of scores in the 2023–2026 testing years were below 165.
An LSAT percentile describes relative position, not accuracy. In the current table, 85.17% of scores were below 165. That does not mean a 165 requires 85.17% correct answers.
Full LSAT percentile table: 120–180
This is LSAC’s “Percent Below” column to hundredths for the 2023–2024, 2024–2025 and 2025–2026 testing years. The table remains available without using the interactive lookup.
| Scaled LSAT score | Percent of scores below |
|---|---|
| 180 | 99.85% |
| 179 | 99.74% |
| 178 | 99.57% |
| 177 | 99.34% |
| 176 | 99.08% |
| 175 | 98.72% |
| 174 | 98.24% |
| 173 | 97.59% |
| 172 | 96.72% |
| 171 | 95.77% |
| 170 | 94.48% |
| 169 | 93.03% |
| 168 | 91.36% |
| 167 | 89.53% |
| 166 | 87.49% |
| 165 | 85.17% |
| 164 | 82.75% |
| 163 | 80.05% |
| 162 | 77.20% |
| 161 | 74.22% |
| 160 | 71.06% |
| 159 | 67.93% |
| 158 | 64.48% |
| 157 | 61.04% |
| 156 | 57.62% |
| 155 | 54.03% |
| 154 | 50.43% |
| 153 | 46.93% |
| 152 | 43.37% |
| 151 | 39.81% |
| 150 | 36.56% |
| 149 | 33.24% |
| 148 | 30.07% |
| 147 | 27.06% |
| 146 | 24.20% |
| 145 | 21.48% |
| 144 | 19.04% |
| 143 | 16.73% |
| 142 | 14.61% |
| 141 | 12.66% |
| 140 | 11.00% |
| 139 | 9.44% |
| 138 | 8.05% |
| 137 | 6.89% |
| 136 | 5.86% |
| 135 | 4.96% |
| 134 | 4.22% |
| 133 | 3.57% |
| 132 | 3.02% |
| 131 | 2.54% |
| 130 | 2.17% |
| 129 | 1.85% |
| 128 | 1.58% |
| 127 | 1.37% |
| 126 | 1.20% |
| 125 | 1.04% |
| 124 | 0.93% |
| 123 | 0.83% |
| 122 | 0.76% |
| 121 | 0.66% |
| 120 | 0.00% |
How to read your percentile
If your scaled score is 160, the table shows 71.06%. In this cohort, that percentage of scores was lower than 160. The table does not describe only the applicants to your preferred school, and it should not be read as a probability that you will receive an offer.
Compare 160 with 165: the percent-below values are 71.06% and 85.17%. The difference is 14.11 percentage points in percentile position. It is not 14.11 extra correct answers, and it is not a percentage increase in your chances of admission.
What score reaches the 90th percentile?
Using the unrounded values in this cohort, 167 has 89.53% of scores below it and 168 has 91.36%. So 168 is the first integer score with at least 90% below it. A whole-number table may round 167 to 90, which explains some apparently conflicting answers.
The same distinction applies near the 95th percentile: 170 has 94.48% below it, while 171 has 95.77%. Check whether a source is using exact or rounded figures before treating it as a disagreement.
Why do percentile charts change?
A scaled score and its percentile are different records. A percentile depends on the comparison cohort. LSAC updates the percentile ranks reported for scores annually. An old chart can therefore assign a different percentile to the same scaled score.
When comparing sources, check the testing years first. Do not combine rows from several cohorts into a single supposedly current table. This page uses one cohort consistently.
Turn the comparison into a useful next step
If you only know your raw practice total, first use the test-specific LSAT converter. Once you have the scaled result, compare it with your school list using the good-score guide.
Keep the result in proportion. A percentile can help explain a score, but reviewing a specific reasoning error is often more useful than repeatedly checking where one practice result sits.
Percentile questions
Does a 180 mean the 100th percentile?
Not in this table. LSAC lists 99.85% below 180. “Percent below” does not include scores equal to yours.
Is the 50th percentile the average?
It describes the midpoint of a distribution, not its arithmetic mean. Those statistics should not be treated as interchangeable.
Can I convert a percentile directly to a raw score?
You need a particular PrepTest’s conversion table. A percentile alone does not determine a universal correct-answer count.