Next Pope Odds: Who Will Be the Next Pope?

Sameer Kumar May 05, 2025, 9:29 AM
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Faithful arrive to pay their respect to the grave of late Pope Francis inside St. Mary Major Basilica in Rome, Sunday, April 27, 2025.
(AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
  • Pope Francis passed away on April 21 at the age of 88.
  • According to the Vatican, a papal conclave will begin on Wednesday to choose his successor.
  • A papal conclave consists of 135 eligible cardinal electors.

Pope Francis passed away on April 21 at the age of 88. The cause of death was a cerebral stroke.

According to the Vatican, a papal conclave will begin on Wednesday to choose his successor.

A papal conclave consists of 135 eligible cardinal electors who gather at the Vatican to elect the next pope.

With that in mind, let’s take a look at the Pope odds to replace Pope Francis at the BetMGM online sportsbook.

Next Pope Odds: Who Will Be the Next Pope?

NameOdds
Pietro Parolin (ITA)+250
Luis Antonio Tagle (PHI)+325
Peter Turkson (GHA)+500
Pierbattista Pizzaballa (ITA)+600
Matteo Maria Zuppi (ITA)+600
Robert Sarah (GIN)+900
Peter Erdo (HUN)+1000
Raymond Leo Burke (USA)+2500
Reinhard Marx (GER)+2500
Kevin Farrell (USA)+2500
Fridolin Ambongo Besungu (COD)+2500
J.M. Aveline+2500
M. Bychok+2500
M. Gambetti+2500
Timothy Radcliffe (GBR)+3300
Robert Francis Prevost (USA)+3300
Claudio Gugerotti (ITA)+3300
Timothy Dolan (USA)+4000
Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga (HND)+5000
Angelo Scola (ITA)+5000
Konrad Krajewski (POL)+5000
Marc Ouellet (CAN)+6600
Christoph Schonborn (AUT)+6600
Angelo De Donatis (ITA)+6600
Seán Patrick O'Malley (USA)+6600
Gianfranco Ravasi (ITA)+6600
Willem Ejik (NED)+6600
Francis Arinze (NGA)+6600
Robert McElroy (USA)+10000
Anders Arborelius (SWE)+10000
Thomas Christopher Collins (CAN)+10000
William Goh (SGP)+10000
Antonio Caaizares Llovera (ESP)+10000
Francisco Robles Ortega (MEX)+10000

What Will Be the First Confirmed Papal Name of the Next Appointed Pope?

NameOdds
Francis+450
John+500
John Paul+500
Benedict+700
Leo+800
Urban+1000
Gregory+1200
Clement+1200
Pius+1200
Stephen+1200
Paul+1400
Alexander+1600
Innocent+2000
Boniface+2000
Celestine+2000
Eugene+2000
Pontian+2000
Victor+3300
Adeodatus+3300
Sixtus+6600
Damien+10000

