2025-26 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Odds Tracker – Garrett Wins His 2nd

• Look back at the odds to win the NFL’s 2025-26 Defensive Player of the Year award
• Myles Garrett took home the award, marking his second time being named NFL DPOY
• Looking for the latest NFL DPOY odds for the current season?

The 2025-26 NFL season was an historic one for Myles Garrett, who not only won the Defensive Player of the Year award, but also broke the single-season sack record. Garrett was unanimously named the NFL DPOY at the NFL Honors after his incredible season.

However, there was a lengthy stretch of the season where Garrett was not seen as the favorite to win the award, according to the odds. Micah Parsons being traded to the Packers caused a lot of buzz in the betting world, and the Browns’ struggles held Garrett back for a little bit. You can see the opening and closing odds to win the 2025-26 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award in the graph below, as well as how the odds changed after major points of the offseason and each game of the regular season.

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The top 2025-26 NFL DPOY contenders the last time odds were available were as follows:

1. Myles Garrett (-50000 consensus odds)
2. Danielle Hunter (+15000)
3. Brian Burns (+15000)
4. Will Anderson Jr (+18750)
5. Nik Bonitto (+20000)

Sportsbooks were saying this award was wrapped up very early, and they were correct.

The Browns pass-rusher recorded an insane 19 sacks over his last 11 games, and his 23 sacks on the season were a league-high – 6.5 more than anyone else in the 2025-26 season. Garrett recorded at least a half-sack in 10 of his last 11 games, and had more in that timeframe than anyone else did over the entire season.

Though the Browns did not win many football games, their defense gave up the fourth-fewest total yards in the NFL, and Garrett enjoyed an unprecedented season. Michael Strahan & TJ Watt’s shared record for 22.5 sacks in a single season is no more, as Garrett broke that record in the final week of the season.

Danielle Hunter had the second-best odds to win the NFL DPOY award, but was an extremely distant +15000. Again, Garrett had this award wrapped up.

Here are some notes on the 2025-26 NFL DPOY odds movement:

• [November 11] another strong performance in Week 10 led to Myles Garrett taking over as the DPOY favorite.
• [October 21] Micah Parsons became the DPOY favorite again after posting three sacks in Week 7.
• [October 15] Nik Bonitto took over as the new DPOY favorite after recording another sack in Week 6, and being a massive part of Denver’s dominance on the defensive side.
• [September 30] Aidan Hutchinson used a two-sack performance in Week 4 to take back over as the favorite to win NFL DPOY.
• [September 16] Parsons was dominant again in Week 2 and took back over as the favorite to win DPOY.
• [September 9] With Micah Parsons limited in Week 1, and Myles Garrett recording two sacks against the Bengals, Garrett became the favorite to win DPOY again.
• [August 29] After being traded to the Packers, Parsons’ odds improved from +700 to +650.
• [May 20] Micah Parsons overtook Myles Garrett as the favorite to win NFL DPOY shortly after the NFL Draft. The Cowboys were seen as having a good draft, likely helping Parsons’ case for DPOY.
• [March 12] After Myles Garrett signed his record-breaking contract extension with the Browns, he became the new favorite to win NFL DPOY.
• [March 7] The Raiders acquisition of Geno Smith via trade with the Seahawks resulted in Maxx Crosby’s NFL DPOY odds improving from +1600 to +1100 at ESPN Bet. If this seems weird to you, think about the past DPOY winners – they don’t typically come from bad teams. Smith under center likely makes the Raiders more competitive on offense, meaning their defense may not be put in as many bad situations as they have been over the past couple of seasons.
• [February 15] Some early money coming in on NFL DPOY has resulted in Aidan Hutchinson becoming the lone favorite with +700 odds. TJ Watt’s odds did not change, but Myles Garrett’s odds faded slightly from +750 to +800 amid his request to be traded from the Browns.
• [February 7] All of Myles Garrett, TJ Watt, and Aidan Hutchinson opened as the co-favorites to win 2025-26 NFL DPOY. Each player was given +750 odds at opening.

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