On very short notice through a portal, yes. That doesn’t really say anything about the size of the orcish military
United Kingdom in late 1914 was in similar scenario when their professional army was having absurdly large losses. They still made it through 4 more years of fighting, so I wouldn´t see it as bad as it might sound.
Overall, I think standing armies throughout history were only a tiny minority of male population, like under 5%.
Of course, I doubt anyone at Blizzard knows this, just like they don´t know how to be consistent about numbers, as shown in BfA when Horde was weeks from complete defeat in 8.1, then managed to destroy like 10 ships and suddenly became the only army to be able to stand against N´zoth, despite the fact that their numbers got reduced by rebels splitting off.
Dwarves technology + mountain kings and gryphon riders… remember most humans dont know how to operate siege engines or flying machines.
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Goblins or dwarves.
Goblins are ruthless, capable of creating and operating advanced technology and they can sustain warfare for a long time with their wealth and resources. The population of the dwarves is pretty much intact, their lands are well fortified and they got advanced weaponry.
The diplomatic skills of humans don’t count for much if we agree that all races are immutably hostile.
I’d almost be willing to say the Zandalari.
Yeah they got their asses kicked in BFA but they’re now led by someone competent and their natural enemies of Zandalar are basically non-existent now. Their technology, while pretty primitive, is also pretty crazy. Laser and sonic-shooting T-rexes? Nice. If they can rebuild their fleet, Zandalar is pretty safe. The Darkspear and Revantusk can live there too, why not. New troll empire let’s go.
They’d do even better if their Loa actually decided to help them physically. Night Elves fall within this same category too, though I think the Loa care a bit more about their followers given the worship actually gives them power.
The Wild Gods are still USELESS though.
You mean cowards, that they are.
I say Pandaren have a really good shot at it too. A ressourceful Land all to themself, with a ghost emperor who can reinstate the confusing mist over the lands again.
Or make their way into the next five-man dungeon. 
Wandering Isle Pandaren might stand a chance, but the Pandaria Pandaren? Not a fat chance in hell, I mean they basicly have no standing army, half their continent is already hostile territory and their coastline is too large to defend.
If they’d fall back and purely defend the Vale of Eternal Blossoms they have a marginal chance of survival, since there’s only one (two if we count the Spine) entry points into the Vale!
Those closest to you will betray you…
I think people grossly underestimate the amount of humans on Azeroth and the catastrophically large amount of potential they all would generate. We’re at what, three humans within the same generation that were all considered the greatest mage alive?
Edit: And two Lich Kings. WIth a staggering possibility for a third.
Aegwynn, Medivh and Jaina? Or…
Since those three aren’t of same generation.
I was thinking more Medivh, Khadgar and Jaina all alive within 50 years of each other being called Greatest Mage on Azeroth. But I forgot about Aegwynn, so make that FOUR BABY
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Now if only mages were a good thing
Perhaps! I personally deemed Aegwynn better than all of them, especially considering she was the one who defeated Avatar of Sargeras.
…And well I like her more than others, too.
When a human embraces a strange deity to infuse them with great power you get Turalyon, a now immortal man who proceeded to lead the entire Army of Light.
When a night elf does it you get Tyrande, now diagnosed with terminal moon cancer and everyone around her says they don’t like what she’s doing.
Human Potential 
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Kinda forgetting that the entire Pandaren population are, in some way, shape or form, trained to fight.
I’ve seen no source for that? I thought most are just simple civilians, farmers etc.
Pandaria would just raise the mists again. As others have said before, this is about who is faring best, not who gets the highest K/D.
That is why I think the people saying orcs are wrong - the orcs, being extremely belligerent and disliked by many, would probably be first to be destroyed. Their culture being completely built for war would not prevent that.
At the end of it you’d have draenei chilling on their spaceship, dwarves chilling in Ironforge and Pandaria chilling in a re-mistified continent, at which point none of them can really threaten the other, creating a draw.
Yeah I guess what I and the USposter I stole the original idea from both neglected to consider in all of this was the why
Otherwise this is going to be most of the races sitting in their respective capitals grumbling angrily about all the other races but not making the first offensive move that would leave them vulnerable. Then again, you have cities with multiracial populations like Ironforge (I still think Tinkertown uprising sounds funny) and Stormwind (Dwarven district, Night Elf refugees) that would be in flames instantly. Dwarves would probably at least send out raiding parties as an answer to their kinsmen being slaughtered in the Alliance capital, which has to be a sizable chunk, considering they make up a big portion of the entire city in the game*
*yes I know
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I see little to no difference between draenei ditching a wartorn planet and the pandaren hiding away behind a veil of magic mist to the exact same end.
Except interdimensional space travel is infinitely cooler.
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