Three World Cup Polymarket traders to follow (June 2026 Edition)
Top Polymarket Futbol Traders. It's coming home, boys.
Will the 2026 World Cup match the exhilaration of 2022’s?
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost here, which means soccer prediction markets are about to become the headline. We have had World Cups before. We’ve never had World Cups with this much prediction market activity.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup Winner market alone is already one of the biggest order books on Polymarket. At the time of writing, Polymarket shows nearly $1B in volume for the market. $1B!! That’s before any of the games start. At the time of this writing, traders are zeroing in on which country will win; France is leading at around 18%, Spain is at 17%, England and Portugal are around 11%, Brazil is 9%, and Argentina comes in at 8%.
The fact that it’s being held in the US makes this tournament all the juicier; international traders watching the tournament where prediction markets are popping off! We can’t wait.
Methodology
Like our NFL, election, and ultimate guide writeups, we went hunting for football (sorry NFL) traders worth watching before kick-off. We looked at Stand-style copy-trading usefulness rather than trying to crown the single best soccer mind on earth.
For this article, we used Stand’s analytics, Polymarket Analytics, and Hashdive. We looked for traders that repeatedly appeared across Premier League and related soccer markets.
We prioritized four signals:
• Exposure to high-liquidity soccer markets, not just one YOLO long-shot
• Presence in both international soccer and club soccer markets where available
• Current World Cup positions
• Copy-trading usefulness: does this trader generate a real signal, or are they just sitting in one obvious favorite?
Important caveat: this is not a pure P&L leaderboard. Some analytics pages hide full position tables unless you are logged in, and World Cup books are still actively repricing.
Trader #1: Swisstony
Why they made the list: Shows up repeatedly as a top tracked wallet across the biggest World Cup winner outcomes.
Visible World Cup markets: France, Brazil, England, Spain, USA, Germany, Portugal, Norway
Style read: Board-wide World Cup operator
Copy-trading use case: Best for watching where broad winner-market conviction is clustering
This is the easiest trader to put at #1 because the signal is not subtle.
Over $8M in lifetime PnL.
#1 Soccer prediction market trader of all-time
#1 EPL trader.
#3 overall trader across all categories.
Factor in this is a trader with nearly 200,000 positions and a track record that dates back to July 2025. You can pick just about any soccer league category and Swisstony is at the top. Ultimately, you cannot beat repeated soccer exposure. Watch Tony’s flow, market selection, and price discipline. Swisstony focuses more on a match by match basis. Type in any country and you’ll see all the trades in action.
The caveat is that Swisstony may not be a clean “copy every trade” account. High-volume sports traders often win through timing, execution, and portfolio management, not just directionally picking the right side. Still, for anyone trying to understand how sharper Polymarket traders are approaching soccer before the World Cup, Swisstony is a year round tutorial.
Trader #2: Countryside
Why they made the list: The upside, exceptional contrarian
Visible World Cup markets: Brazil, England, USA, and Norway
Style read: Contrarian
Copy-trading use case: Cautiously with tight limit orders around prices
Countryside is a country-basket trader with different slices across the board: Brazil, England, USA, and Norway. That mix is not random. It includes one historic superpower, one public-money magnet, one host-country long shot, and one Erling Haaland-shaped grenade.
In other words, Countryside might be underpricing narrative upside. Brazil always attracts attention. England fell short in 2022 despite a squad of talent. The USA will attract headlines left and right being one of the host countries. Norway is the kind of outcome that makes casual fans laugh until Haaland scores twice in 14 minutes and suddenly everyone is bidding ‘Yes’ at bad prices.
Countryside has the reputation of being a contrarian with over 64% of his trades priced below $0.50 according to Hashdive. But he also marks the rare “Exceptional” with a User Smart Score of 73.8. He’s better than 99.9% of all traders. He’s one to watch this summer.
Trader #3: 0x2a2c…9Bc1
Why they made the list: Appears across World Cup contenders and also shows up in live club-soccer activity.
Visible World Cup markets: Brazil, England, Germany, Portugal, Norway
Style read: Soccer-native event trader
Copy-trading use case: Best for following a trader who may bridge World Cup futures and match-level soccer markets
Suggested caption: 0x2a2c...9bc1 appears in both World Cup futures and club-soccer flow.
You think we were going to leave off the #7 overall trader? #8 in sports and #7 in La Liga, 0x2a2c gets the third spot because the wallet is not just sitting in World Cup futures, it is in every sports league possible. One of his cleanest wins was a Napoli match market where he won $500K on a $250K trade. I repeat: he won $500K with a $250K wager.
The wallet shows up across Brazil, England, Germany, Portugal, and Norway winner markets. That is a pretty useful cross-section: traditional contenders, public teams, and one chaos outcome. Add the club-soccer activity, and you get a trader who looks more soccer-native than purely ‘World Cup tourist.’
For copy trading, this is the kind of wallet you follow for pattern recognition. Do they carry club form into national-team markets? Do they buy teams with elite attackers? Do they fade overhyped public countries? The answer is in the trade feed. Stand lets you watch that in real time instead of trying to reverse-engineer it after the price has already moved. You can watch 0x2a2c in action.
Bonus Trader: RJW1
Why they made the list: Shows up as a top tracked wallet in the PSG Champions League market.
Visible club-soccer market: Will PSG win the 2025-26 Champions League? Spoiler: they did
Style read: Club-soccer follow
Copy-trading use case: Useful if you want soccer exposure beyond the World Cup winner board
Someone call Diego Maradona because RJW1 has the Hand of God. He’s newest on the pitch (that is, if you believe he started trading in March 2026. Alt account anyone?). But he’s a big spender having already traded $1M and has $700K in PnL to show for it.
With an average win rate of 43.5%, RJW1 wagers like a true contrarian, typically entering a position below $0.50. Just like Countryside, we’re talking creme de la creme when it comes to RWJ1; he has a 20.78 Smart Score (Exceptional) according to Hashdive.
We put him on the Bonus list because he actually doesn’t have any World Cup positions…yet. Right now he’s too invested in Champions where he has PSG winning it all – entry price $0.20 for those of you keeping score at home. RJW1 is a useful bonus follow if you want a soccer feed that does not disappear between national-team windows.
Why World Cup copy trading is different
The World Cup markets are not like week-to-week NFL markets or NBA markets. They are slower until suddenly they move very fast. A futures price can sit quietly for weeks and then violently reprice off one injury, one group-stage draw interpretation.
That makes copy trading tricky. Do not blindly chase every trade. Make sure you understand the trader’s style first. Plus, Stand’s copy trade automation is built to help you so you don’t always have to be on guard. Features like Take Profit and Stop Loss allow you to set your exit prices in whatever the scenario. You can read all about it in our documentation. Conversely, we have a great YouTube series that walks traders on our copy trade best practices.
In Closing
The World Cup is going to be one of the biggest prediction market events of the year. With over $1B in trading volume, Polymarket already has massive volume on the winner market, a growing menu of group and player props, and enough country-specific liquidity to make trader activity worth watching before the first whistle.
You can follow these traders on Stand, watch their trades in real time, and decide whether their process fits your strategy. Remember, copy trading is not about outsourcing your brain. It is about finding signal faster than everyone else.
And for the World Cup, speed matters. Because by the time Twitter/X agrees a team is mispriced, the good entry is usually gone.
N.B: This content is provided for informational and educational purposes only and should not be construed as financial or investment advice.