A 160 is the 71.06th percentile, a 165 is the 85.17th, and a 170 is the 94.48th in LSAC's current table. These figures use the 2023–2024, 2024–2025, and 2025–2026 testing years. They describe the percentage of test scores below a given scaled score, not your probability of admission.
Source checked November 3, 2026: LSAC's official LSAT percentile table. Use its full table for any score not shown below.
| LSAT score | Percent of scores below |
|---|---|
| 180 | 99.85% |
| 175 | 98.72% |
| 170 | 94.48% |
| 167 | 89.53% |
| 165 | 85.17% |
| 160 | 71.06% |
| 155 | 54.03% |
| 154 | 50.43% |
| 150 | 36.56% |
| 145 | 21.48% |
The second column is a percentage, not an LSAT score or a percentage of questions answered correctly. LSAC also publishes rounded versions; this table uses its hundredths column consistently.
A 170's 94.48% figure means that 94.48% of scores in the reference distribution were lower than 170. It does not mean that you answered 94.48% of questions correctly. It also does not establish that exactly 5.52% scored higher: the remainder includes scores equal to 170.
This distinction matters when reading “top X percent” claims. A percentile is a description of a reference distribution. Treating it as an exact count of higher-scoring people introduces two errors: ties and the difference between test scores and individual test takers.
Use the national table to put a score in context. Use each school's current entering-class disclosures to compare that score with the school's enrolled class. Neither comparison, on its own, provides your admission odds.
For example, an applicant with a 165 and a comparatively low GPA should not translate an 85.17th-percentile score into an 85% chance of acceptance. A useful next step is to examine both credentials, the application, cost, and career fit. Our guide to building a school list as a splitter explains that process and the limits of published class statistics.
Do not use this national table to label a school a “safety.” Your decision also depends on the other parts of your file and the offers you actually receive.
Start with a decision rather than a round number. Write down the schools or scholarship outcomes you are trying to improve, what current information you have about them, and how much preparation time you can realistically commit. A higher score can be useful without moving you into a dramatically different national percentile band.
Then diagnose the obstacle. If you need a clearer explanation of Logical Reasoning or Reading Comprehension, compare the approaches in our current LSAT prep books guide. If you need a digital curriculum and review workflow, our 7Sage versus LSAT Demon comparison is the more relevant starting point.
Finally, decide what evidence would justify another sitting: a consistent practice pattern, a specific change in how you review errors, or a timing problem you can address. A percentile table cannot make that decision for you. If individual diagnosis is the missing piece, Lovare offers LSAT coaching; a paid service is not a requirement for using the table or building a study plan.
In the current LSAC hundredths table, a 170 corresponds to 94.48%. Older articles may quote an earlier reference period or round differently. Check the reference years before comparing two tables.
The published table pools three testing years. It is not a ranking only against the people who sat your particular administration. Percentile reporting and conversion from raw answers to a scaled score are separate questions; this guide does not provide a raw-score conversion chart.
You can compare the numbers, but keep their populations separate. A school's entering class is a selected group. Its median does not describe everyone who applied, and the national percentile does not describe an admission threshold.
The lookup values above come from LSAC's current table, checked November 3, 2026. The examples and planning framework are Lovare's editorial interpretation. This update replaces the older 2022–2025 table and removes unsupported school-count and admissions-threshold claims. No school-level admissions model is used here.
Written by Ali Unar, Lovare Institut. Lovare sells LSAT coaching and admissions services. To report an error, contact Lovare with the relevant passage and source.
September 20, 2026
September 20, 2026