GRE Percentile Tables: Every Scaled Score From 130 to 170, Converted
The official ETS percentile ranks for GRE Quant, Verbal and Analytical Writing — every scaled score from 130 to 170. Look up your score, then read what it actually means, including why the same number means very different things in Quant and Verbal.
GRE Verbal and Quantitative percentile table
Find your scaled score in the left column. The percentile is the percentage of test takers who scored lower than you.
| Scaled score | Verbal Reasoning | Quantitative Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| 170 | 99 | 89 |
| 169 | 99 | 85 |
| 168 | 98 | 80 |
| 167 | 97 | 75 |
| 166 | 96 | 72 |
| 165 | 95 | 67 |
| 164 | 93 | 63 |
| 163 | 90 | 60 |
| 162 | 88 | 57 |
| 161 | 85 | 53 |
| 160 | 82 | 50 |
| 159 | 79 | 47 |
| 158 | 76 | 45 |
| 157 | 72 | 42 |
| 156 | 68 | 39 |
| 155 | 64 | 37 |
| 154 | 59 | 34 |
| 153 | 54 | 31 |
| 152 | 48 | 29 |
| 151 | 43 | 26 |
| 150 | 39 | 23 |
| 149 | 34 | 21 |
| 148 | 30 | 19 |
| 147 | 27 | 16 |
| 146 | 24 | 14 |
| 145 | 21 | 12 |
| 144 | 18 | 10 |
| 143 | 16 | 9 |
| 142 | 14 | 7 |
| 141 | 11 | 6 |
| 140 | 10 | 5 |
| 139 | 8 | 4 |
| 138 | 6 | 3 |
| 137 | 5 | 2 |
| 136 | 4 | 2 |
| 135 | 3 | 1 |
| 134 | 2 | 1 |
| 133 | 2 | 1 |
| 132 | 1 | — |
| 131 | 1 | — |
| 130 | — | — |
A dash means ETS did not report a percentile, because no test takers scored below that point on that measure.
These are the official ETS percentile ranks, taken from the GRE General Test Interpretive Data published by ETS, covering everyone who tested between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2025 — 788,021 people on Verbal and 790,864 on Quant.
GRE Analytical Writing percentile table
| Score | Percentile |
|---|---|
| 6.0 | 99 |
| 5.5 | 98 |
| 5.0 | 93 |
| 4.5 | 85 |
| 4.0 | 63 |
| 3.5 | 40 |
| 3.0 | 16 |
| 2.5 | 7 |
| 2.0 | 3 |
| 1.5 | 1 |
| 1.0 | 1 |
Analytical Writing is scored in half-point steps from 0 to 6. Note how steep the middle is: moving from 3.5 to 4.5 takes you from the 40th percentile to the 85th.
Why Quant and Verbal percentiles are not comparable
This is the single most useful thing on this page, and it surprises most people.
160 Verbal is the 82nd percentile. 160 Quant is the 50th. Same number, wildly different standing.
At the top the gap is even starker. A perfect 170 Verbal is the 99th percentile, while a perfect 170 Quant is only the 89th — meaning roughly one in nine test takers achieves a flawless Quant score. There is no Quant score at all that reaches the 99th percentile.
The reason is the test-taking population. The mean Quant score is 157.62 against a mean Verbal score of 151.39. A very large share of GRE candidates come from engineering, mathematics, computer science and economics backgrounds, and they compress the top of the Quant scale.
The practical consequence: never compare your two section scores to each other directly. A 158 Quant / 158 Verbal profile is not balanced. It is the 45th percentile in Quant and the 76th in Verbal — a strong verbal profile with a below-average quantitative one. Our companion guide on interpreting your Quant and Verbal profile works through what to do about that.
Combined scores: what ETS does and doesn't publish
A great many people search for the percentile of a combined score like 320 or 325. Here is the honest answer.
ETS does not publish percentile ranks for combined Verbal + Quant scores. The official tables report each measure separately, and nothing else. Any "320 = Nth percentile" figure you find is somebody's estimate built by combining the two distributions, not an official statistic.
They are also less meaningful than they look, because the same total can represent very different candidates. A 320 made of 160V/160Q sits at the 82nd percentile in Verbal and the 50th in Quant. A 320 made of 150V/170Q is the 39th and the 89th. Those are not remotely the same applicant, and no admissions committee reads them as equivalent.
If a programme states a combined-score expectation, treat it as shorthand. What is actually assessed is your section profile against the norms for that field.
Convert a score to a percentile
Read across, not down. Take each section score separately — a combined total has no official percentile (see above).
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Find your Verbal score in the left column of the table above, then read the Verbal column. 155 Verbal is the 64th percentile.
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Find your Quant score in the same left column, then read the Quant column. 155 Quant is the 37th.
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Find your Analytical Writing score in the second table. 4.5 is the 85th percentile.
Worked example. A 158 Verbal / 164 Quant / 4.0 AWA profile converts to the 76th percentile in Verbal, the 63rd in Quant and the 63rd in Analytical Writing — a fairly even profile, which is not what the raw numbers suggest, because 164 looks six points "better" than 158 and is actually thirteen percentile points worse.
That inversion is the single most common misreading of a GRE score report, and it is why converting before you compare matters.
Common lookups
What percentile is 160 on the GRE?
82nd in Verbal, 50th in Quant.
What is the 50th percentile for the GRE?
Quant 160. In Verbal, the 50th percentile falls between 152 (48th) and 153 (54th).
What is a 170 Quant percentile?
89th. A perfect Quant score is not a 99th-percentile result.
What GRE score is the 99th percentile?
170 or 169 in Verbal, and 6.0 in Analytical Writing. No Quant score reaches the 99th percentile.
What percentile is 155 Verbal?
64th. In Quant, 155 is the 37th.
What percentile is a 320 GRE score?
ETS does not publish one. Look up your two section scores separately in the table above.
Which edition of the table you are reading
ETS updates these tables annually, and the percentile attached to a score moves as the test-taking population changes. The figures here come from the current ETS interpretive data, covering testing from 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2025.
If you took the GRE several years ago, your original score report shows the percentiles that applied then, and they may differ by a point or two from the current table. Programmes generally work from the percentiles supplied on the report they receive.
Percentiles tell you where you stand. They do not tell you which questions cost you the points — find that out free with Exambank's diagnostic.
Bruno Edwards
Bruno oversees Exambank's editorial strategy and writes about GRE test structure, scoring, and admissions. He previously managed content at a leading test-prep publisher.
