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Las Vegas Raiders: 2026 Win Total & Market Edge

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The prediction-market read on the Raiders: our 10,000-season simulation projects 6.0 wins in 2026 (32nd of 32, Rebuild tier; raw model 5.7), beside the live Kalshi win-total line. Full schedule, per-game win probabilities and AFC West standing below.

2026 win total: our model vs. Kalshi

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Las Vegas Raiders

AFC West · 32nd power rating · Rebuild
Kalshi live
6.0 projected wins
± 1.9 · 32nd of 32
Kalshi market
6.20w
Ladder-implied wins
7 Oracles sim
5.97w
59.6% backtested
Divergence
-0.23w
Market higher

Model agrees with the market

Divergence is projected wins minus the ladder-implied market line, in wins — LOW 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 5.7. No single rung sits near 50¢.

See all 32 teams on the win-totals board → Informational only — verify the market and trade responsibly.

📊 Deep-dive: Raiders win total: the only fade on the board, and why

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.

1.87 wins of disagreement
5.97 Our sim
6.20 Kalshi
7.84 Madden 27
4.25.56.98.39.6

Our sim and the Madden simulation land on opposite sides of the 6.20 market line. They disagree with each other, so this is a market to watch rather than one to build a position in.

Madden is far higher on the Raiders than our model is — 22nd on talent versus 32nd on play-by-play, a 10-place gap. EA sees a roster our model hasn't seen produce yet.

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.

Kalshi 6.20 01234567891011121314151617
41%
our probability
of clearing 6.20
Madden sim: 67%
-9.5pp vs a coin flip

Our probability from the 10,000-season simulation (mean 5.97 wins; raw model 5.73 ± 1.92). Bars: Madden 27 sim-2026, 10,000 iterations. Two methods, no shared inputs.

The Ladder — Raiders

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.

RaidersSeason winsPRICEDBuy YES · 6+ wins
1+ wins9+ wins17+ wins
Widest gap
🔒
at 6+ wins
Market
🔒
Kalshi · P(YES)
PMP Model
🔒
display-calibrated

Priced. The market and the model tell the same story at every rung.

RungMarketModelGap
1+ winsoutside rangenot listed
2+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
3+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
4+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
5+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
6+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
7+ wins🔒🔒🔒YES
8+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
9+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
10+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
11+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
12+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
13+ wins🔒outside rangeYES
14+ wins🔒outside rangethin
15+ winsoutside rangenot listed
16+ winsoutside rangenot listed
17+ wins🔒outside rangethin

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

Brock BowersReceptionsONE STRIKE PRICED
Widest gap
one strike priced
Market
Kalshi · P(YES)
PMP Model
display-calibrated

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketBooksModelGap
6+ rec🔒🔒YES
7+ rec🔒YES

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

Kirk CousinsPass TDsONE STRIKE PRICED
Widest gap
one strike priced
Market
Kalshi · P(YES)
PMP Model
display-calibrated

Our number is published at the called strike only; the market curves are complete.

RungMarketBooksModelGap
1+ pass TDs🔒YES
2+ pass TDs🔒YES

Rung-by-rung numbers are a Pro feature. Unlock Pro →

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.

◆ LOW confidence 6.20 · Under

Season wins under 6.20

Our 10,000-season simulation projects 5.97 (raw model 5.73), the Madden 27 simulation 7.84, against 6.20 market-implied wins — a -0.23-win gap. LOW on the wins ladder (STRONG ≥2.0 · HIGH ≥1.5 · MODERATE ≥1.0); a side is flagged only at the 2.0-win STRONG rung, so the honest read is no position.

◆ MODERATE confidence Wk 1 · Home

Week 1 vs Dolphins

The truest coin flip on the schedule at 50%. 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 -6.0
Offense -4.2
Defense -2.0
Special teams +0.2

Overall -6.0 ranks 32nd of 32 (Rebuild tier). How Raiders 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.

5.73 cumulative expected wins
Loss likelyWin likely— cumulative expected wins

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.

28 Quarterback 74
14 O-Line 80
31 Receiver 76
3 Tight End 93
17 Running Back 85
19 Pass Rush 81
23 Linebacker 76
26 Secondary 78
15 Special Teams 77

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 5.7 wins; the 6.0-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.

