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The highest possible score on the LSAT is 180, and the lowest is 120, the endpoints of the exam's scaled range. A 180 tops the percentile distribution and is earned by only a small fraction each year. about the 99.85th percentile shows just how rare it is.
By Ali Unar, JD candidate at Georgetown Law and founder of Lovare Institut. Last updated August 2026. Every figure on this page was verified in August 2026 against the sources listed below.
The LSAT is reported on a scaled range with two fixed endpoints.
Every official LSAT result falls somewhere in that band, and there are no scores above 180 or below 120. Your place within the range comes from converting your raw score, the count of correct answers, into this scale.
180 is the highest possible score because LSAC designed the modern LSAT scale to top out there, mapping the strongest raw performances to that ceiling. The scale is deliberately fixed so scores stay comparable across test dates and forms after equating. A 180 corresponds to the top of the percentile distribution, meaning almost no one scores higher because no higher score exists.
No. The August 2024 format change removed the Logic Games section and set the scored content at two Logical Reasoning sections and one Reading Comprehension section, but it did not alter the 120 to 180 scale. The highest possible score remains 180 and the lowest remains 120. Only the section makeup changed, not the range or the meaning of the endpoints.
A good LSAT score is set by your target schools, not the 180 ceiling. On the 120 to 180 scale, aim to reach or exceed each school's median, since that comparison carries the most weight in admissions. Use about 196 ABA-approved law schools to define the score that would be good for you.
The average LSAT score for all test-takers is in the low 150s, roughly midway along the 120 to 180 scale, well beneath the 180 maximum and above the 120 floor. The figure shifts slightly each testing year. For the current average, refer to the low-to-mid 150s (LSAC does not publish a single headline average; the median falls near 152 on the percentile tables).
The LSAT is scored by converting your raw score, the number of questions you answer correctly, into a scaled score from 120 to 180 using your test form's conversion table, with no penalty for wrong answers. Since August 2024 the scored sections have been two Logical Reasoning sections and one Reading Comprehension section, plus one unscored variable section.
Verified August 2026.
August 21, 2026
August 21, 2026