2025-26 NFL Comeback Player of the Year Odds Tracker – McCaffrey Beats Out Prescott, Lawrence

• Look back at the odds to win the 2025-26 NFL Comeback Player of the Year award
• 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey won the award, but he was neck-and-neck with Dak Prescott for much of the season
• Looking for current NFL Comeback Player of the Year odds?

The 2025-26 NFL Comeback Player of the Year odds opened in late-February. Christian McCaffrey opened as one of the top contenders, but he was not the favorite when odds were released – that honor belonged to Aidan Hutchinson. But Hutchinson’s odds faded quickly as Detroit’s defense struggled through the season.

McCaffrey found himself battling Dak Prescott for the CPOY award most of the season, but appeared to seal the honors by mid-December as Prescott’s play started to crumble. CMC was awarded Comeback Player of the Year at the NFL Honors ahead of Super Bowl 60. You can see how the odds to win the 2025-26 award changed throughout the season below.

2025-26 NFL CPOY Odds

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Christian McCaffrey was listed as the heavy favorite to win the 2025-26 NFL Comeback Player of the Year the last time odds were made available. The 49ers’ RB was given consensus odds of -925 to win the award after missing the majority of the 2024-25 season due to Achilles tendinitis.

His odds opened at +300, which were just a little better than Prescott’s +313, but a little worse than Hutchinson’s +248 odds.

The finalists for 2025-26 Comeback Player of the Year were as follows:

1. Christian McCaffrey (winner)
2. Trevor Lawrence
3. Dak Prescott
4. Aidan Hutchinson
5. Stefon Diggs

Here are some notes on the 2025-26 NFL Comeback Player of the Year odds movement:

• [December 9] McCaffrey took back over as the favorite while on bye in Week 14, thanks to Prescott throwing two interceptions and recording a loss to the Lions.
• [December 2] Dak Prescott took back over as the CPOY favorite following Week 13, where he threw for 320 yards and two touchdowns while beating the Chiefs. McCaffrey had a bit of a quiet game in Week 13, only totaling 53 rushing yards on 20 carries, as basically every running back has against the Browns this season.
• [November 4] After two bad games in a row from Prescott in Weeks 8 and 9, Christian McCaffrey took back over as the favorite to win CPOY.
• [October 15] Dak Prescott overtook CMC as the favorite to win Comeback Player of the Year following another strong performance in Week 6.
• [September 9] After touching the ball 31 times and producing 142 yards from scrimmage in helping the 49ers record a Week 1 win, Christian McCaffrey became the new favorite to win NFL CPOY.
• [August 27] Rashee Rice accepted the NFL’s six-game suspension, which saw his CPOY odds worsen from +1950 in July to +7500.
• [August 20] After losing the QB battle in Indianapolis, Anthony Richardson’s CPOY odds fell from +3000 to +5500.
• [August 15] As it became more clear Brandon Aiyuk would not be ready for Week 1, and maybe not within the first couple of weeks, his CPOY odds fell from an average of +2550 in May to +5250 at this point.
• [July 22] Aidan Hutchinson took back over as the favorite to win NFL Comeback Player of the Year. He and Prescott had very similar odds, but Hutchinson took the lead.
• [June 10] Nick Chubb’s odds improved from +7000 to +4750 after signing with the Texans.
• [March 12] Early money flowed in on Dak Prescott to win CPOY, resulting in him becoming the favorite during free agency.
• [February 24] Aidan Hutchinson has opened as the favorite to win NFL Comeback Player of the Year for the 2025-26 season. Hutchinson was the NFL DPOY favorite prior to a gruesome leg injury he suffered in Week 6 last year. While this award has been dominated by quarterbacks lately, Hutchinson would be a top contender if he returns close to last year’s form. Other top contenders at opening included Christian McCaffrey, who missed almost the entire last season, Dak Prescott, Trevor Lawrence, and JJ McCarthy.