The phrase 'Against all odds' means despite very low probability; in a most unlikely way. Example of use: "She managed to win the trophy against all odds."

If you do or achieve something against (all) the odds/against all odds, you do or achieve it although there were a lot of problems and you were not likely to succeed: Against all the odds, he recovered.

The number one spot had to go to Bela Lugosi, whose portrayal of Dracula in the 1931 Universal Pictures film remains a classic.

Bela Lugosi might not have been the best, or even the first, but he is the quintessential Dracula. Bela Lugosi was a Hungarian actor who made women swoon with sexual longing when he put on the cape in the original Broadway adaptation of Bram Stoker's book.