WeekOpponentH/AOur %Madden %
Wk 1vs Miami DolphinsHOME50%68%
Wk 3at New Orleans SaintsAWAY33%49%
Wk 4vs Kansas City ChiefsHOME42%43%
Wk 6vs Buffalo BillsHOME31%45%
Wk 7vs Los Angeles RamsHOME27%41%
Wk 8at New York JetsAWAY38%53%
Wk 10vs Seattle SeahawksHOME27%49%
Wk 11at Denver BroncosAWAY25%40%
Wk 12at Cleveland BrownsAWAY33%51%
Wk 15vs Denver BroncosHOME37%51%
Wk 16vs Tennessee TitansHOME51%65%
Wk 17at Arizona CardinalsAWAY37%45%
Wk 18at Kansas City ChiefsAWAY29%32%

Raiders player props vs the Kalshi line

Our projection against the live Kalshi contract. Every prop is an “X or more” contract that pays $1 if the player gets there, so the price of the side we call, in cents,is the market’s implied probability — the edge is the gap between that and ours, in percentage points. Closest strike to our projection first.

Raiders player props vs the Kalshi line — our odds against the Kalshi price of the called side, on the strike closest to our projection
PlayerContractCallOur oddsMktEdgeTier
Brock BowersTE6+ receptionsover 5.5NOPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlySTRONG
Brock BowersTE60+ rec ydsover 59.5NOPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlyPro subscribers onlySTRONG

All 54 player-prop edges for Week 1Locked numbers are Pro.

Raiders 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.

Raiders props: where the market prices are — Kalshi mid vs sportsbook consensus per strike, widest gap first
PlayerPropKalshiConsensusGapBest price
Brock BowersTELV v MIA60+ rec yds56.5¢53%+3.4¢over · FD 53.3¢under · Kalshi 45.7¢
Brock BowersLV v MIA70+ rec yds44.0¢off-ladderKalshi only
Brock BowersLV v MIA7+ rec33.5¢off-ladderover · Kalshi 42.7¢
Jalen NailorLV v MIA70+ rec yds6.5¢Kalshi only
Kirk CousinsLV v MIA1+ pass TDs73.5¢Kalshi only
Kirk CousinsLV v MIA2+ pass TDs40.5¢Kalshi only
Kirk CousinsLV v MIA150+ pass yds81.5¢off-ladderover · Kalshi 85.9¢
Kirk CousinsLV v MIA200+ pass yds55.0¢off-ladderover · Kalshi 63.7¢under · Novig 45¢

See all 12 priced prop strikes on the board →+ 42 listed on Kalshi, not yet priced.

AFC West ladder

Projected wins across the division, leader in gold — and four internal reads a click away.

Broncos 9.1 +1.2 Chiefs 8.2 -0.6 Chargers 8.1 -0.6
Raiders 6.0 -6.0

Model has the Raiders 4th in the AFC 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

6.0

10,000 seasons · 11% reach 10+

Make playoffs

16%

60% win 6 or fewer

Win division

8%

1% take the 1 seed

Win Super Bowl

0.4%

32nd of 32 · 1% reach it

The Raiders draw a 0.500 opponent win rate — the 16th-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

22

80.1 composite · QB 74

Simulated wins

7.8

28% reach 10+

Playoffs

35%

16% win division

Super Bowl

1.6%

SoS 0.494 (21st hardest)

Madden is far higher on the Raiders than our model is — 22nd on talent versus 32nd on play-by-play, a 10-place gap. EA sees a roster our model hasn't seen produce yet.

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 →

Raiders 2026 — frequently asked

What is the Las Vegas Raiders win total for 2026?

The Kalshi KXNFLWINS-27 ladder implies an expected 6.2 wins for the Raiders in 2026. Our 10,000-season simulation on our DAEPA power ratings projects 6.0 wins — a 0.2-win agreement with the market (LOW on our wins ladder).

Where do the Raiders rank in our 2026 power ratings?

The Raiders sit at a -6.0-point power rating — 32nd of 32 — in the Rebuild tier. That rating (offense -4.2, defense -2.0, special teams +0.2) is the input behind every Raiders prediction-market edge we publish.

Can you trade Las Vegas Raiders games on Kalshi?

Yes. Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated exchange that lists Raiders 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 Raiders in for 2026?

The Raiders play in the AFC West, alongside Broncos, Chiefs, Chargers. Our model has them projected 4th in the AFC West on 6.0 expected wins.

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