2025-26 NFL MVP Odds Tracker – Lamar Jackson Opens as Favorite

• NFL MVP odds for the 2025-26 NFL season are available at all sports betting apps
• Lamar Jackson is a slight favorite over this past season’s MVP Josh Allen and Joe Burrow
• Track the NFL MVP odds movement over the course of the season for all contenders

Since 1957, the Associated Press has been presenting a Most Valuable Player award to the NFL’s most deserving candidate – also read as the best quarterback in the league based on the way the voters treat it. The odds to win the 2025-26 NFL MVP are widely available as we head into the NFL season. The offseason has already brought some movement, but we will see plenty of changes to the MVP odds once the season kicks off.

Check out the NFL MVP odds available at our most trusted sportsbooks below; the graphs show each player’s average odds to win NFL MVP.

NFL MVP Odds

Lamar Jackson is currently getting +550 odds to win NFL MVP this coming season. He is seen as the NFL MVP favorite by all sportsbooks. The +550 odds mean Jackson has a 15.4% chance to win the award, according to the sportsbooks. A $20 bet on Jackson at his current price would stand to profit $110 and return $130.

It shouldn’t be surprising to see a lengthy list of quarterbacks behind Jackson in the NFL MVP odds. After all, it has really become a QB-dominated award. The top five NFL MVP contenders for 2025-26 after Jackson are as follows: Josh Allen (+600), Joe Burrow (+600), Patrick Mahomes (+700), and Jayden Daniels (+1000).

For the sake of being concise, I have limited the table above to just the top 20 contenders. If you want to see the full list available, click through any of the links in the table and check them out at the sportsbook.

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Odds to Win 2025-26 NFL MVP

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Though Josh Allen won the NFL MVP this past season, it was Lamar Jackson who opened as the NFL MVP favorite for the 2025-26 NFL season. Many argued Jackson should have won the award last season, and sportsbooks have heard those cries loud and clear, as they have given Jackson slightly better odds than Allen to open the offseason.

It is worth noting that Jayden Daniels’ MVP odds opened at +13000 last season, and he opened this season as a top five contender. This is the biggest difference of any player year-over-year.

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Here are some notes on the NFL MVP odds movement:

• [August 29] Though the Packers adding Micah Parsons doesn’t directly help Jordan Love on offense, his MVP odds did improve from an average of +2280 to +2000 after the trade was completed. The move is the result of the Packers becoming the favorites to win the NFC North and more expected wins, which will help Love’s case. Green Bay’s QB moved into fifth on the board after being as long as +2820 in June.
• [August 15] Joe Burrow opened with the fourth-best odds to win NFL MVP, but saw his odds improve steadily to +600, tying him with Josh Allen for the second-best on the board behind Lamar Jackson.
• [April 29] We saw next to no MVP odds movement come from the NFL Draft results. There were a few players I suspected may see their odds improve: Jordan Love, Drake Maye, and Trevor Lawrence. The Packers got Love a potential new WR1 in Matthew Golden, but his odds actually worsened slightly from +2533 to +2700. The Patriots were widely viewed as a big winner in the draft, adding some protection for Maye, along with a dynamic RB who should add some extra burst. But his odds stayed the same. The Jags made arguably the draft’s most aggressive move to draft Travis Hunter, giving Lawrence another big-time receiving threat, but his odds also worsened slightly, going from +3967 to +4133.
• [March 12] Jalen Hurts’ MVP odds improved from +2250 at opening to +1833 after the first dozen days of NFL free agency. The Eagles did not sign any big-name offensive players in free agency. This movement was the result of money coming in on Hurts.
• [February 7] NFL MVP odds for the 2025-26 NFL season opened almost immediately after the past season’s award was handed out. Lamar Jackson opened as the 2025-26 NFL MVP favorite with +525 odds, just slightly better than Josh Allen’s +575 odds. It is worth mentioning that Jayden Daniels opened last season with +13000 odds to win the MVP, and opened this season with +1050 odds, the fifth-best on the board. Joe Burrow and Patrick Mahomes also opened with short odds, rounding out the top five contenders.

NFL MVP Betting Trends

• A quarterback has won each of the last 12 NFL MVP awards
• Since 2001, only three non-QBs have won the award – all were running backs
• Since 2001, only one player has won NFL MVP without their respective team winning at least 11 games – Adrian Peterson’s Vikings won 10 games in 2012

Top Contenders by Position

QBs Non-QBs RBs WRs & TEs

Of the 68 NFL MVP awards handed out, 47.5 have gone to quarterbacks – Brett Favre and Barry Sanders shared the honors in 1997. Looking to the remaining 20.5, 17.5 of them were running backs, two were defensive players, and one was a placekicker.

• Alan Page (1971) and Lawrence Taylor (1986) were the two defensive players to win the award
• Mark Moseley (1982) was the lone kicker to win an MVP, after he nailed an NFL-high 20 field goal attempts – he attempted 21 – for Washington
• Jim Brown won the first two MVP awards in 1957 and 1958
• The most recent RB to be named MVP was Adrian Peterson in 2012

Odds For Previous NFL MVP Winners

Aaron Rodgers leads all active players with four NFL MVPs. Rodgers still trails Peyton Manning, who holds the all-time record with five.

Last 10 NFL MVP Winners

Josh Allen is the reigning NFL MVP, as he beat out Lamar Jackson at the NFL Honors to take home his first MVP award.

Teams with Most NFL MVP Winners

Thanks to Aaron Rodgers’ most recent NFL MVP award, the Packers have taken over as the team with the most NFL MVPs. The Colts had five MVP winners during their time in Baltimore – Johnny Unitas accounted for three – but Peyton Manning provided four more when they moved to Indianapolis.

You may be a little surprised to see Cleveland on here, but keep in mind the NFL MVP has been awarded since 1957. Jim Brown won the first two and added a third in 1965.

Thanks to the Greatest Show on Turf, the Rams are the only team to win the award in three consecutive seasons – Brett Favre won it for the Packers in three straight, but he shared the award in 1997 with Barry Sanders.

Teams with No NFL MVP Winners

Patrick Mahomes was the first Kansas City Chief to ever win the NFL MVP award in 2018, and Lamar Jackson became the first ever Raven to win it in 2019.

The city of Baltimore did get to see five MVPs when they had the Colts, though.

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