Historical Wooden Award Futures from Past Seasons

SBD has tracked the Wooden Award odds every NCAA basketball season since 2020. This page preserves the Wooden Award odds from each season in that span, allowing readers to look back and see how the Wooden Award odds progressed from preseason tournaments to the final game of March Madness.

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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).

2025 Wooden Award Odds

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Closing Odds to Win the 2025 Wooden Award

Odds as of March 3rd, 2025, at DraftKings Sportsbook.

Wooden Award Odds Movement Timeline

• March 3: Flagg (-199) is still favored but Broome (+132) is narrowing the gap. The vast majority of sportsbooks now only list those two players in their 2025 Wooden Award odds.
• February 11: Auburn’s Broome (+200) refuses to let Duke’s Flagg (-300) run away with the Wooden Award odds, but the pair has certainly turned it into a two-horse race. The third-favorite, Purdue’s Braden Smith, is back at +5000.
• January 14: An injury to Broome (+501) coupled with a couple huge games from Flagg (-444) has allowed the Duke freshman to take over as the heavy favorite in the 2025 Wooden Award odds.
• January 7:  Johni Broome (18.6 PPG, 11.1 RPG) has his 13-1 Auburn Tigers ranked #2 in the nation and has become the odds-on, -245 favorite in the 2025 Wooden Award odds. Flagg is a +255 second-favorite.
• 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).

2024 Wooden Award Odds

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Closing Odds to Win the 2024 Wooden Award

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Wooden Award Odds Movement Timeline

• January 8, 2024: Edey (-305) continues to get shorter. The gap between him and Dickinson (+900) is bigger than ever, and no one else is shorter than +4000.
• December 15, 2023: A couple big weeks from Edey has sent his odds skyrocketing to -185, while Dickinson has faded to +365. No other player is shorter than +2550 (Filipowski).
• November 13, 2023: Tennessee’s Dalton Knecht (+5000) went from off the board to 11th-favorite in the Wooden Award odds in the first week of the season, averaging 20.5 PPG in two games after transferring from the Big Sky’s Northern Colorado.
• October 30, 2023: Zach Edey (+165 on average) isn’t quite an odds-on favorite in the opening 2024 Wooden Award odds, but he’s miles ahead of the second-favorite, Duke’s Kyle Filipowski (+825).

2023 Wooden Award Odds

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2023 Wooden Award Favorites

Odds as of January  24, 2023, at DraftKings. Claim a DraftKings promo code.

Wooden Award Odds Movement Timeline

• Feb. 13, 2023: Edey is now a prohibitively short -2450 on average with Wilson fading all the way to +1700. This outcome is essentially decided.
• Jan. 24, 2023: The gap Zach between Edey (-415) and second-favorite Jalen Wilson (+750) is now even bigger than it was a three weeks ago.
• Jan. 3, 2023: Zach  Edey’s lead has only grown over the past few weeks. Now a -128 favorite, Edey’s closest competitors (Jalen Wilson and Oscar Tshiebwe) are back at +1000.
• Dec. 12, 2022: Averaging 22.0 points and 13.7 rebounds per game, Purdue’s 7’4 center Zach Edey has become the heavy 2023 Wooden Award betting favorite.
• Nov. 22, 2022: Timme (+700) is slightly favored over reigning Wooden-winner Tshiebwe (+750) with Bacot (+950) close behind.

2022 Wooden Award Odds

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2022 Wooden Award Favorites

Odds as of Feb 28, 2022.

