Arizona Cardinals: 2026 Win Total & Market Edge
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The prediction-market read on the Cardinals: our 10,000-season simulation projects 6.7 wins in 2026 (31st of 32, Below Avg tier; raw model 6.5), beside the live Kalshi win-total line. Full schedule, per-game win probabilities and NFC West standing below.
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2026 win total: our model vs. Kalshi
Arizona Cardinals
± 2.0 · 31st of 32
Model leans OVER
Divergence is projected wins minus the ladder-implied market line, in wins — STRONG on the one ladder every season-wins surface grades on (STRONG ≥2.0 · HIGH ≥1.5 · MODERATE ≥1.0); OVER / UNDER fires at ±2.0. Projected wins are the 10,000-season simulation mean; the raw model reads 6.5. Sharpest contract: KXNFLWINS-27ARI-5 (closest to 50¢).
See all 32 teams on the win-totals board → Informational only — verify the market and trade responsibly.
📊 Deep-dive: Cardinals win total: the biggest model-vs-market gap of 2026, and why to be careful
The consensus spread
Three independent estimates of the same season on one line: the expected wins implied by the live Kalshi ladder, our 10,000-season simulation, and EA’s Madden 27 simulation. Where they disagree is the whole signal.
Both independent models sit on the same side of the market line — our sim at 6.71 and the Madden simulation at 7.25 against 4.43 implied wins. That is the cleanest version of this signal.
Madden is a bit higher on the Cardinals than our model, 7 places apart — a real but modest difference of opinion.
Where the season actually lands
A point estimate cannot tell a trader whether to take a position — the full distribution against the contract line can. Bars are the Madden 27 simulation over 10,000 seasons; the dashed marker is the live contract.
of clearing 4.43
+27.5pp vs a coin flip
Our probability from the 10,000-season simulation (mean 6.71 wins; raw model 6.53 ± 1.95). Bars: Madden 27 sim-2026, 10,000 iterations. Two methods, no shared inputs.
The Ladder — Cardinals
All ladders →The season simulation at every Kalshi win-total rung, then the widest player-prop gap on this club this week. The rungs the market has not listed two-sided yet are drawn from the simulation alone.
We think the median sits somewhere else than the market does.
| Rung | Market | Model | Gap | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 5+ wins | 🔒 | outside range | — | YES → | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6+ wins | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 | YES → | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7+ wins | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 | YES → | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8+ wins | 🔒 | 🔒 | 🔒 | YES → | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9+ wins | 🔒 | outside range | — | YES → | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 more rungs10+ wins → 17+ wins · outside our published band, market only
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Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.
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Gold is our distribution, parchment is the Kalshi contract at each strike; the band between them is green where our probability is higher and purple where it is lower. We publish our number only where we have measured it to be calibrated, between 30% and 70%; rungs outside that range show the market only. A contract pays $1 if it settles YES, so a price in cents is an implied probability. Prediction markets carry risk; contracts can settle at $0.
Market edges
The season contract and the single game most likely to move it, graded on the same thresholds every other Gridiron Edge surface uses.
Season wins over 4.43
Our 10,000-season simulation projects 6.71 (raw model 6.53), the Madden 27 simulation 7.25, against 4.43 market-implied wins — a +2.28-win gap. STRONG on the wins ladder, and two methods that share no inputs land on the same side of the price — the cleanest setup this board produces.
Week 12 vs Commanders
The truest coin flip on the schedule at 51%. Games this close are where a season win total is actually decided — and where a live in-week contract is most likely to be mispriced. Full read →
Informational only. Contracts can settle at $0 — verify the market and trade responsibly.
Power rating breakdown
Diverging from league average rather than four flat numbers, so a positive reads as a positive at a glance. Points per game.
Overall -3.7 ranks 30th of 32 (Below Avg tier). How Cardinals rank on the points scale → Re-weight the model yourself →
Methodology: DAEPA model docs → (59.6% backtested straight-up accuracy across 3,266 games, no market line used).
The season path
Seventeen weeks as a heat ribbon — the shape of the season in one glance, each cell linking to that game’s full read. The sortable table stays below it.
Roster shape vs the league
Nine position groups against league average. Each axis is scaled on its own league range — a shared 0-100 scale flattens every roster into the same circle.
Dashed violet ring = league average. Number chip = rank of 32. Source: Madden 27 launch team composites (derived unit aggregates, no per-player data).
2026 schedule & model win probabilities
All 17 regular-season games. Our % is the DAEPA margin (power-rating differential + 2.5-point home-field) run through a Normal model, σ=14.4 — those 17 numbers sum to the raw model's 6.5 wins; the 6.7-win headline above is the 10,000-season simulation, which adds rating uncertainty (and fits its own home-field, 2.0) on top of these same ratings. Madden % is the same question asked of Madden 27 talent composites, a model that shares none of our inputs.
