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Oscars 2026 odds for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Acting categories
Reach Daily Express | January 23, 2026 12:40 AM CST

The 98th Academy Awards nominations have landed with a record 16 nods for Ryan Coogler's Sinners, beating the previous joint-holders of 14 held by All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land. At the other extreme end of things, Wicked For Good was shockingly snubbed with zero nominations despite 10 for Wicked last year and a lot of buzz for Ariana Grande in the Best Supporting Actress category. As for 2026's likely big winner, it looks like it's finally Paul Thomas Anderson's year. The 11-time Oscar-nominated writer-director (with no wins to date) received 13 nods for One Battle After Another starring Leonardo DiCaprio. He's very much expected to be taking home the Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Awards come the glitzy Hollywood ceremony on Sunday March 15. Meanwhile, the four Best Acting categories look like total shoo-ins, too, for Timothée Chalamet, Jessie Buckley, Stellan Skarsgård and Teyana Taylor.

Check out the full major Oscars odds from Coral Bookmakers below.

Best Picture

1-7 One Battle After Another, 6-1 Hamnet, 8-1 Marty Supreme, 10-1 Sinners, 33-1 Bugonia, 40-1 Sentimental Value, 40-1 Frankenstein, 66-1 Train Dreams, 66-1 The Secret Agent, 100-1 F1

Best Actor

1-5 Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme; 5-1 Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another; 7-1 Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent; 16-1 Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon; 20-1 Michael B Jordan, Sinners

Best Actress

1-12 Jessie Buckley, Hamnet; 6-1 Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs, I'd Kick You; 16-1 Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value; 33-1 Emma Stone, Bugonia; 33-1 Kate Hudson, Song Sung Blue

Best Director

1-16 Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another; 12-1 Ryan Coogler, Sinners; 16-1 Chloé Zhao, Hamnet; 33-1 Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value; 50-1 Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Supporting Actor

Evens Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value; 9-4 Sean Penn, One Battle After Another; 4-1 Benico Del Toro, One Battle After Another; 6-1 Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein; 25-1 Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Best Supporting Actress

1-2 Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another; 9-4 Amy Madigan, Weapons; 6-1 Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value; 25-1 Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners; 25-1 Elle Fanning, Sentimental Value


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