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2025-26 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Odds Tracker

Matt McEwan

By Matt McEwan

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  • Get the current odds to win the NFL’s 2025-26 Defensive Player of the Year award
  • Myles Garrett is the favorite to win NFL DPOY
  • Track how the DPOY odds change throughout the 2025-26 NFL season

The AP has handed out a Defensive Player of the Year award every year since 1971. I have been tracking the 2025-26 NFL DPOY odds since they opened and will continue to do so all season. I average the odds from multiple sportsbooks and track the movement, removing the influence of money and providing you with each defender’s true odds of winning the award.

NFL DPOY Odds for Top Contenders

Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 25 to 50 51 & Up
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Three players opened as the co-favorites to win the 2025-26 NFL DPOY. TJ Watt, who was the 2021-22 DPOY, Myles Garrett, the 2023-24 DPOY, and Aidan Hutchinson, who was favored to win last year’s NFL DPOY prior to getting injured, all opened with +750 odds to win the award.

Aidan Hutchinson made the first move to become the lone favorite, as both Watt and Garrett (had requested a trade) saw their odds fade slightly after opening, with Hutchinson improving slightly to +700. However, after Myles Garrett signed his new deal with Cleveland, he has jumped to the new favorite.

Be sure to bookmark this page and keep checking back in with Sports Betting Dime for the latest NFL DPOY odds and line movement!

Odds to Win NFL DPOY

sport icon Player Best Odds Best Odds BetMGM Bet365 DraftKings Caesars Sportsbook
Garrett, Myles DraftKings +700 - - +700 -
Hutchinson, Aidan DraftKings +700 - - +700 -
Parsons, Micah DraftKings +750 - - +750 -
Watt, Trent Jordan DraftKings +850 - - +850 -
Anderson, Will DraftKings +1200 - - +1200 -
Crosby, Maxx DraftKings +1600 - - +1600 -
Bosa, Nick DraftKings +1600 - - +1600 -
Carter, Jalen DraftKings +1800 - - +1800 -
Hendrickson, Trey DraftKings +2200 - - +2200 -
Verse, Jared DraftKings +2500 - - +2500 -
Surtain II, Patrick DraftKings +3500 - - +3500 -
Hamilton, Kyle DraftKings +5000 - - +5000 -
Gonzalez, Christian DraftKings +5000 - - +5000 -
Mitchell, Quinyon DraftKings +5000 - - +5000 -
Dejean, Cooper DraftKings +5000 - - +5000 -
Allen, Josh DraftKings +6000 - - +6000 -
Jones, Chris DraftKings +6000 - - +6000 -
Bonitto, Nik DraftKings +6000 - - +6000 -
Lawrence, Dexter DraftKings +6000 - - +6000 -
Williams, Leonard DraftKings +6000 - - +6000 -
Stingley Jr, Derek DraftKings +6000 - - +6000 -
Warner, Fred DraftKings +7500 - - +7500 -
Gardner, Ahmad DraftKings +7500 - - +7500 -
Baun, Zack DraftKings +7500 - - +7500 -
Smith, Nolan DraftKings +7500 - - +7500 -
Hunter, Danielle DraftKings +10000 - - +10000 -
Witherspoon, Devon DraftKings +10000 - - +10000 -
Branch, Brian DraftKings +10000 - - +10000 -
Joseph, Kerby DraftKings +10000 - - +10000 -
Burns, Brian DraftKings +10000 - - +10000 -

Myles Garrett currently has the best odds to win NFL DPOY at +700. If you bet $20 on Garret to take home the award, you would stand to win $140 and return $160. Based on those odds, Garrett has an 12.5% chance to win the award.

After Garrett we have Micah Parsons (+750), Aidan Hutchinson (+900), TJ Watt (+900), and Will Anderson (+1200) rounding out the top five contenders.

*The NFL DPOY odds in the table above are updated every 1-2 hours from the best sportsbooks in the US, including DraftKings, FanDuel, BetMGM, and Caesars. If you’re not already signed up with DraftKings, be sure you claim the best DraftKings Sportsbook promo before registering.

Here are some notes on the NFL DPOY odds movement:

  • [March 12] After Myles Garrett signed his record-breaking contract extension with the Browns, he became the new favorite to win NFL DPOY.
  • [March 7] The Raiders acquisition of Geno Smith via trade with the Seahawks resulted in Maxx Crosby’s NFL DPOY odds improving from +1600 to +1100 at ESPN Bet. If this seems weird to you, think about the past DPOY winners – they don’t typically come from bad teams. Smith under center likely makes the Raiders more competitive on offense, meaning their defense may not be put in as many bad situations as they have been over the past couple of seasons.
  • [February 15] Some early money coming in on NFL DPOY has resulted in Aidan Hutchinson becoming the lone favorite with +700 odds. TJ Watt’s odds did not change, but Myles Garrett’s odds faded slightly from +750 to +800 amid his request to be traded from the Browns.
  • [February 7] All of Myles Garrett, TJ Watt, and Aidan Hutchinson opened as the co-favorites to win 2025-26 NFL DPOY. Each player was given +750 odds at opening.
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Top Contenders by Position

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Despite seeing so many edge players listed with short odds to win the award, only five true edge players have won DPOY in the last 16 years: Myles Garrett (2023), Nick Bosa (2022), TJ Watt (2021), Khalil Mack (2016), and Terrell Suggs (2011).

 DPOY Winners by Position

Position DPOY Awards in Last 10 Years Total DPOY Awards Won
Defensive Back 2 12
Edge Rusher 3 20
Inside Linebacker 0 9
Interior DL 5 13

Odds for Past Winners

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Six different players have won NFL DPOY over the last six seasons. This is notable since Aaron Donald and JJ Watt were so dominant prior.

Past DPOY Winners

Season DPOY Winner Pos
2024 Patrick Surtain CB
2023 Myles Garrett EDGE
2022 Nick Bosa EDGE
2021 TJ Watt EDGE
2020 Aaron Donald DL
2019 Stephon Gilmore CB
2018 Aaron Donald DT
2017 Aaron Donald DT
2016 Khalil Mack EDGE
2015 JJ Watt DL

The idea that the Defensive Player of the Year is generally the league-leader in sacks is a common misconception. Sacks are certainly seen as a sexy stat and play a role in the voting. But the sack king has only won the award four times in the last 12 seasons: Nick Bosa in 2022, TJ Watt in 2021, Aaron Donald in 2018, and JJ Watt in 2015.

Trey Hendrickson led the league in sacks last season but did not win the award. TJ Watt racked up the most sacks in 2023 and 2020 as well, but did not win DPOY for either. Shaquil Barrett led the NFL in sacks in 2019, Chandler Jones led the way in 2017, Vic Beasley Jr in 2016, Justin Houston in 2014, and Robert Mathis in 2013. Yet, none of them took home DPOY honors.

Archived DPOY odds:

Matt McEwan
Matt McEwan

Editor-in-Chief; Sports Betting Expert

With nearly a decade working in the industry, Matt is a seasoned sports betting veteran. He got his start with SBD in 2016 and worked his way up the ladder to become the Editor-in-Chief. Along the way he has done everything from reviewing sportsbooks to creating proprietary sports betting tools.

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