same state-quota seats. This is worth watching once Rajasthan’s state counselling authority publishes its seat matrix.
What Rajasthan Candidates Should Do Next
- Track the state counselling body’s website for registration dates and the state merit list
- Keep domicile and category certificates ready, particularly for EWS and ST candidates given Rajasthan’s strong showing in both categories this year
- Cross-check personal AIR and percentile against the official NTA scorecard before choice-filling opens
- Watch for closing-rank trends once Round 1 seat allotment data is available, given the unusually deep merit pool this year
