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Who will win the 2026 Fields Medal?

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Who will win the 2026 Fields Medal?

$369,907 Vol.

Jul 30, 2026
Polymarket

$369,907 Vol.

Polymarket

Hong Wang

$48,595 Vol.

77%

Jacob Tsimerman

$44,752 Vol.

56%

Sam Raskin

$27 Vol.

50%

Jack Thorne

$94,130 Vol.

46%

Yu Deng

$99,131 Vol.

42%

John Pardon

$78,800 Vol.

33%

Julian Sahasrabudhe

$0 Vol.

37%

Alexander Efimov

$519 Vol.

13%

Will Sawin

$3,793 Vol.

16%

Aleksandr Logunov

$160 Vol.

16%

The Fields Medal is a prize regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide. It is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The International Congress of Mathematicians 2026 (ICM 2026) is scheduled to take place from July 23 to July 30, 2026. This market will resolve according to the winners of the 2026 Fields medal. If the 2026 Fields medalists are not announced by August 15, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other". The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the IMU (https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal), however other credible reporting may be used.Trader consensus on Polymarket heavily favors Hong Wang as the frontrunner for the 2026 Fields Medal, driven by her landmark 2025 proof of the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture—a century-old puzzle in geometric measure theory—with co-author Joshua Zahl, earning her the Salem Prize and status as the first woman tenured at France's IHES. This breakthrough, hailed by Terence Tao and Shing-Tung Yau, has propelled her campaign momentum amid recent profiles spotlighting her prodigious rise from China to NYU. Strong challengers like Jacob Tsimerman (number theory advances) and Jack Thorne (Langlands program results) trail, with Yu Deng and Sam Raskin gaining from geometric and representation theory work. Up to four medals will be awarded secretly by the IMU committee at ICM 2026 in Philadelphia (July 23–30); late breakthroughs could spark upsets in this high-uncertainty race.

The Fields Medal is a prize regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide. It is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The International Congress of Mathematicians 2026 (ICM 2026) is scheduled to take place from July 23 to July 30, 2026.

This market will resolve according to the winners of the 2026 Fields medal.

If the 2026 Fields medalists are not announced by August 15, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other".

The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the IMU (https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal), however other credible reporting may be used.
Volume
$369,907
End Date
Jul 30, 2026
Market Opened
Jan 6, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

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The Fields Medal is a prize regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide. It is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The International Congress of Mathematicians 2026 (ICM 2026) is scheduled to take place from July 23 to July 30, 2026. This market will resolve according to the winners of the 2026 Fields medal. If the 2026 Fields medalists are not announced by August 15, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other". The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the IMU (https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal), however other credible reporting may be used.
The Fields Medal is a prize regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide. It is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The International Congress of Mathematicians 2026 (ICM 2026) is scheduled to take place from July 23 to July 30, 2026. This market will resolve according to the winners of the 2026 Fields medal. If the 2026 Fields medalists are not announced by August 15, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other". The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the IMU (https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal), however other credible reporting may be used.Trader consensus on Polymarket heavily favors Hong Wang as the frontrunner for the 2026 Fields Medal, driven by her landmark 2025 proof of the three-dimensional Kakeya conjecture—a century-old puzzle in geometric measure theory—with co-author Joshua Zahl, earning her the Salem Prize and status as the first woman tenured at France's IHES. This breakthrough, hailed by Terence Tao and Shing-Tung Yau, has propelled her campaign momentum amid recent profiles spotlighting her prodigious rise from China to NYU. Strong challengers like Jacob Tsimerman (number theory advances) and Jack Thorne (Langlands program results) trail, with Yu Deng and Sam Raskin gaining from geometric and representation theory work. Up to four medals will be awarded secretly by the IMU committee at ICM 2026 in Philadelphia (July 23–30); late breakthroughs could spark upsets in this high-uncertainty race.

The Fields Medal is a prize regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide. It is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The International Congress of Mathematicians 2026 (ICM 2026) is scheduled to take place from July 23 to July 30, 2026.

This market will resolve according to the winners of the 2026 Fields medal.

If the 2026 Fields medalists are not announced by August 15, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other".

The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the IMU (https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal), however other credible reporting may be used.
Volume
$369,907
End Date
Jul 30, 2026
Market Opened
Jan 6, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Resolver

0x65070BE91...
The Fields Medal is a prize regarded as the top award in the field of mathematics worldwide. It is awarded to two, three, or four mathematicians under 40 years of age at the International Congress of the International Mathematical Union (IMU), a meeting that takes place every four years. The International Congress of Mathematicians 2026 (ICM 2026) is scheduled to take place from July 23 to July 30, 2026. This market will resolve according to the winners of the 2026 Fields medal. If the 2026 Fields medalists are not announced by August 15, 2026, 11:59PM ET, this market will resolve to "Other". The primary resolution source for this market will be official information from the IMU (https://www.mathunion.org/imu-awards/fields-medal), however other credible reporting may be used.

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"Who will win the 2026 Fields Medal?" is a prediction market on Polymarket with 10 possible outcomes where traders buy and sell shares based on what they believe will happen. The current leading outcome is "Hong Wang" at 77%, followed by "Jacob Tsimerman" at 56%. Prices reflect real-time crowd-sourced probabilities. For example, a share priced at 77¢ implies that the market collectively assigns a 77% chance to that outcome. These odds shift continuously as traders react to new developments and information. Shares in the correct outcome are redeemable for $1 each upon market resolution.

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