2026 Wooden Award Odds: Will Cameron Boozer Win College Basketball POY?

• The John R. Wooden Award is given annually to the most outstanding college basketball players of the year
• Duke’ s Cameron Boozer, BYU’s AJ Dybantsa, and Prude’s Braden Smith are men’s basketball favorites
• Track the odds movement for all major contenders throughout the 2025-26 Men’s College Basketball season

Odds to win the 2026 Wooden Award are now open! The Wooden Award is given out every year to recognize the most outstanding college basketball players and going into the 2025-26 NCAA Men’s College Basketball season, the current favorites are Duke forward Cameron Boozer, BYU forward AJ Dybantsa, and Purdue guard Braden Smith.

We’re tracking the odds movement for the 2026 Wooden Award all season long! The table below details the latest odds to win the 2026 Wooden Award, while the graphs show the average odds for all major contenders as they rise and fall throughout the season.

2026 Wooden Award Odds

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2026 Wooden Award Favorites

Odds as of February 20, 2026 at BetMGM.

Wooden Award Odds Movement Timeline

• January 15 – Boozer continues to pull away from other Wooden Award contenders, with the Duke forward now averaging -222 to be crowned the nation’s top collegiate men’s basketball player.
• December 4 – The top of the Wooden Awards odds table has a seen a shake up of as of late, as Cameron Boozer (+150) has surged to the top, followed closely behind Braden Smith (+500) and Yaxel Lendenborg (+1000).
• November 6 – It only took five days, but we’ve got a new Wooden Award favorite! The Kansas Jayhawks’ Darryn Peterson is now averaging +675, after putting up 21 points in the season opener.
• November 1 – Days before the start of the 2025-26 NCAA Men’s Basketball season, Purdue’s Smith Braden (+500) sits as favorite to win the 2026 Wooden Award, followed by Duke’s Cameron Boozer (+850), and TTU’s JT Toppin (+1100).

Past 10 Wooden Award Winners

Archived Wooden Award odds:

• 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020