Every year, the Common Admission Test (CAT) witnesses the participation of thousand aspirants who seek to further their studies at the famous IIMs and other premier business schools. Out of these aspirants, only a few achieve scores sufficient to reach the maximum percentile. Their efforts have inspired numerous others who desire such same outcomes for CAT exam.
CAT Top scorers for 2024, such as Aryan Ray, Sanjiv Kumar, Sujay Srivastava, and Aniruddh Singh, achieved 99.99 and 99.89 percentiles. Similarly, CAT 2023 too had its own data of high scorers such as Vagish Nangia and Mani Praneeth Chilukuri who both attained a flawless 100 percentile score, and Vedant Chandewar (99.98), Sarthak Jaiswal (99.97), Swaraj Pal Kesri (99.95), and Shouvik Chatterjee (99.43).
As students, these CAT previous year toppers invested intense work, dedication and preparation, a testament that given the right strategies, efforts, and concentration, it can be accomplished to pass CAT. They became role models for future aspirants preparing for one among India's toughest management entrance examinations.
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CAT Previous Year Toppers List
To check out the CAT Topper List for 2024 academic year, students may refer to the following.
Sr. No. | Name of CAT 2024 Toppers | CAT Percentile |
1 | Aryan Ray | 99.99 |
2 | Sanjiv Kumar | 99.99 |
3 | Sujoy Srivastava | 99.94 |
4 | Aniruddh Singh | 99.88 |
5 | Ritvik Raj | 99.88 |
6 | Gourav Agarwal | 99.83 |
7 | Sahil Gupta | 99.77 |
8 | Shouvik Chatterjee | 99.43 |
9 | Vitrag Kothari | 99.35 |
10 | Nilesh Shekhar | 99.22 |
11 | Md Jamshed | 99.9 |
12 | Amit Kumar | 99.76 |
13 | Sankalp Karan | 97.24 |
14 | Mayank Raj | 96.97 |
15 | Sumit Kumar Singh | 96.05 |
16 | Ankit Raj from Dhanbad | 96.06 |
17 | Shwet Sneha | 93.7 |
18 | Ayush Kumar Dubey | 92.89 |
19 | Kunal Goel | 99.8 |
20 | Lavya Dhawan | 99.73 |
21 | Dhruv Mittal | 99.68 |
22 | Mitanshi Mehra | 99.65 |
23 | Omkar Subhashish Khuntia | 99.52 |
24 | Anurag Yadav | 99.51 |
25 | Akshad Bhandula | 99.47 |
26 | Siddhartha Singh | 99.39 |
27 | Rohan Garodia | 99.23 |
28 | Shivangi Gulati | 99.14 |
CAT 2024 Toppers | Complete Analysis
To check out complete analysis of CAT previous year toppers, aspirants may go through the following table. The table provided below contains percentile, total numbers, gender and state wise data of toppers.
Overall Percentile | Total Numbers | Total Gender/Discipline Numbers |
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100 Percentile | 14 | - Female: 1 - Male: 13 - Engg: 13 - Non-Engg: 1 |
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99.99 Percentile | 29 | - Female: 2 - Male: 27 - Engg: 28 - Non-Engg: 1 |
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99.98 Percentile | 30 | - Female: 1 - Male: 29 - Engg: 22 - Non-Engg: 8 |
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CAT Toppers List 2023
The following table contains the topper list of CAT 2023, students may check out the same to know who scored the highest.
Sr. No. | Name of CAT 2023 Topper | CAT Topper Score |
1 | Kumar Sai Vishnu | 100 |
2 | Soham Katkar | 100 |
3 | Viraj Modi | 100 |
4 | Alamuri Kumar | 100 |
5 | Souradep B. | 99.95 |
6 | Pallav Goyal | 99.95 |
7 | Rounak Tikmani | 99.9 |
8 | Pulkit Daga | 99.14 |
9 | Nishakar Kumar | 99.83 |
10 | Shreemant Singi | 99.28 |
11 | Hritik Sharma | 98.27 |
12 | Suvam Debnath | 99.52 |
13 | Pulkit Daga | 99.14 |
14 | Khushi Jha | 99.91 |
15 | Jatin Saxena | 99.93 |
16 | Anirudh Suresh | 99.51 |
17 | Rishi Badjatya | 99.22 |
18 | Shiladitya Bhadra | 99.38 |
19 | Kavuru Dinesh Venkat | 98.88 |
20 | Akash Priyadarshi | 98.77 |
21 | Nayak Shraavani | 98.91 |
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CAT Previous year Topper 2022
The following table contains the topper list of CAT 2022, students may check out the same to know who obtained the highest marks.
Sr. No. | Name of CAT Topper | CAT Topper Score |
1 | Suneet Kumbhat | 100 |
2 | Maruti Konduri | 100 |
3 | Pranav Chaturvedi | 99.98 |
4 | Adarsh Khandelwal | 99.93 |
5 | Sagar Bhargav | 99.89 |
6 | Geetsaisumant | 99.89 |
7 | Pranav Bahedia | 99.82 |
8 | Atish Naskar | 99.81 |
9 | Sunil Singh Rathod | 99.75 |
10 | Shubham Bubna | 99.46 |
11 | Samyak Jain | 99.33 |
12 | Adit Sanjanwala | 99.9 |
CAT Toppers List 2021
To check out the CAT Topper List for 2021 academic year, students may refer to the following.
Sr. No. | CAT Topper 2021 List | CAT 2021 Topper Score |
1 | Maruti Konduri | 100 percentile |
2 | Parth Chowdhary | 99.99 percentile |
3 | Palli Dolananda Saivardhan | 99.94 percentile |
4 | Devansh Tyagi | 99.82 percentile |
5 | Satya Sripada | 99.51 percentile |
6 | Prakhar Sinha | 99.91 percentile |
7 | Manavdeep Singh | 99.77 percentile |
8 | Tushar Saneja | 99.73 percentile |
CAT 2025 Preparation Tips by Toppers
Familiarize yourself with the exam pattern first - sections (VARC, DILR, QA) and time limits.
Clarify concepts - build the basic strengths of arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, along with reading comprehension.
Read regularly - newspapers, editorials, novel reading practice can help build your speed variants in VARC.
Practice DILR at regular intervals - every puzzle, caselet and dataset practiced can help improve speed and accuracy.
Do sectional tests - focus on one area, then move to take full-length mocks.
Take lots of mocks - analyze every mock to identify your weak areas and remediating them,
Work on time management - leave difficult questions and focus on accuracy above anything else.
Revise formulas and short cuts - maintain a separate mock book to do this in readiness for quick reference.
Stay consistent - you don't need to spend hours if you have the mindset and discipline to study 2-3 hours per day often will make a massive difference.
Also stay calm and confident - the very best toppers reiterate that your state of mind is just as important as your preparation.
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