SBI PO Cut Off 2026: Quick Answer
The SBI PO Prelims cut off 2026 is 66.25 for General (UR), 66.00 for OBC, 64.75 for EWS, 58.75 for SC and 52.75 for ST, out of 100 marks. SBI released it with the Prelims scorecard on 1 September 2026. There is no sectional cut-off and no state-wise cut-off in SBI PO Prelims: one category-wise figure decides who is shortlisted for Mains, and Prelims marks do not count in the final merit. The Mains examination was held on 12 September 2026 and its result was declared on 15 October 2026, but the official Mains cut-off had still not been released as of 7 November 2026. The expected Mains cut-off below is an estimate out of the new 230-mark total, not an SBI figure.
Read this first (as of 7 November 2026): Every 2026 Prelims figure on this page is the cut-off as reported by several preparation portals from SBI's scorecard release. We could not read a public SBI cut-off PDF directly: SBI's marks facility is login-gated, and no public PDF was found in search on 7 November 2026. One aggregator, CareerPower, lists the EWS figure as 45.50, which conflicts with five other sources and with the year-on-year trend; we publish 64.75 with that conflict footnoted below, and we never present 45.50 as the figure. Every Mains figure for 2026 is labelled "Expected". We will update this page when SBI publishes the Mains cut-off with the scorecard.
SBI PO 2026: Official Facts So Far
| Item | Position (as of 7 November 2026) | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Recruitment | Probationary Officer, Advt CRPD/PO/2026-27/09, dated 18 June 2026 | SBI advertisement, as cited in our SBI PO syllabus and exam pattern note |
| Vacancies | 1,500 | SBI advertisement CRPD/PO/2026-27/09 |
| Prelims | 1 and 2 August 2026; result 28 August 2026; cut-off and scorecard 1 September 2026 | CareerPower, PracticeMock, FreeJobAlert |
| Mains | 12 September 2026; result declared 15 October 2026 (as reported by CareerPower) | CareerPower; Oliveboard (exam date) |
| Phase III | Psychometric test tentatively 7 November 2026; group exercise and interviews from 18 November 2026 (as reported) | CareerBox, via the verified-facts supplement |
| Selection | All-India merit; no state-wise cut-off at any stage | SBI pattern, confirmed by every source checked |
SBI PO Prelims Cut Off 2026 (As Reported)
| Category | Cut-off (out of 100) |
|---|---|
| General / UR | 66.25 |
| OBC | 66.00 |
| EWS | 64.75 |
| SC | 58.75 |
| ST | 52.75 |
The table above is the category-wise cut-off SBI applied to shortlist candidates for Mains. Two features of SBI PO Prelims matter more than the exact decimal. First, there is no sectional cut-off: a weak section does not disqualify you on its own, and only your total out of 100 is compared with your category figure. Second, Prelims is qualifying only. A score of 90 does not give you any advantage over a score of 67 in the final merit list; both candidates start Mains on equal footing.
The EWS figure needs a plain explanation because a wrong number is still circulating. CareerPower's own page lists 45.50 in its 2026 table, but the same page lists 64.50 for EWS in 2025, and five other portals — Mahendras, FreeJobAlert, PracticeMock, Adda247 and Oliveboard — agree on 64.75 for 2026, which continues the smooth trend of 59.50 (2022), 59.25 (2023), 60.25 (2024) and 64.50 (2025). A fall of 19 marks in one year, while every other category moved by about one mark, does not fit the pattern. Treat 45.50 as an error on that one page, not as a competing official figure. This page uses 64.75 and flags it as convergent-secondary, not SBI-PDF-verified, until the SBI PDF can be read directly.
SBI PO Prelims Previous Year Cut Off (2022 to 2026)
| Year | UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 66.25 | 66.00 | 64.75 | 58.75 | 52.75 |
| 2025 | 66.75 | 65.50 | 64.50 | 59.25 | 51.50 |
| 2024 | 61.75 | 60.50 | 60.25 | 55.00 | 49.00 |
| 2023 | 59.25 | 59.25 | 59.25 | 53.00 | 47.50 |
| 2022 | 59.50 | 58.25 | 59.50 | 52.50 | 47.75 |
All figures are out of 100, from the majority set of sources checked (CareerPower trend table, PracticeMock, Oliveboard, FreeJobAlert). Two minority variants exist and are noted here rather than hidden: Prepp lists the 2025 EWS figure as 65.75 and SC as 59.00, and its 2023 OBC and EWS figures as 56.50 and 57.50. Those variants do not change the story of the table. The UR cut-off jumped from 59.25 in 2023 to 66.75 in 2025 and has stayed high at 66.25 in 2026, even though vacancies rose to 1,500. The 2026 paper was therefore not an easy paper, or the shortlisting ratio was tight, or both. For the next cycle, a safe preparation target is not the cut-off itself: aim for 72 or more out of 100 in mocks, so that one hard shift does not push you below the line.
