180 is the highest score you can get on the LSAT. The test reports a single scaled score between 120 and 180, so 180 represents a flawless or near-flawless performance on the scored sections. Reaching 180 is extremely uncommon The lowest score you can get is 120.
By Ali Unar, Founder, Lovare Institut; JD/MSFS Candidate, Georgetown University. Last updated August 2026. Figures on this page were verified in August 2026 or point readers to the current source.
180 is the highest score you can get on the LSAT. The exam reports one scaled score between 120 and 180, and 180 marks the top of that range. Reaching it means a flawless or near-flawless raw score on the scored sections
On most recent LSAT forms you can miss only a very small number of questions and still land at 180, though the exact cushion depends on each form's curve Slightly easier forms allow fewer misses and harder forms a touch more, so treat any specific cushion as form-dependent.
Aiming for the highest possible LSAT score is rarely the most efficient goal. What moves admissions is exceeding the medians of your target schools, which fall well short of 180 even at the most selective programs each school's median LSAT (see its 509 report). Set a target tied to your schools, then bank additional points as scholarship leverage.
A good LSAT score clears the median at your target schools, all of which sit below the 180 maximum. Scores above the low-150s average compete widely, while the T14 expect high 160s to 170s each school's median LSAT (see its 509 report). You do not need the top score to be competitive.
The average LSAT score is in the low 150s on the 120 to 180 scale the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables). The gap between this average and the 180 ceiling shows how rare a top score is, since the great majority of test-takers cluster near the middle of the scale.
The LSAT is scored by tallying correct answers into a raw score, then converting that raw score to the 120 to 180 scale through a per-form equating curve, with no penalty for wrong answers. A 180 sits at the top of that scale and requires a perfect or nearly perfect raw score on the scored sections.
Verified August 2026.
September 20, 2026
September 20, 2026