Statistics
Powerball statistics
Computed from 1,410 draws between Oct 7, 2015 and Sep 30, 2026. Powerball moved to a 5-of-69 main pool with a 1-of-26 Powerball on 7 October 2015. Statistics here cover draws from that date forward.
Read this before you read the charts
If Powerball were perfectly even, every number would have come up about 102 times. They have not, and the gaps below are real. But they are the size you would expect from chance alone: the most extreme number in this archive sits just 2.7 standard deviations from the average, which is unremarkable across 69 numbers.
In other words, these charts describe what has happened. They do not predict what will. A number drawn 40 times and a number drawn 25 times have exactly the same chance in the next draw.
How often each number has been drawn
Green bars are above the expected count of 102, grey are below. Hover a bar for the exact figure.
Powerball frequency
Based on 1,410 draws since the bonus pool last changed.
Drawn most often
Highest count in the archive. Not 'lucky', just the top of a normal spread.
- 21126 times
- 64126 times
- 61125 times
- 28120 times
- 23118 times
- 27118 times
Drawn least often
Lowest count. Equally not 'unlucky', and no more likely to correct itself.
- 1376 times
- 2682 times
- 4683 times
- 4984 times
- 3484 times
- 5190 times
Longest absent
Draws since last seen. Popularly called 'overdue'; statistically it means nothing.
- 5155 draws
- 154 draws
- 3450 draws
- 4337 draws
- 2231 draws
- 4629 draws
Odd and even split
How the 5 numbers have divided between odd and even.
- 3 odd / 2 even31.9%
- 2 odd / 3 even31.2%
- 4 odd / 1 even17.0%
- 1 odd / 4 even14.5%
- 5 odd / 0 even2.9%
- 0 odd / 5 even2.6%
Low and high split
Split at the midpoint of the 1–69 pool.
- 2 low / 3 high33.6%
- 3 low / 2 high32.6%
- 1 low / 4 high14.2%
- 4 low / 1 high14.0%
- 5 low / 0 high3.1%
- 0 low / 5 high2.6%
Draw totals
Adding the 5 numbers together, half of all draws land between 149 and 207, with a median of 178. The Balanced and Contrarian generators aim between 120 and 232, which covers roughly eight draws in ten.
- Lowest ever
- 52
- Median
- 178
- Average
- 177
- Highest ever
- 299
Consecutive numbers
26.3% of draws contained at least one consecutive pair, such as 23 and 24. People tend to avoid picking them, which makes them mildly useful for reducing how many ways a prize gets split.
All-calendar draws
1.6% of draws had every number at 31 or below, the range covered by birthdays. Those are the draws with the most shared jackpots, because so many tickets are built from dates.
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