List of Popes

Pontiff NumberPontificatePersonal NameDate/Place of BirthAge at Start/End of Papacy
215Sept. 22, 1503 - Oct. 18, 1503Francesco Todeschini-PiccolominiMay 29, 1439, Siena, Republic of Siena, Holy Roman Empire64 / 64
216Oct. 31, 1503 – Feb. 20, 1513Giuliano della Rovere, O.F.M.Dec. 5, 1443, Albisola, Republic of Genoa, Holy Roman Empire59 / 69
217March 9, 1513 – Dec. 1, 1521Giovanni di Lorenzo de' MediciDec. 11, 1475, Florence, Republic of Florence, Holy Roman Empire37 / 45
218Jan. 9, 1522 – Sept. 14, 1523Adriaan Floriszoon BoeyensMarch 2, 1459, Utrecht, Bishopric of Utrecht, Holy Roman Empire62 / 64
219Nov. 26, 1523 – Sept. 25, 1534Giulio di Giuliano de' MediciMay 26, 1478, Florence, Republic of Florence, Holy Roman Empire45 / 56
220Oct. 13, 1534 – Nov. 10, 1549Alessandro FarneseFeb. 29, 1468, Canino, Papal States66 / 81
221Feb. 7, 1550 – March 29, 1555Giovanni Maria Ciocchi del MonteSept. 10, 1487, Rome, Papal States62 / 67
222April 9, 1555 – May 1, 1555Marcello Cervini degli SpannochiMay 6, 1501, Montefano, Papal States53 / 53
223May 23, 1555 – Aug. 18, 1559Gian Pietro Carafa, C.R.June 28, 1476, Capriglia Irpina, Kingdom of Naples78 / 83
224Dec. 26, 1559 – Dec. 9, 1565Giovanni Angelo MediciMarch 31, 1499, Milan, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire60 / 66
225Jan. 7, 1566 – May 1, 1572Antonio Ghislieri, O.P.January 17, 1504, Bosco, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire61 / 68
226May 13, 1572 – April 10, 1585Ugo BoncompagniJan. 7, 1502, Bologna, Papal States70 / 83
227April 24, 1585 – Aug. 27, 1590Felice Peretti di Montalto, O.F.M. Conv.Dec. 13, 1521, Grottammare, Papal States63 / 68
228Sept. 15, 1590 – Sept. 27, 1590Giovanni Battista CastagnaAug. 4, 1521, Rome, Papal States69 / 69
229Dec. 5, 1590 – Oct. 16, 1591Niccolò SfondratiFeb. 11, 1535, Somma Lombardo, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire55 / 56
230Oct. 29, 1591 – Dec. 30, 1591Giovanni Antonio FacchinettiJuly 20, 1519, Bologna, Papal States72 / 72
231Jan. 30, 1592 – March 3, 1605Ippolito AldobrandiniFeb. 24, 1536, Fano, Papal States55 / 69
232April 1, 1605 – April 27, 1605Alessandro Ottaviano de' MediciJune 2, 1535, Florence, Duchy of Florence, Holy Roman Empire69 / 69
233May 16, 1605 – Jan. 28, 1621Camillo BorgheseSept. 17, 1550, Rome, Papal States54 / 70
234Feb. 9, 1621 – July 8, 1623Alessandro LudovisiJan. 9, 1554, Bologna, Papal States67 / 69
235Aug. 6, 1623 – July 29, 1644Maffeo Vincenzo BarberiniApril 5, 1568, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire55 / 76
236Sept. 15, 1644 – Jan. 7, 1655Giovanni Battista PamphiliMay 6, 1574, Rome, Papal States70 / 80
237April 7, 1655 – May 22, 1667Fabio ChigiFeb. 13, 1599, Siena, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire56 / 68
238June 20, 1667 – Dec. 9, 1669Giulio RospigliosiJan. 28, 1600, Pistoia, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Holy Roman Empire67 / 69
239April 29, 1670 – July 22, 1676Emilio Bonaventura AltieriJuly 13, 1590, Rome, Papal States79 / 86
240Sept. 21, 1676 – Aug. 12, 1689Benedetto OdescalchiMay 16, 1611, Como, Duchy of Milan, Holy Roman Empire65 / 78
241Oct. 6, 1689 – Feb. 1, 1691Pietro Vito OttoboniApril 22, 1610, Venice, Republic of Venice79 / 80
242July 12, 1691 – Sept. 27, 1700Antonio PignatelliMarch 13, 1615, Spinazzola, Kingdom of Naples76 / 85
243Nov. 23, 1700 – March 19, 1721Giovanni Francesco AlbaniJuly 23, 1649, Urbino, Papal States51 / 71
