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Powerball Number Frequency

How often each of the 69 white balls has been drawn since 2016, next to the 7.25% of draws each one should reach by chance — all-time, by year and by period.

Latest draw October 7, 2026

Frequency Table Most Frequent Least Frequent By Year Number Analysis FAQ
1,387 Draws Analyzed
5 per draw Main Numbers Analyzed
Oct 7, 2026 Latest Draw

Powerball Number Frequency

The table below shows how frequently each Powerball main number has appeared in the historical drawings analyzed by LotteryDataHub.

Powerball number frequency — times drawn and frequency percentage for every main number
Number Times Drawn Frequency
1 93 6.7%
2 100 7.2%
3 113 8.1%
4 97 7.0%
5 94 6.8%
6 107 7.7%
7 94 6.8%
8 96 6.9%
9 94 6.8%
10 92 6.6%
11 100 7.2%
12 102 7.4%
13 76 5.5%
14 94 6.8%
15 96 6.9%
16 106 7.6%
17 100 7.2%
18 102 7.4%
19 101 7.3%
20 96 6.9%
21 127 9.2%
22 90 6.5%
23 119 8.6%
24 100 7.2%
25 89 6.4%
26 81 5.8%
27 115 8.3%
28 119 8.6%
29 92 6.6%
30 99 7.1%
31 97 7.0%
32 113 8.1%
33 115 8.3%
34 84 6.1%
35 91 6.6%
36 117 8.4%
37 109 7.9%
38 93 6.7%
39 107 7.7%
40 101 7.3%
41 89 6.4%
42 97 7.0%
43 98 7.1%
44 111 8.0%
45 101 7.3%
46 81 5.8%
47 108 7.8%
48 90 6.5%
49 83 6.0%
50 100 7.2%
51 90 6.5%
52 108 7.8%
53 111 8.0%
54 98 7.1%
55 92 6.6%
56 96 6.9%
57 97 7.0%
58 98 7.1%
59 111 8.0%
60 94 6.8%
61 124 8.9%
62 109 7.9%
63 115 8.3%
64 122 8.8%
65 92 6.6%
66 99 7.1%
67 102 7.4%
68 95 6.8%
69 113 8.1%

Frequency is calculated as the number of appearances divided by the total number of draws analyzed.

Most Frequent Powerball Numbers

The Powerball main numbers that have appeared most often across the historical drawings analyzed by LotteryDataHub.

Top 10 Most Frequent

  1. #1 21 127 appearances
  2. #2 61 124 appearances
  3. #3 64 122 appearances
  4. #4 23 119 appearances
  5. #5 28 119 appearances
  6. #6 36 117 appearances
  7. #7 27 115 appearances
  8. #8 33 115 appearances
  9. #9 63 115 appearances
  10. #10 3 113 appearances

Among the historical drawings analyzed, 21 has appeared most frequently.

Least Frequent Powerball Numbers

These numbers have appeared less often within the historical dataset analyzed by LotteryDataHub.

10 Least Frequent

  1. #1 13 76 appearances
  2. #2 46 81 appearances
  3. #3 26 81 appearances
  4. #4 49 83 appearances
  5. #5 34 84 appearances
  6. #6 41 89 appearances
  7. #7 25 89 appearances
  8. #8 51 90 appearances
  9. #9 48 90 appearances
  10. #10 22 90 appearances

Lower historical frequency does not mean that a number is more likely to appear in a future Powerball drawing.

Powerball Number Frequency by Year

Compare a single year's Powerball number appearances against the all-time frequency table above.

Powerball number appearances for the selected year
Number Appearances
64 16
21 14
58 14
14 13
42 13
56 13
65 13
3 12
6 12
16 12
17 12
18 12
30 12
36 12
55 12
57 12
59 12
63 12
5 11
52 11
4 10
27 10
28 10
40 10
47 10
48 10
50 10
60 10
2 9
24 9
29 9
37 9
44 9
49 9
8 8
9 8
19 8
25 8
31 8
38 8
41 8
53 8
54 8
61 8
7 7
10 7
11 7
13 7
43 7
51 7
15 6
20 6
23 6
26 6
35 6
45 6
46 6
67 6
68 6
12 5
32 5
33 5
66 5
22 4
39 4
62 4
69 4
34 3
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Powerball Number Frequency Analysis

Select a Powerball number to see exactly how often it has been drawn and when it last appeared.

Powerball Number
21
Times Drawn
127
Historical Frequency
9.2%
First Appearance
February 24, 2016
Most Recent Appearance
October 7, 2026

The Numbers Behind This Page

Draws in the all-time tables
1,387 · Jan 2, 2016 – Oct 7, 2026
Used for expected counts
All 1,387 — one format throughout
Chance per draw, any number
5 ÷ 69 = 7.25%
Expected appearances
100.5 ± 9.7

"Appearances" counts draws a number came up in; "%" divides by the draws in the period. Main and bonus numbers are always counted separately. Everything is recalculated from the database when a new draw arrives. Definitions, formulas and data sources →

Count, Percentage and Expected

Raw counts only mean something next to what chance predicts. Here are the extremes of the Powerball table, measured that way.

The most-drawn number

Number 21 came up in 127 of 1,387 draws — 9.16% of them, against 7.25% expected. That is 26.5 above its expected 100.5, or 2.7 standard deviations.

The least-drawn number

Number 13 came up in 76 of 1,387 draws — 5.48% of them, against 7.25% expected. That is 24.5 below its expected 100.5, or 2.5 standard deviations.

Powerball specifically: Keep the two tables apart. A white ball is expected in 7.25% of draws (5 of 69) but a red Powerball number in only 3.85% (1 of 26), so any white ball should come up almost twice as often as any red one.

Standard deviation is the yardstick that makes these counts comparable. In a random draw about two thirds of numbers land within one standard deviation of the expected count and about 95% within two. For Powerball white balls over the current format: 44 of 69 are within one (about 47 expected) and 63 within two (about 66 expected).

Percentages are the fairer way to compare periods of different length — 12 months against 10 years, say — but they swing much more over short periods: over 100 draws, a single extra appearance moves a number by a full percentage point. That is why the short-period tables on this page can look dramatic while the all-time table looks flat.

The spread between the most- and least-drawn numbers is the size random chance routinely produces. It is not evidence that any number is favoured.

Powerball Number Frequency FAQ

Common questions about Powerball number frequency and the most and least frequent numbers.

Back to the frequency table

Based on the historical drawings analyzed on this page, the most frequent Powerball main number is 21, with 127 appearances.