Wooden Award Odds Movement Timeline

• Feb. 28, 2022: Kentucky’s Tshiebwe has widened his lead significantly. The UK forward is now a -215 odds-on favorite, followed by Wisconsin’s Davis at +775. Iowa’s Murray (+875) is the only other player shorter than +1200.
• Feb. 13, 2022: A monster two weeks from Tshiebwe has shortened the Kentucky forward’s odds to +118, well ahead of second favorite Cockburn at +575.
• Jan. 31, 2022: Kentucky’s walking double-double Oscar Tshiebwe has taken over as favorite at +600, narrowly ahead of Wisconsin’s Johnny Davis and Kansas’ Ochai Agbaji (both +650).
• Jan. 17, 2022: A couple sensational weeks from Johnny Davis (Wisconsin) have made him the betting favorite at +725. Former favorite Drew Timme faded to fourth (+1050) behind Kofi Cockburn (Illinois) and Ochai Agbaji (Kansas), who are both at +875.
• Jan. 3, 2022: Ohio State’s EJ Liddell has become the co-favorite alongside Gonzaga’s Drew Timme at +600. Kentucky rebounding phenom Oscar Tshiebwe has rocketed into the top ten at +1800.
• Nov. 24, 2021: Purdue’s Jaden Ivey (+1200) moved into the top four, bumping out Villanova’s Collin Gillespie. Timme (+450), Banchero (+750), and Juzang (+850) continue to occupy the top-three spots.
• Nov. 16, 2021: Gonzaga’s Drew Timme has opened as a +450 favorite, followed by Duke freshman Paolo Banchero at +750 and UCLA’s Johnny Juzang at +900.

2021 Wooden Award Top Contenders

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Feb. 17: Garza improved from -1500 to -1733 with just a few weeks to go in the regular season.

Feb. 2: Another strong week from Jared Butler has improved his odds to +450. But Garza also improved from -1400 to -1500. Oddsmakers still see this as a one-horse race.

Jan. 26: Ayo Dosunmu, who had been the second-favorite since the odds opened, has faded to fourth at+1100, a steep decline from +650 last week.

Jan. 20: Baylor’s Jared Butler (+1500) was one of the few secondary contenders whose odds improved over the past week, as prohibitive favorite Luka Garza shortened to -750.

Jan. 12: Garza is now an even -500 while second-favorite Dosunmu has faded from +470 to +500.

Jan. 4: Corey Kispert (+900) has emerged as the leading candidate from the undefeated, top-ranked Gonzaga Bulldogs.

Dec. 23: Gonzaga’s freshman point guard, Jalen Suggs, improved from +8000 to +825 since last week. He balled out against #3 Iowa, racking 27 points, seven rebounds, four assists, and three steals during a dominant 99-88 neutral-court victory.

Dec. 16: Anyone hoping for an interesting race will be disappointed with the early returns: Luka Garza shortened further, moving from -228 to -400.

Dec. 8: Iowa’s Luka Garza is a huge, odds-on favorite less than a  month into the season. His -228 odds carry an implied probability of 69.5%!

2021 Wooden Award Odds

Odds as of February 17th, 2021.

2021 Naismith Top Contenders

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Nov. 24: With the season set to begin Wednesday night, there’s been an infusion of upperclassmen into the race for Naismith, with Marcus Garrett of Kansas and Corey Kispert of Gonzaga vaulting into the top five at odds of +1000. Luka Garza and Ayo Dosunmu remain the top favorites.

Oct. 9: With upperclassmen returning and the season beginning November 25th, Iowa’s Luka Garza and Illinois’ Ayo Dosunmu are favorites at odds of +225, and +450, respectively.

June 17: Oklahoma State’s Cade Cunningham has opened as the +300 favorite to win the 2020-21 Naismith Player of the Year award, while USC’s Evan Mobley is the other top contender at +950.

2021 Naismith Player of the Year Odds

Odds as of November 24th.

2020 Naismith Top Contenders

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Mar 18: We might not have a Tournament, but we have our five Naismith Finalists – with Obi Toppin remaining the clubhouse leader

Mar. 2: Bettors have hammered Toppin, whose odds improved from +190 to +120 over the last four days.

Feb. 27: We finally have an update to the Naismith race with March right around the corner, as Dayton’s Obi Toppin & Iowa’s Luka Garza lead the way on a field that looks drastically different from November

Nov.  14: Cassius Winston remains the favorite despite Michigan State’s struggles out of the gate

Nov. 6: With the season’s opening night behind us and a 38-point effort from Markus Howard, he has shortened to +800. James Wiseman has also shortened to +600 after an impressive debut for Penny Hardaway in Memphis

Oct. 24: Michigan State’s Cassius Winston has opened as a big favorite to win the award, with +140 odds, while Louisville’s Jordan Nwora is his closest competitor opening at +550

2020 Naismith Player of the Year Odds

Odds last updated March 18th