LA Times Buzz Meter 2022They also have their rankings for the other main Oscar categories as well.
Overall
1. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
2. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
3. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
4. Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”)
5. Hidetoshi Nishijima (“Drive My Car”)
6. Nicolas Cage (“Pig”)
7. Joaquin Phoenix (“C’mon, C’mon”)
8. Simon Rex (“Red Rocket”)
9. Oscar Isaac (“The Card Counter”)
10. Bradley Cooper (“Nightmare Alley”)
11. (tie) Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song”)
11. (tie) Clifton Collins, Jr. (“Jockey”)
11. (tie) Leonardo DiCaprio (“Don’t Look Up”)
11. (tie) Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick…Boom!”)
15. (tie) Riz Ahmed (“Encounter”)
15. (tie) Richard Jenkins (“The Humans”)
15. (tie) Udo Kier (“Swan Song”)
Justin Chang
Los Angeles Times
1. Hidetoshi Nishijima (“Drive My Car”)
2. Nicolas Cage (“Pig”)
3. Oscar Isaac (“The Card Counter”)
4. Simon Rex (“Red Rocket”)
5. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
6. Joaquin Phoenix (“C’mon, C’mon”)
7. Adam Driver (“Annette”)
8. Clifton Collins, Jr. (“Jockey”)
9. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
10. (tie) Clayne Crawford (“The Killing of Two Lovers”)
10. (tie) Lee Kang-sheng (“Days”)
Tim Cogshell
KPCC’s FilmWeek
1. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
2. Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”)
3. Nicolas Cage (“Pig”)
4. Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song”)
5. Leonardo DiCaprio (“Don’t Look Up”)
6. Riz Ahmed (“Encounter”)
7. Simon Rex (“Red Rocket”)
8. Tim Blake Nelson (“Old Henry”)
9. Udo Kier (“Swan Song”)
10. Amir Jadidi (“A Hero”)
Dave Karger
IMDb and TCM
1. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
2. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
3. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
4. Joaquin Phoenix (“C’mon, C’mon”)
5. Simon Rex (“Red Rocket”)
6. Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick…Boom!”)
7. Bradley Cooper (“Nightmare Alley”)
8. Richard Jenkins (“The Humans”)
9. Mahershala Ali (“Swan Song”)
10. Adam Driver (“House of Gucci”)
Tom O’Neil
Gold Derby
1. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
2. Bradley Cooper (“Nightmare Alley”)
3. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
4. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
5. Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”)
Claudia Puig
KPCC’s FilmWeek
1. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
2. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
3. Joaquin Phoenix (“C’mon, C’mon”)
4. Oscar Isaac (“The Card Counter”)
5. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
6. Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”)
7. Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick…Boom!”)
8. Richard Jenkins (“The Humans”)
9. Udo Kier (“Swan Song”)
10. Hidetoshi Nishijima (“Drive My Car”)
Anne Thompson
IndieWire
1. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
2. Hidetoshi Nishijima (“Drive My Car”)
3. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
4. Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”)
5. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
6. Clifton Collins, Jr. (“Jockey”)
7. Timothée Chalamet (“Dune”)
8. Simon Rex (“Red Rocket”)
9. Udo Kier (“Swan Song”)
10. Nicolas Cage (“Pig”)
Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Times
1. Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”)
2. Nicolas Cage (“Pig”)
3. Hidetoshi Nishijima (“Drive My Car”)
4. Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”)
5. Joaquin Phoenix (“C’mon, C’mon”)
6. Will Smith (“King Richard”)
7. Peter Dinklage (“Cyrano”)
8. Leonardo DiCaprio (“Don’t Look Up”)
9. Filippo Scotti (“The Hand of God”)