Cardinals props: where the market prices are
The market’s prices, not ours: each Kalshi strike beside the sportsbook consensus read at the same line, and where the cheaper price for each side actually is. A gap is a price difference, not a call — the Oracle calls above are the opinion.
| Player | Prop | Kalshi | Consensus | Gap | Best price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin Harrison Jr.ARI v LAC | 5+ rec | 35.0¢ | 41% | -5.8¢ | over · Kalshi 38.6¢under · ESPN Bet 63¢ |
| Kendrick BourneARI v LAC | 3+ rec | 34.5¢ | 38% | -3.8¢ | over · ProphetX 36¢under · Novig 65.5¢ |
| Marvin Harrison Jr.ARI v LAC | 4+ rec | 53.0¢ | 57% | -3.5¢ | over · Kalshi 55.7¢under · Novig 46.1¢ |
| Michael WilsonARI v LAC | 45+ rec yds | 46.0¢ | 48% | -2.3¢ | over · ESPN Bet 50¢under · BetRivers 53.9¢ |
| Jacoby BrissettQBARI v LAC | 225+ pass yds | 48.0¢ | 50% | -2.0¢ | over · Fanatics 50¢ |
| Marvin Harrison Jr.ARI v LAC | 50+ rec yds | 47.5¢ | 49% | -2.0¢ | over · DK 49.3¢ |
| Tyler AllgeierARI v LAC | 30+ rush yds | 48.5¢ | 50% | -1.4¢ | over · ProphetX 50.7¢under · ProphetX 52.2¢ |
| Jacoby BrissettARI v LAC | 1+ pass TDs | 74.5¢ | — | — | Kalshi only |
See all 59 priced prop strikes on the board →+ 43 listed on Kalshi, not yet priced.
NFC West ladder
Projected wins across the division, leader in gold — and four internal reads a click away.
Seahawks
11.1
+5.5
Rams
9.8
+5.1
49ers
9.5
+1.0
Cardinals
6.7
-3.7Model has the Cardinals 4th in the NFC West. Division hub →
10,000-season simulation
How it works →Our own preseason board, played across the real 2026 schedule 10,000 times with the league's actual tiebreaker procedure. The projection above is the middle of this; these are the odds around it. The sim fits its own home-field (2.0 points, from played games) — a separate fit from the +2.5 the game model uses on matchup pages.
Sim average wins
6.7
10,000 seasons · 17% reach 10+
Make playoffs
18%
49% win 6 or fewer
Win division
5%
1% take the 1 seed
Win Super Bowl
0.5%
31st of 32 · 1% reach it
The Cardinals draw a 0.521 opponent win rate — the 1st-hardest schedule in the league.
10,000 simulated seasons on our preseason power ratings. Real NFL tiebreakers, real 2026 schedule. No injuries, no in-season roster change, no market prices.
Madden 27 outlook
Full board →A second opinion, built from Madden 27 launch ratings alone and played across the real 2026 schedule 10,000 times. It knows nothing about our own model — which is what makes the disagreement worth reading.
Madden rank
23
79.8 composite · QB 72
Simulated wins
7.3
21% reach 10+
Playoffs
24%
8% win division
Super Bowl
1.1%
SoS 0.528 (1st hardest)
Madden is a bit higher on the Cardinals than our model, 7 places apart — a real but modest difference of opinion.
Madden-only inputs — no injuries, no in-season roster change, no market prices. Average error on a season win total is 2.27 wins, so the distribution is the product, not the mean. The 10,000-season simulation →
Cardinals 2026 — frequently asked
What is the Arizona Cardinals win total for 2026?
The Kalshi KXNFLWINS-27 ladder implies an expected 4.4 wins for the Cardinals in 2026. Our 10,000-season simulation on our DAEPA power ratings projects 6.7 wins — a 2.3-win lean to the over (STRONG on our wins ladder).
Where do the Cardinals rank in our 2026 power ratings?
The Cardinals sit at a -3.7-point power rating — 30th of 32 — in the Below Avg tier. That rating (offense -0.7, defense -2.9, special teams -0.1) is the input behind every Cardinals prediction-market edge we publish.
Can you trade Arizona Cardinals games on Kalshi?
Yes. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated exchange that lists Cardinals season win totals (KXNFLWINS), individual game winners (KXNFLGAME, which for 2026 opened months ahead of kickoff), plus division, conference and Super Bowl champion markets — available to traders in all 50 states. You take a yes/no position that settles at $1 or $0.
What division are the Cardinals in for 2026?
The Cardinals play in the NFC West, alongside Rams, 49ers, Seahawks. Our model has them projected 4th in the NFC West on 6.7 expected wins.
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