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2025 Wooden Award Odds: College Basketball Player of the Year Tracker
By Sascha Paruk
Updated:
- The Wooden Award is handed out annually to the college basketball player of the year
- Duke freshman Cooper Flagg is already the 2025 Wooden Award favorite, ahead of Marquette’s Kam Jones and Kansas’ Hunter Dickinson
- The graphs below track the odds to win the Wooden Award throughout the 2024-25 men’s college basketball season
The odds to win the 2024 Wooden Award as the top player in men’s college basketball are open at North American sportsbooks. Reigning-winner Zach Edey of Purdue has opened as a sizable favorite entering his senior season.
The charts and tables below show the current odds to win the 2024 Wooden Award along with the odds movement throughout the 2023-2024 NCAAM season.
2025 Wooden Award Odds
2025 Wooden Award Favorites
| Player | Odds |
|---|---|
| Cooper Flagg (Duke) | +400 |
| Kam Jones (Marquette) | +750 |
| Johni Broome (Auburn) | +800 |
| RJ Davis (UNC) | +850 |
| Hunter Dickinson (Kansas) | +900 |
| Mark Sears (Alabama) | +1200 |
| Ryan Kalkbrenner (Creighton) AJ Storr (Kansas) | +1300 |
| Ryan Nembhard (Gonzaga) | +2000 |
| Braden Smith (Purdue) Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State) | +2500 |
| LJ Cryer (Houston) | +3500 |
| Tamin Lipsey (Iowa State) | +3500 |
| Dylan Harper (Rutgers) | +4000 |
| Liam McNeeley (UConn) | +4000 |
| Egor Demin (BYU) | +5000 |
| Hunter Sallis (Wake Forest) | +5000 |
| Graham Ike (Gonzaga) | +5000 |
| Johnell Davis (Arkansas) | +5000 |
| Keshon Gilbert (Iowa State) | +5000 |
| Walter Clayton Jr (Florida) | +5000 |
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Wooden Award Odds Movement Timeline
- November 25: Averaging 17.8 PPG and 8.8 RPG, Cooper Flagg has shortened to +300 on average. Marquette’s Kam Jones is now the second-favorite at +610, while Hunter Dickinson faded to third at +900.
- November 5: It took one game for Cooper Flagg (+665) to become the outright favorite, slightly ahead of Hunter Dickinson (+667), RJ Davis (+692), and Mark Sears (+709).
- November 4: On the opening night of the season, Kansas big man Hunter Dickinson (+675) is the slight favorite over UNC’s RJ Davis (+708), Alabama’s Mark Sears (+710), and Duke freshman Cooper Flagg (+900).
Past College Basketball Player of the Year Winners
| Wooden Award Winner | Class | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Zach Edey (Purdue) | senior | 2024 |
| Zach Edey (Purdue) | junior | 2023 |
| Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky) | junior | 2022 |
| Luka Garza (Iowa) | senior | 2021 |
| Obi Toppin (Dayton) | sophomore | 2020 |
| Zion Williamson (Duke) | freshman | 2019 |
| Jalen Brunson (Villanova) | junior | 2018 |
| Frank Mason III (Kansas) | senior | 2017 |
| Buddy Hield (Oklahoma) | senior | 2016 |
| Frank Kaminsky (Wisconsin) | senior | 2015 |
| Doug McDermott (Creighton) | senior | 2014 |
| Trey Burke (Michigan) | sophomore | 2013 |
| Anthony Davis (Kentucky) | freshman | 2012 |
| Jimmer Fredette (BYU) | senior | 2011 |
| Evan Turner (Ohio State) | junior | 2010 |
| Blake Griffin (Oklahoma,) | sophomore | 2009 |
| Tyler Hansbrough (UNC) | junior | 2008 |
| Kevin Durant (Texas) | freshman | 2007 |
| JJ Redick (Duke) | senior | 2006 |
| Andrew Bogut (Utah) | sophomore | 2005 |
| Jameer Nelson (St. Joseph’s) | senior | 2004 |
| TJ Ford (Texas) | sophomore | 2003 |
| Jason Williams (Duke) | junior | 2002 |
| Shane Battier (Duke) | senior | 2001 |
| Kenyon Martin (Cincinnati) | senior | 2000 |
Sascha Paruk
Managing Editor
Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.
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