FIFA World Cup 2026 Odds: Spain Top the Board Early

With less than a year to go until the world’s biggest sporting event kicks off, the FIFA World Cup 2026 odds are already heating up.

Defending champions Argentina will be aiming to go back-to-back, but it’s Spain who have emerged as the early favorites to lift the trophy next summer.

From Europe’s elite to South America’s giants, the race for global supremacy is shaping up to be as wide open as ever.

FIFA World Cup odds 2026

Country
Spain	+400
France	+650
Brazil	+700
England	+700
Argentina	+800
Germany	+1100
Portugal	+1100
Netherlands	+2000
Italy	+2800
Uruguay	+3300
Colombia	+3300
Belgium	+5000
Norway	+5000
Mexico	+5000
Croatia	+6600
USA	+6600
Morocco	+6600
Denmark	+8000
Japan	+8000
Switzerland	+10000
Ecuador	+10000
Sweden	+10000
Canada	+15000

Odds as of 10-4.

FIFA World Cup 2026 betting splits

365 Days from the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, Spain is the most-bet tournament winner on ESPN BET with 15.1% of bets and 15.7% of handle.

2026 FIFA World Cup Winner

• Spain – 15.1% of bets, 15.7% of handle
• France – 15.6% of bets, 14.9% of handle
• England – 11.8% of bets, 12.7% of handle
• Germany – 6.2% of bets, 10.8% of handle
• Portugal – 4.2% of bets, 9.8% of handle 

The U.S. (+5000) has 4.2% of bets and 4.4% of handle (9th most), while fellow hosts Mexico (+4000) has less than 1% of bets and 1.8% of handle (11th most), and Canada (+10000) has 1.1% of bets and less than 1% of handle (18th most).

Past winners of the FIFA World Cup

In the World Cup's 21-tournament history, 13 different countries have made the final, with eight different nations winning. Those eight are Brazil (5), Germany (4), Italy (4), Argentina (3), France (2), Uruguay (2), England, and Spain.

How to bet on the World Cup

The unrivaled excitement of the World Cup only comes once every four years, and it brings many first-time bettors to the sport. Learn everything you need to know about how to bet on soccer and the World Cup with our comprehensive guide tackling moneylines, spread, totals, and even Asian handicaps. 

FIFA World Cup futures odds

Betting on the outright winner of the FIFA World Cup is an extremely popular futures betting option, and odds usually come out soon after the previous World Cup winner is crowned. These odds will adjust based on how countries and players perform leading up to the World Cup. Sportsbooks will also adjust the soccer odds based on handle and liability with certain nations. Futures odds are displayed in list form, showing each option and its odds, most often ranked from best chances to win to worst. You will usually see a plus (+) sign in front of a team's futures odds, like this:

• France +500

This means that on a $100 bet, you would stand to win $500 if France won the World Cup. As we get closer to the World Cup final or if one team has been extremely dominant, you might see a country with a minus sign (-) ahead of its odds.

• Brazil -110

This would mean that you have to bet $110 to win $100 on a Brazil World Cup victory. Above, we have posted the American odds for the FIFA World Cup. However, these are easy to convert to decimal odds or fractional odds with our odds converter tool. 

World Cup trends

• A host country has won the World Cup five times.

• There has only been one back-to-back World Cup-winning nation in history. Brazil accomplished the feat in 1958 and 1962.

• No African or North American nation has ever played in a World Cup final.

• Prior to 2022, the World Cup had been won by a European nation in the previous four tournaments.

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