2024 Super Bowl MVP Odds: Mahomes Favored to Win for Third Time
- Kansas City Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes is the +120 favorite to be named Super Bowl MVP
- Mahomes is already a two-time winner of the award
- Two San Francisco 49ers players – QB Brock Purdy (+220) and RB Christian McCaffrey (+450) – are next in line in this betting market
There’s a curious juxtaposition at work in the latest Super Bowl MVP odds. The San Francisco 49ers are the 1-point favorites to beat the Kansas City Chiefs in the big game, but it’s Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes who is the current +120 chalk to be named Super Bowl MVP.
In the rich lore of the Super Bowl game, which extends back for more than 50 years, just one player from a losing team – Dallas Cowboys LB Chuck Howley in the 1971 Super Bowl game – has been awarded the MVP while playing for the losing team.
Mahomes is already a two-time Super Bowl MVP. However, both of his MVP wins came following Kansas City Super Bowl victories.
Let’s take a look at the contenders and a couple of sleepers in the Super Bowl MVP odds.
Super Bowl MVP Odds
| Player-Position (Team) | Odds |
|---|---|
| Patrick Mahomes-QB (Chiefs) | +120 |
| Brock Purdy-QB (49ers) | +220 |
| Christian McCaffrey-RB (49ers) | +450 |
| Travis Kelce-TE (Chiefs) | +1300 |
| Deebo Samuel-WR (49ers) | +3000 |
| Isiah Pacheco-RB (Chiefs) | +3500 |
| Brandon Aiyuk-WR (49ers) | +5000 |
| Rashee Rice-WR (Chiefs) | +6000 |
| George Kittle-TE (49ers) | +8000 |
| Nick Bosa-DL (49ers) | +10000 |
| Chris Jones (Chiefs) | +10000 |
| Sam Darnold (49ers) | +12500 |
| L’Jarius Sneed (Chiefs) | +15000 |
| Fred Warner (49ers) | +20000 |
| George Karlaftis (Chiefs) | +20000 |
| Trent McDuffie (Chiefs) | +25000 |
| Harrison Butker (Chiefs) | +35000 |
| Marques Valdez-Scantling (Chiefs) | +35000 |
| Javon Hargrave (49ers) | +40000 |
| Chase Young (49ers) | +40000 |
| Jake Moody (49ers) | +40000 |
| Jauan Jennings (49ers) | +40000 |
| Justin Watson (Chiefs) | +50000 |
| Nick Bolton (Chiefs) | +50000 |
| Dre Greenlaw (49ers) | +50000 |
| Mecole Hardman (Chiefs) | +50000 |
| Kyle Juszczyk (49ers) | +75000 |
San Francisco QB Brock Purdy (+220) and RB Christian McCaffrey (+450) are the only other players with odds shorter than +1000 in the Super Bowl MVP odds. Chiefs TE Travis Kelce is at +1300.
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Mahomes Poised to Make Super Bowl MVP History
Last season, Mahomes won the Super Bowl MVP after also copping regular season NFL MVP odds. He was the first player to do so since Rams QB Kurt Warner in 1999-2000. Coupled with the Super Bowl MVP he captured after Kansas City beat San Francisco in the 2020 big game, he’s already among seven players to win that award multiple times.
Patrick Mahomes is already a top __ QB of all time? pic.twitter.com/H05bxRj0Da
— PFF (@PFF) January 29, 2024
Should he capture the Super Bowl MVP again this year, Mahomes would join Tom Brady (five) and ex-49ers QB Joe Montana (three) as the only players with more than two wins. Mahomes would also join Bart Starr (1967-68) and Terry Bradshaw (1979-80) as the only players to be named Super Bowl MVP in back-to-back games.
Purdy Impressive Against Lions
As the final player chosen in the 2022 NFL Draft, should he win, Purdy would also be making a little bit of history. Based on his performance against the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game, historians might need to rewrite the book on Purdy.
George Kittle on Brock Purdy's scrambling:
"He scampers. I think that's the best way to describe it … You ever seen one of those little water dragons run across the water?" 😂 pic.twitter.com/tW4ptzDfoe— KNBR (@KNBR) January 29, 2024
Viewed by critics as nothing more than a game manager, Purdy put the 49ers on his back and carried them to victory over Detroit, overcoming a 24-7 halftime deficit. He completed 20-of-31 passes for 267 yards and a TD. More impressively, Purdy ran five times for 48 yards.
McCaffrey Making Mark
You have to go all the way back to the 1998 Super Bowl to find a RB lifting the MVP award. Yet it’s hard to overlook the chances of the honor going to McCaffrey should San Francisco win the big game. A source no less worthy than Purdy insists that McCaffrey should be the NFL MVP.
He was at it again against the Lions. McCaffrey ran for a pair of TDs. He’s scored four TDs in two playoff games this season. The versatile back has scored a TD in each of his six NFL postseason games. He’s also rambled for 33 TDs in 37 games with the 49ers.
Super Bowl MVP Longshots Do Come In
Normally, betting on longshots is fool’s good. When it comes to the Super Bowl MVP, though, there have been some out there winners over the years.
Desmond Howard was Super Bowl MVP as a kick returner. Five WRs have won the award since 2005. Two linebackers also lifted the MVP trophy from the big game over the past decade. Only one defensive player has won NFL regular-season MVP. But 10 defensive players have won Super Bowl MVP.
On the other hand, no kicker or TE has ever been named Super Bowl MVP, so someone is going to have to break it to Taylor Swift that her main squeeze Travis Kelce is unlikely to be squeezing the award come the conclusion of the big game on February 11.
Super Bowl MVP Pick: Patrick Mahomes (+120)
An industry veteran, Bob literally taught the course on the history of sports at Elder College. He has worked as a Sports Columnist for Postmedia, appeared as a guest on several radio stations, was the Vice President of the Society For International Hockey Research in Ontario, and written 25 books.
