Polymarket has 2,939 active sports markets clearing $5609.3M in cumulative volume. This is the top 15 by current dollar flow.
Top 15 Sports Markets
| # | Market | Volume | Liquidity |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Will Chelsea win the 2025–26 English Premier League? | $91.3M | $1.1M |
| #2 | Will USA win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $89.5M | $2.6M |
| #3 | Will South Korea win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $86.3M | $7.5M |
| #4 | Will Ivory Coast win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $79.7M | $5.1M |
| #5 | Will Mexico win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $79.2M | $8.4M |
| #6 | Will Congo DR win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $77.8M | $22.4M |
| #7 | Will Egypt win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $73.0M | $10.4M |
| #8 | Will Australia win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $70.6M | $17.1M |
| #9 | Will Algeria win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $67.0M | $14.8M |
| #10 | Will Croatia win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $66.0M | $4.8M |
| #11 | Will Paraguay win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $65.8M | $11.3M |
| #12 | Will France win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $65.0M | $7.1M |
| #13 | Will Canada win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $64.4M | $8.8M |
| #14 | Will Morocco win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $63.6M | $1.9M |
| #15 | Will Japan win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $63.6M | $2.1M |
Snapshot from the Protodex Polymarket dataset, captured 2026-06-22.
Why Sports Markets Are Worth Watching
Sports markets typically have the deepest informed-trader pool on Polymarket — partisans, journalists, lobbyists, and professional speculators all converge on the same handful of high-stakes contracts. That density makes prices unusually informative compared to retail-dominated categories like entertainment or weather.
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