2026 NBA Rookie of the Year Odds Tracker – Mavs’ Cooper Flagg Opens As ROY Favorite
By Ian Jones
Updated:
- Who are the top contenders for the 2026 Rookie of the Year Award?
- The Mavericks’ 1st Overall Pick Cooper Flagg is the favorite to win the 2026 NBA ROY
- Track how the NBA ROY odds fluctuate throughout the 2025-26 NBA season
We’re tracking the odds to win the 2026 NBA Rookie of the Year award throughout the 2025-26 NBA season. Below, you’ll find a graph that charts the average odds for each contender as they change during the season and a table listing the current odds for the Top 10 ROY favorites.
2026 NBA Rookie of the Year Odds
2026 NBA Rookie of the Year Top Contenders
Odds as of September 18th at FanDuel Sportsbook. Claim the FanDuel promo code to start betting on the NBA.
NBA ROY Odds Movement Timeline
- July 16: In what should come as no surprise to anyone, the Dallas Mavericks’ 1st overall pick in the draft, Cooper Flagg, has opened at -170 as a big favorite to win the 2026 NBA ROY award.
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NBA Teams with the Most Rookie of the Year Winners
The Golden State Warriors haven’t always been the toast of the NBA. Long before they were winning back-to-back championships they were routinely finishing near the bottom of the standings.
Those poor finishes netted them first rate players like Chris Webber, Mitch Richmond, Jamaal Wilkes, Rick Barry, Wilt Chamberlain, and Wood Sauldsberry, all of whom won Rookie of the Year honors.
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Past 10 NBA Rookie of the Year Winners
Rookie of the Year Trends Based off Draft Position
- Since 1990, the NBA Rookie of the Year award has gone to the first pick in the draft 16 times
- Since 1990, the NBA Rookie of the Year award has only been given to a second-round selection just once (Malcolm Brogdon in 2017)
Rookie of the Year Trends Based off Position
- The award has gone to a primary ball-handler in eight of the past 15 years
- Power forwards and centers won five of the first six NBA Rookie of the Year awards & five of the last ten
- The NBA Rookie of the Year award has only been won just three times by a player who was 6’0” tall or shorter: Ernie DiGregorio (1974), Damon Stoudamire (1996), Chris Paul (2006)
NBA Rookie Records
Wilt Chamberlain was a rookie in name only when he entered the league in 1959. The Big Dipper led the Association in scoring, rebounding, and minutes played that season and became the first player in NBA history to win Rookie of the Year and MVP honors in the same season.
Archived NBA Rookie of the Year Odds:
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