Who is the favourite to win the World Cup? Latest odds for every team

The World Cup is now in full swing and the main contenders for the trophy have all played at least once.

England are among the favourites with the Three Lions aiming to end their long wait to get their hands on their second world title in what is the 60th anniversary of their first triumph.

The victory on home soil in 1966 remains the only trophy the England men’s team has won to date but Thomas Tuchel will be confident that he has enough talent in his squad to end the six decades of hurt.

Standing in their way are the likes of Argentina, defending champions from four years ago, and Spain, who broke English hearts in the Euro 2024 final.

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France, meanwhile, look well-placed to avenge their World Cup final defeat against the Argentines in Qatar, while Brazil will be hoping to finally land their sixth title almost a quarter of a century after their last.

Favourites to win the World Cup

France (4/1)

Didier Deschamps once again boasts a ridiculous collection of talent in his ranks, with Kylian Mbappe spearheading an enviable forward line which also includes the likes of Ousmane Dembele, Michael Olise and Desire Doue.

Champions in 2018 and runners-up in 2022, France have started their 2026 campaign in dominant form with 3-1 and 3-0 victories over Senegal and Iraq respectively.

Mbappe has also seemingly found his scoring boots in North America with the Real Madrid star having netted four goals so far – an ominous sign for France’s rivals.

Spain (5/1)

Spain started the World Cup with a surprising 0-0 draw with Cape Verde, which had the effect of displacing the European Champions as the favourites with the bookmakers.

However, La Roja returned to their usual ways in their second group game with a dominant 4-0 win over Saudi Arabia to ease some of the pressure.

Luis de la Fuente’s men have entered the World Cup on a dominant run of form, having not lost a game – penalty shootout defeats aside – since 2023.

England (13/2)

England headed into Euro 2024 as the outright favourites but never once played like a team who had the favourites tag hanging around their necks.

As such, the Three Lions are likely embracing not being the clear favourites this time around, although the manner of their 4-2 victory over Croatia last week only served to raise expectations.

However, should they progress from their group, which seems inevitable, Tuchel’s side face an extremely challenging run of knockout-stage fixtures with the likes of Brazil and Argentina potentially awaiting England from the quarter-final stage onwards.

Argentina (13/2)

Things could scarcely be going better for Argentina right now.

Not only are they the World Champions and the double Copa America winners, but the South American giants have made a blistering start to the World Cup with wins over Algeria and Austria.

Lionel Messi seems in inspired form too, with his five goals so far seeing him overtake Miroslav Klose to become the top goalscorer in World Cup history.

Brazil (12/1)

Few international sides have more pressure on them at a World Cup than Brazil.

And that pressure has perhaps told for the Selecao so far, with a shaky performance in the 1-1 draw with Morocco followed up with a less than convincing display against Haiti – even if they did win 3-0.

Perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Brazil have only made it past the quarter-finals once since claiming the trophy in 2002 – something they will be desperate to atone for this time around.