Best Actor
Who will win Best Actor?John Malkovich leads with a 43% market-implied chance, 22 points ahead of Matt Damon (21%).Biggest move this week: John Malkovich, up 6 points (now 43%).
Odds movement
Market-implied chance to win for the 5 contenders with the highest average price now, the average of Kalshi and Polymarket at the end of each day.Prices at the end of each day, New York time. A day without a new price keeps the day before’s. On a day a Kalshi market ends thin (nobody bidding, or more than 10¢ between buy and sell offers), its close is the last traded price.Numbered pins mark festival and award results announced that day.Days before 2 October 2026 come from each platform’s published price history; later days from the prices this site records.- John Malkovich43%
- Matt Damon21%
- Andrew Scott18%
- Tom Cruise15%
- Robert Pattinson4%
Show the numbers
| Day | John Malkovich · Average | Matt Damon · Average | Andrew Scott · Average | Tom Cruise · Average | Robert Pattinson · Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | 43% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 4% |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 37% | 24% | 17% | 15% | 5% |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 34% | 24% | 23% | 14% | 5% |
| 21 Sep 2026 | 39% | 26% | 14% | 14% | 4% |
| 14 Sep 2026 | 29% | 26% | 16% | 17% | 13% |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 21% | 32% | 17% | 16% | 10% |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 21% | 28% | 16% | 24% | 10% |
| 24 Aug 2026 | 10% | 30% | 14% | 27% | 11% |
| 17 Aug 2026 | 8% | 29% | 14% | 30% | 11% |
| 10 Aug 2026 | 7% | 29% | 15% | 30% | 10% |
| 3 Aug 2026 | 9% | 35% | 15% | 29% | – |
| 27 Jul 2026 | 11% | 38% | 12% | 31% | – |
| 20 Jul 2026 | 9% | 32% | 14% | 38% | – |
| 13 Jul 2026 | 21% | 11% | 17% | 39% | – |
| 6 Jul 2026 | 22% | – | 16% | 34% | – |
| 29 Jun 2026 | 49% | – | 9% | 35% | – |
| 22 Jun 2026 | 21% | – | 4% | 31% | – |
| 15 Jun 2026 | 24% | – | 4% | 30% | – |
| 8 Jun 2026 | 24% | – | 4% | 33% | – |
| 1 Jun 2026 | 25% | – | 4% | 31% | – |
34 contenders
Each number is a market-implied chance: the price of a contract that pays $1 if the actor wins, read as a percentage (49¢ reads as 49%).Under it: the change of the number over 24 hours, from the site’s saved prices, in percentage points. On a computer, pointing at a number shows both platforms’ prices in cents.The bar behind a row is its chance on a 0 to 100 scale. Beside the number: the volume traded on the platforms behind it.On wide screens, a small line shows the last 30 days and the change over the last 7.Ranked by the average of Kalshi and Polymarket.Podcast buzz
Most named on awards podcasts in the last 30 days
Talk vs price
Across: episodes that named it in the last 30 days.Up: its price on the market the switch names.Not a prediction or a recommendation.- 1Tom Cruise21 episodes · 3 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 2Robert Pattinson13 episodes · 2 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 3Brad Pitt13 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: Circuit Gays · 5 Oct · Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
- 4John Malkovich11 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: Circuit Gays · 5 Oct · Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
- 5Andrew Scott8 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: Circuit Gays · 5 Oct · Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
- 6Matt Damon7 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 7Mahershala Ali7 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: The Next Best Picture Podcast · 5 Oct · Episode 510 - Mailbag Monday(audio) (opens in a new tab)
- 8Sebastian Stan7 episodes · 1 in the last 7 days
Latest: Circuit Gays · 5 Oct · Season Kickoff: Fall Festivals & The Early Oscars Draft (opens in a new tab)
From what is said on 28 film and awards podcasts (an episode’s title and show notes until it is transcribed), updated daily (last checked 6 Oct). A mention means the film or person is named, whatever the category or context. It is not a prediction or a recommendation.
The 28 podcasts
The Next Best Picture Podcast · Frontrunners and Challengers · The Awards Watch Podcast · Awards Circuit · Prestige Junkie · Little Gold Men · The Big Picture · Screen Talk · The Awardist · Awards Radar: The Podcast · Awards Central Podcast · Oscars Outsider · Awards Chatter · The Envelope · Doc Talk · Kermode & Mayo’s Take · The Film Comment Podcast · Filmspotting · Team Deakins · Art of the Cut · Soundtracking with Edith Bowman · Scriptnotes · Mike, Mike, and Oscar · Lights Camera What’s The Action? · The Rolling Tape · Circuit Gays · Academy Watch · The Town
Market data, not advice.Prices are what traders paid on Kalshi and Polymarket, shown per platform or as their average; they are not predictions or recommendations.