SBI PO Mains Exam Pattern 2026: What Changed
The Mains examination in 2026 is out of 230 marks, not 250. The objective test is unchanged at 170 questions for 200 marks in 3 hours, with separate timing for each of the four sections. The descriptive test — email writing, situation analysis and report or précis writing — was cut from 50 marks to 30 marks, with 30 minutes. The change is confirmed across Testbook, Bankopedia, Prepp, PracticeMock and Guidely, and by the SBI PO syllabus note on this site, which cites advertisement CRPD/PO/2026-27/09 directly. It is still convergent-secondary evidence rather than a direct read of the advertisement PDF in this research, so this page says so plainly.
The denominator change has one practical consequence: do not compare a 2026 Mains score with a previous-year Mains cut-off number without adjusting. A score of 75 out of 230 is 32.6% of the paper; 75 out of 250 was 30%.
Unlike Prelims, Mains does have sectional cut-offs. SBI fixes minimum qualifying marks for each objective section and for the descriptive test, and a candidate must clear both the sectional and the overall cut-off to be shortlisted for Phase III. The sectional figures are not published as a separate table in the sources checked; what matters for preparation is that no section can be abandoned. General and Economy/Banking Awareness carries 60 questions in Mains, the largest single section, which is why it decides many borderline results.
SBI PO Mains Expected Cut Off 2026 (Expected, Out of 230)
| Category | Expected range | Point estimate | Safe score |
|---|---|---|---|
| General / UR | 72–82 | 77–78 | 90+ |
| EWS | 72–82 | 77–78 | 90+ |
| OBC | 66–76 | 71 | 84+ |
| SC | 59–69 | 64 | 77+ |
| ST | 57–67 | 62 | 75+ |
Source: PracticeMock and Mahendras, whose ranges agree exactly. Oliveboard gives a wider, higher range (75–85 for UR), and CareerPower gives 73–77 but states it out of 250, which is the old denominator and is not used here. Treat the table as a preparation benchmark built from the new pattern, 1,500 vacancies, about ten candidates shortlisted per vacancy, and the recent Mains range of 70 to 87.50 under the old pattern. It is not an SBI number, and no expected table should be quoted as one.
If your Mains score is inside the expected range, you are in the borderline zone: Phase III shortlisting depends on the actual paper difficulty and on normalisation across shifts, and a descriptive score a few marks higher or lower can decide it. The "safe score" column is the level at which the same sources expect a candidate to be shortlisted in most difficulty scenarios. It is a target for mock tests, not a promise.
SBI PO Previous Year Mains Cut Off (Out of 250)
| Year | UR | OBC | EWS | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 87.50 | 75.00 | 87.50 | 75.00 | 75.00 |
| 2023 | 70.00 | 62.25 | 70.00 | 57.50 | 57.50 |
The 2023 and 2024 figures agree across PracticeMock, JagranJosh, SmartKeeda, EduTap and Entri. They show why the Mains cut-off is hard to predict: the UR figure rose 17.50 marks in a single year, from 70.00 to 87.50, on the same 250-mark paper.
The 2025 Mains figures are deliberately left out of this table. Sources conflict on every category except UR (75.00): PracticeMock lists OBC 68.75, EWS 70.00, SC 62.25 and ST 57.50, while Oliveboard lists OBC 69.50, EWS 75.00, SC 62.75 and ST 62.51, and Testbook's page still describes the 2025 Mains cut-off as yet to be released. Publishing one set as official would mislead candidates. The 2025 row will be added here when the SBI scorecard figures can be confirmed from a second independent source.
SBI PO Final Cut Off: How the Merit List Works
Final selection combines Mains and Phase III in a 75:25 ratio, normalised to 100. Under the 2026 pattern, Mains marks out of 230 are normalised to 75 and Phase III marks out of 50 (group exercise 20, interview 30) are normalised to 25. Under the old pattern the same 75:25 split applied with Mains out of 250. The psychometric test in Phase III is qualifying in nature and its marks are not counted in the merit list.
No final cut-off table is published on this page. The final figures reported by aggregators conflict with each other — for example, the 2025 UR final figure is reported as 46.79 by PracticeMock, while other pages swap the UR and EWS figures for 2024 — and a wrong final figure is worse than none, because candidates use it to decide whether to prepare for the interview at all.
How to Check the Official SBI PO Cut Off
- Go to the SBI careers portal at sbi.bank.in/web/careers and open the recruitment results section.
- Open the SBI PO result and scorecard link for your stage. The cut-off appears with the scorecard, not as a separate press release.