244May 8, 1721 – March 7, 1724Michelangelo dei ContiMay 13, 1655, Poli, Papal States65 / 68
245May 29, 1724 – Feb. 21, 1730Pierfrancesco Orsini, O.P.Feb. 2, 1649, Gravina in Puglia, Kingdom of Naples75 / 81
246July 12, 1730 – Feb. 6, 1740Lorenzo CorsiniApril 7, 1652, Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany78 / 87
247Aug. 17, 1740 – May 3, 1758Prospero Lorenzo LambertiniMarch 31, 1675, Bologna, Papal States65 / 83
248July 6, 1758 – Feb. 2, 1769Carlo della Torre di RezzonicoMarch 7, 1693, Venice, Republic of Venice65 / 75
249May 19, 1769 – Sept. 22, 1774Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio Ganganelli, O.F.M. Conv.Oct. 31, 1705, Sant' Arcangelo di Romagna, Papal States63 / 68
250Feb. 15, 1775 – Aug. 29, 1799Giovanni Angelo Onofrio Melchiorre Natale Antonio BraschiDec. 25, 1717, Cesena, Papal States57 / 81
251March 14, 1800 – Aug. 20, 1823Barnaba Niccolò Maria Luigi Chiaramonti, O.S.B.Aug. 14, 1742, Cesena, Papal States57 / 81
252Sept. 28, 1823 – Feb. 10, 1829Annibale Francesco Clemente Melchiorre Girolamo Nicola della GengaAug. 22, 1760, Genga, Papal States63 / 68
253March 31, 1829 – Nov. 30, 1830Francesco Saverio Maria Felice CastiglioniNov. 20, 1761, Cingoli, Papal States67 / 69
254Feb. 2, 1831 – June 1, 1846Bartolomeo Alberto Cappellari, O.S.B. Cam.Sept. 18, 1765, Belluno, Republic of Venice65 / 80
255June 16, 1846 – Feb. 7, 1878Giovanni Maria Battista Pietro Pellegrino Isidoro Mastai-FerrettiMay 13, 1792, Senigallia, Papal States54 / 85
256Feb. 20, 1878 – July 20, 1903Gioacchino Vincenzo Raffaele Luigi PecciMarch 2, 1810, Carpineto Romano, French Empire67 / 93
257Aug. 4, 1903 – Aug. 20, 1914Giuseppe Melchiorre SartoJune 2, 1835, Riese, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia68 / 79
258Sept. 3, 1914 – Jan. 22, 1922Giacomo Paolo Giovanni Battista della ChiesaNov. 21, 1854, Pegli, Kingdom of Sardinia59 / 67
259Feb. 6, 1922 – Feb. 10, 1939Ambrogio Damiano Achille RattiMay 31, 1857, Desio, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia64 / 81
260March 2, 1939 – Oct. 9, 1958Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni PacelliMarch 2, 1876, Rome, Italy63 / 82
261Oct. 28, 1958 – June 3, 1963Angelo Giuseppe RoncalliNov. 25, 1881, Sotto il Monte, Italy76 / 81
262June 21, 1963 – Aug. 6, 1978Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria MontiniSept. 26, 1897, Concesio, Italy65 / 80
263Aug. 26, 1978 – Sept. 28, 1978Albino LucianiOct. 17, 1912, Forno di Canale, Italy65 / 65
264Oct. 16, 1978 – April 2, 2005Karol Józef WojtyłaMay 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland58 / 84
265April 19, 2005 – Feb. 28, 2013Joseph Alois RatzingerApril 16, 1927, Marktl, Germany78 / 85 (†95)
266March 13, 2013 – April 29, 2025Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J.Dec. 17, 1936, Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina76 / 88

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Sameer Kumar is an NBA writer for BetMGM who specializes in providing analysis on player performance and telling stories beyond the numbers. He graduated from SUNY Oswego with a B.A. in Broadcasting & Mass Communication.

Sameer Kumar is an NBA writer for BetMGM who specializes in providing analysis on player performance and telling stories beyond the numbers. He graduated from SUNY Oswego with a B.A. in Broadcasting & Mass Communication.