2027 NBA MVP Award Odds Tracker

Updated: October 20, 2026 at 10:48 am EDT

Get the latest odds for the 2027 NBA Most Valuable Player award
Wembanyama (+200) is the early favorite, ahead of two-time defending MVP Gilgeous-Alexander (+350)
Track the movement over the course of the 2025-26 season for all the favorites in the NBA MVP odds

We’re tracking the odds movement for the 2027 NBA Most Valuable Player award throughout the 2026-27 NBA Season.

Below, you’ll find a live table containing the odds for the current top 10 MVP favorites, and further down you’ll see graphs averaging the odds taken from all of our most-trusted online sportsbooks.

2027 NBA MVP Odds

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2027 NBA MVP Favorites

NBA MVP Odds Movement Timeline

August 19 – Victor Wembanyama (+200) is the preseason favorite, ahead of Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (+350), Nikola Jokic (+500), and Luka Doncic (+750).

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NBA MVP Trends to Consider

Since 1985, only four MVPs have come from a team that finished worse than second in its conference during the regular season
The MVP award has been won by players who were 23 or younger on just four occasions
Wilt Chamberlain (1960) and Wes Unseld (1969) are the only players to earn MVP honors as rookies
Only three MVPs have ever averaged fewer than 17 points per game. They were Bill Russell (1961, 1963, 1965), Wes Unseld (1969), and Steve Nash (2005)

NBA MVP Trends Based On Position

Centers won a whopping 22 of the first 28 NBA MVP awards
The last 14 MVPs are split evenly between guard and front-court players
Michael Jordan personally won five of the eight NBA MVP awards that have been given to shooting guards

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Past 10 NBA MVP Winners

Year	Player	Team	PPG	RPG	APG
2026	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC Thunder	31.1	4.3	6.6
2025	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OKC Thunder	32.7	5.0	6.4
2024	Nikola Jokic	Denver Nuggets	26.4	12.4	9.0
2023	Joel Embiid	Philadelphia 76ers	33.1	10.2	4.2
2022	Nikola Jokic	Denver Nuggets	27.1	13.8	7.9
2021	Nikola Jokic	Denver Nuggets	26.4	10.8	8.3
2020	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	29.5	13.6	5.6
2019	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks	27.7	12.5	5.9
2018	James Harden	Houston Rockets	30.4	5.4	8.8
2017	Russell Westbrook	OKC Thunder	31.6	10.7	10.4

Nikola Jokic’s MVP win in 2021 was historic for many reasons, becoming both the first Serbian winner of the award, and the lowest-drafted player ever selected for the honors.

NBA Teams with the Most MVP Winners

It should come as no surprise that the NBA franchise with the most championships also has the most league MVPs. Four different Celtics have been named the Association’s most valuable player including Bob Cousy (1957), Bill Russell (1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965), Dave Cowens (1973), and Larry Bird (1984, 1985, 1986).

Need another fun fact to share at the bar? Cowens is the only MVP who also worked as a cab driver. Beat that Michael Jordan!

Players with Multiple NBA MVP Awards

Player	MVP Awards	Years
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6	1971, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1980
Bill Russell	5	1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1965
Michael Jordan	5	1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1998
Wilt Chamberlain	4	1960, 1966, 1967, 1968
LeBron James	4	2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Larry Bird	3	1984, 1985, 1986
Magic Johnson	3	1987, 1989, 1990
Moses Malone	3	1979, 1982, 1983
Nikola Jokic	3	2021, 2022, 2024
Bob Pettit	2	1956, 1959
Karl Malone	2	1997, 1999
Tim Duncan	2	2002, 2003
Steve Nash	2	2005, 2006
Steph Curry	2	2015, 2016
Giannis Antetokounmpo	2	2019, 2020
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	2	2025, 2026

NBA MVP Historical Trends

Celtics legend Bill Russell was the first player to win back-to-back MVP awards in 1961 and 1962
Russell was also the first player to win three consecutive MVP awards (1961-63). The only other players who accomplished the same feat are Wilt Chamberlain (1966-68) and Larry Bird (1984-86)

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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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