- Enter your roll number or registration number, date of birth and the captcha. The scorecard shows your section-wise marks, your total, and the cut-off applied to your category.
- Compare your total with the category figure on this page. If it does not match, the scorecard is the authority, not this page.
Target Scores for SBI PO 2026
Practise past papers: SBI PO Previous Year Question Paper with Answers PDF.
For Prelims, treat 66.25 as the floor and 72 as the target. For Mains, treat the expected range above as the floor and the safe score as the target, with no section left below its sectional minimum. Banking awareness cannot be a last-week subject: 60 questions at one mark each is the largest Mains section. Work through our SBI PO Mains Banking Awareness Mock Test 03 and the SBI PO Current Affairs Mock Test (October 2026) under timed conditions, and use the SBI PO Mains Reasoning and Computer Aptitude Mock Test 06 for the other large section.
SBI PO Cut Off 2026 FAQs
What is the SBI PO Prelims cut off 2026?
66.25 for General (UR), 66.00 for OBC, 64.75 for EWS, 58.75 for SC and 52.75 for ST, out of 100. It was released with the Prelims scorecard on 1 September 2026. Prelims marks are qualifying only and do not count in the final merit.
Is there a sectional cut off in SBI PO Prelims 2026?
No. SBI applies only an overall category-wise cut-off at the Prelims stage. Sectional cut-offs apply in Mains, for each objective section and for the descriptive test.
Is the SBI PO cut off state-wise?
No. SBI PO is an all-India recruitment, so the cut-off is category-wise only. State-wise cut-offs are a feature of SBI Clerk and IBPS RRB, not of SBI PO. If a page shows a state-wise SBI PO cut-off, it is mixing up two different exams.
SBI PO 2026 ka Mains cut off kab aayega?
Mains result 15 October 2026 ko declare hua tha, lekin official Mains cut off scorecard ke saath aana baaki hai. CareerPower expected the scorecard by the end of October 2026, but no Mains cut-off or scorecard has been confirmed as released as of 7 November 2026. Tab tak upar di gayi expected range (UR 72–82, out of 230) ko hi benchmark maanein.
Why do some websites show the SBI PO EWS cut-off as 45.50?
One aggregator's page lists 45.50 in its 2026 table while listing 64.50 for the same category in 2025. Five other sources agree on 64.75 for 2026, which fits the trend. The 45.50 figure is treated on this page as an error on that one page, not as an official figure.
Can the SBI PO Mains cut off 2026 be compared with 2025?
Not directly. The 2026 Mains paper is out of 230 marks and previous Mains papers were out of 250, because the descriptive test was cut from 50 to 30 marks. Compare percentages, not raw marks: 77 out of 230 is about 33.5%, while 75 out of 250 was 30%.
Sources
- SBI advertisement CRPD/PO/2026-27/09 (18 June 2026, 1,500 vacancies), as cited in the SBI PO syllabus note on this site; SBI careers portal, https://sbi.bank.in/web/careers (result and scorecard links; login-gated, no public cut-off PDF found on 7 November 2026).
- CareerPower, SBI PO Prelims Cut-Off 2026 (2026 table including the 45.50 EWS outlier, and the 2025–2023 trend table): https://www.careerpower.in/blog/sbi-po-prelims-cut-off-2026
- PracticeMock, SBI PO Cut Off 2026 (Prelims table, Mains expected ranges out of 230, previous-year Mains figures): https://www.practicemock.com/blog/sbi-po-cut-off-2026/
- Mahendras, SBI PO Previous Year Cut Off (Prelims 2026 table, Mains expected ranges identical to PracticeMock): https://www.mahendras.org/blogs/sbi-po-previous-year-cut-off
- FreeJobAlert, SBI PO Prelims Cut Off 2026 (2026 vs 2025 comparison): https://www.freejobalert.com/articles/sbi-po-prelims-cut-off-2026-3065831
- Oliveboard, SBI PO Cut Off (2025 Prelims table; wider expected Mains range): https://www.oliveboard.in/sbi-po-cut-off/
- Prepp, SBI PO Cutoff (minority variant figures for 2025 and 2023, noted in the text): https://prepp.in/sbi-po-exam/cutoff
- PracticeMock, SBI PO Mains Cut Off 2026 (expected ranges, 2023–2025 Mains trend): https://www.practicemock.com/blog/sbi-po-mains-cut-off/amp/
- JagranJosh, SBI PO Cutoff (2024 and 2023 Mains tables out of 250): https://www.jagranjosh.com/exams/sbi-po/cutoff
- Testbook, SBI PO Syllabus and Exam Pattern (230-mark pattern convergence): https://testbook.com/amp/sbi-po/syllabus-exam-pattern
Last checked: 7 November 2026. This page will be updated when SBI publishes the Mains cut-off with the scorecard.