Most Common US Powerball Numbers — Full Frequency Analysis & Odds

Across our full Powerball draw history, the five most frequently drawn white balls have been 28, 36, 23, 21 and 32, while 65, 60, 68, 66 and 67 have appeared least often. With 69 numbers and only 5 drawn per game, each ball's expected share is roughly 7.2% of draws — small sample-to-sample swings of a few percentage points are normal statistical noise, not a signal.

The red Powerball is drawn from a completely separate 1–26 pool, so it should be analysed independently from the white balls rather than folded into the same frequency table. Visit our live Powerball statistics page for exact current counts, updated after every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday draw.

For 5 balls drawn from 1–69, the mathematical minimum sum is 15 (1+2+3+4+5) and the maximum is 335 (65+66+67+68+69). In practice, the middle 70% of real Powerball draws land between roughly 122 and 214, with an average sum around 169.

Combinations with a sum under 90 or over 250 are mathematically possible but historically rare. If your line sums to an extreme value, it's worth checking it isn't accidentally clustered at one end of the range (e.g. all low numbers under 20).

Powerball's format is 5 from 69 plus 1 from 26, giving C(69,5) × 26 = 292,201,338 possible combinations. The jackpot odds are exactly 1 in 292,201,338 — the single hardest prize tier to win of any lottery on this site.

The overall odds of winning any prize (down to matching just the Powerball on its own) are approximately 1 in 24.9, which is considerably better than the headline jackpot figure suggests. Jackpots reset to a minimum of $20 million after a win and grow from there based on ticket sales, with no fixed cap. US winners choose between a lump-sum cash payment or an annuity paid across 30 graduated payments over 29 years.