Polymarket has 13,496 active sports markets clearing $12895.1M in cumulative volume. This is the top 15 by current dollar flow.
Top 15 Sports Markets
| # | Market | Volume | Liquidity |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Will USA win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $128.5M | $3.1M |
| #2 | Will Mexico win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $127.8M | $1.1M |
| #3 | Will Morocco win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $123.6M | $1.8M |
| #4 | Will Cape Verde win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $119.2M | $6.6M |
| #5 | Will Egypt win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $119.1M | $11.8M |
| #6 | Will Ivory Coast win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $111.7M | $6.3M |
| #7 | Will Croatia win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $109.5M | $6.6M |
| #8 | Will South Korea win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $107.5M | $5.4M |
| #9 | Will Paraguay win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $107.4M | $5.2M |
| #10 | Will Canada win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $102.9M | $4.5M |
| #11 | Will Belgium win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $102.6M | $3.1M |
| #12 | Will Argentina win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $99.2M | $4.9M |
| #13 | Will Portugal win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $97.4M | $1.5M |
| #14 | Will Ecuador win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $96.9M | $4.6M |
| #15 | Will Congo DR win the 2026 FIFA World Cup? | $96.1M | $22.7M |
Snapshot from the Protodex Polymarket dataset, captured 2026-07-07.
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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