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2026 NBA MVP Award Odds Tracker
By Ian Jones
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- Get the latest odds for the 2026 NBA Most Valuable Player award
- Nikola Jokic (+220) is the early favorite ahead, just of ’25 winner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (+250)
- 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 2026 NBA Most Valuable Player award throughout the 2025-26 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.
2026 NBA MVP Odds
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2026 NBA MVP Favorites
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NBA MVP Odds Movement Timeline
- September 17 – With just a month before the start of the 2025-26 NBA season, the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic (+220) is the frontrunner to win the NBA MVP award, ahead of last year’s winner Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (+250) and Luka Doncic (+380), going into his first full season with the Lakers.
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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
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
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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