Powerball Hot and Cold Numbers (October 2026)

The most drawn Powerball numbers are 21 (128), 61 (126), and 64 (125); the least drawn are 13 (78), 26 (84), and 46 (84). That is over 1,425 draws since October 7, 2015, when the game last changed its set of balls, against an average of 103 apiece.

Powerball hot and cold numbers, last 50 and 100 draws

For fun: every draw is independent, so hot, cold or overdue numbers are no likelier to come up next.

Last 50 drawsLast 100 draws

Last 50 draws: Jul 4 – Oct 26, 2026. Each number averages 3.6 appearances in 50 draws.

Hot 50: 7×;4: 7×;58: 7×;54: 6×;5: 6×;

Cold 43: 1×;60: 1×;62: 1×;39: 1×;52: 1×;

Hot Powerball 9: 4×;3: 4×;5: 3×;23: 3×;20: 3×;

Cold Powerball 6: 0×;12: 0×;21: 0×;26: 0×;16: 1×;

Last 100 draws: Mar 9 – Oct 26, 2026. Each number averages 7.2 appearances in 100 draws.

Hot 42: 13×;3: 12×;64: 12×;4: 11×;55: 11×;

Cold 62: 3×;39: 3×;34: 3×;1: 3×;66: 4×;

Hot Powerball 3: 8×;14: 7×;1: 6×;20: 6×;13: 6×;

Cold Powerball 21: 1×;16: 1×;8: 1×;6: 2×;4: 2×;

Overdue 43: 47 draws · usually 13; 60: 35 draws · usually 14; 66: 32 draws · usually 13; 27: 31 draws · usually 11; 63: 31 draws · usually 11;

Overdue Powerball 21: 97 draws · usually 20;26: 67 draws · usually 23;12: 56 draws · usually 27;6: 50 draws · usually 26;16: 44 draws · usually 32;

Overdue counts draws since each number last came up, beside its usual gap; data through the October 26, 2026 draw.

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The statistics behind that

Expected count 103.3, standard deviation 9.8. The leader sits at 2.53 standard deviations against an expected maximum of 2.37 for 69 numbers; a lead at least this large arises by chance about 49% of the time. Goodness of fit to a uniform draw: chi-square 83.6 on 68 degrees of freedom, p = 0.096. How we calculate it.

Every number at a glance

Shaded by how far above or below its average each number is — red for more often than average, blue for less. Most sit in the middle.

well below average below around average above well above · each averages 103 appearances; 65 of 69 are close to that

How far above or below average

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Most and least drawn are 50 apart. For 69 numbers over 1,425 draws that gap normally comes out around 46, so this one is about what you would expect.

Hottest, coldest, most overdue

Longest wait

43 has not been drawn for 47 draws. Gaps that long are rarer than average for any one number, but with 69 numbers in the game a wait that long has happened about 208 times over this stretch. It does not make 43 any likelier tonight.

Full frequency table

1,425 draws from October 7, 2015 to October 26, 2026, the whole time this game has drawn five numbers from 1 to 69. Click any heading to sort.

Powerball numbers

Drawn from a separate machine, 1 from 26, over the 1,425 draws since October 7, 2015 .

The statistics behind that

Expected count 54.8, standard deviation 7.3. The leader sits at 1.82 standard deviations against an expected maximum of 1.98 for 26 numbers; a lead at least this large arises by chance about 67% of the time. Goodness of fit to a uniform draw: chi-square 25.2 on 25 degrees of freedom, p = 0.449.

well below average below around average above well above · each averages 55 appearances; 25 of 26 are close to that

Why the count starts in 2015

Powerball has changed how many balls it draws, or from how many, once in the draws we hold. Counting across a change mixes two different games — a ball that did not exist yet cannot be behind. So everything above covers only the stretch since October 7, 2015, when this game settled on five numbers from 1 to 69.

• Five numbers from 1 to 59 from January 7, 2009 to October 3, 2015 — 592 draws (not counted above)

How we calculate all of this.

Frequently asked questions

Do hot and cold numbers predict anything?

No. The gap between the most and least drawn number here is 50 appearances, which is about what 1,425 draws produce on their own. The table is worth looking at; it is not worth betting on.

Why do your frequencies differ from other sites?

Two reasons, both on our sources page. We only count draws since the game last changed its set of balls, because counting across a change mixes two different games. And we check 4 official sources against each other, and settle any draw on which they disagree.

What does the shaded band on the chart mean?

It marks the normal range — where 19 out of 20 numbers land when every one is equally likely. With 69 numbers on the chart, two or three sticking out above or below it is the usual picture rather than a sign of anything.

How far back does this Powerball data go?

Our full history runs back to February 3, 2010 — 2,017 draws. The frequency table on this page uses the 1,425 draws since October 7, 2015, because that is when the game last changed to drawing five numbers from 1 to 69. Browse every draw by year.