2022 NFL MVP Odds Tracker

• Get the latest 2022 NFL MVP odds
• Patrick Mahomes has opened as the favorite to win the 2022 NFL MVP
• Track the 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. The odds to win the 2022 NFL MVP are now widely available as we head into the offseason ahead of the 2022-23 NFL season.

Can Aaron Rodgers win a third straight NFL MVP? Or will one of the younger talents at the quarterback have their turn this season? Check out the odds available at our most trusted sportsbooks below; the graphs show each player’s average odds to win NFL MVP.

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Even with Aaron Rodgers’ future with the Packers being very uncertain entering March, sportsbooks obviously didn’t feel a change of scenery, or another birthday, for the back-to-back NFL MVP would be detrimental at all. Rodgers still opened as a top three contender to win the 2022 NFL MVP award based on the opening odds. His odds did not change much after he announced he would be returning to the Packers. They have faded a little since Green Bay traded away Davante Adams, though.

It’s the other usual suspects at the top of the board right now—Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Dak Prescott, Lamar Jackson etc. But we are seeing some of the younger quarterbacks take their place among the top contenders, including Justin Herbert and Joe Burrow. Even Jalen Hurts opened as short as +4000.

Odds to Win 2022 NFL MVP

*Odds updated March 23

Patrick Mahomes is currently the favorite to win the 2022 NFL MVP with +750 odds. If you bet $50 on him to win the award at +750 odds, you’d win $375 and return $425.

Here are some notes on the NFL MVP odds movement:

• [March 23] In spite of losing his best receiver, as Kansas City traded Tyreek Hill to the Dolphins, Patrick Mahomes’ NFL MVP odds have not moved yet at Caesars Sportsbook. Mahomes remains the favorite at +750. However, FanDuel now lists Mahomes and Josh Allen as the co-favorites, and DraftKings has Allen as the favorite. You can get Mahomes at +800 odds at DraftKings Sportsbook App if you don’t believe the loss of Hill will slow the QB down.
• [March 18] Deshaun Watson’s NFL MVP odds have improved further to +2000 after the QB has chosen to waive his no-trade clause to be dealt to the Cleveland Browns. Aaron Rodgers’ MVP odds have daded from +800 to +1000 after his Packers traded away his favorite receiver, Davante Adams. Derek Carr has not seen any movement resulting from the Adams trade, though.
• [March 14] Tom Brady announced he will forego retirement and return to the Buccaneers for the 2022-23 NFL season on Sunday night. Even in retirement, sportsbooks left Brady on the board for NFL MVP odds, but at a lengthy +4500. He is now listed at just +900, tied for the third-best, in the odds to win NFL MVP. Russell Wilson’s MVP odds have continued to improve as well since he was traded to the Broncos. Wilson’s odds have improved from +3000 to +1500, making him a top seven contender. Deshaun Watson, who had all criminal charges dropped late last week, is now given +2500 odds to win MVP.
• [February 16] Online sportsbook apps have begun opening their 2022 NFL MVP odds. Caesars Sportsbook has opened with Patrick Mahomes and Aaron Rodgers listed as the co-favorites at +700 odds. However, Barstool Sportsbook has opened Josh Allen as the favorite at +500 odds. This is in line with Barstool also having the Bills listed as the favorites in their Super Bowl odds. Taking the average across the sportsbooks with NFL MVP odds available, Patrick Mahomes is considered the favorite. Oddly enough, Tom Brady has been given +4500 odds to win the 2022 NFL MVP, despite announcing his retirement. He has better odds than a number of active quarterbacks, including: Baker Mayfield, Kirk Cousins, and Carson Wentz.

NFL MVP Betting Trends

• A quarterback has won each of the last nine 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 65 NFL MVP awards handed out, 44.5 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
• The NFL MVP has gone to a QB in his second season in the league two of the last four years

Odds For Previous NFL MVP Winners

The six players in this graph have accounted for each of the last eight MVP awards. Aaron Rodgers leads all active players with four NFL MVPs, and Tom Brady is just behind him at three—although Tom Brady is retired for now—but Rodgers still trails Peyton Manning, who holds the all-time record with five.

Last 10 NFL MVP Winners

Aaron Rodgers has won the NFL MVP in each of the last two seasons. Each of the last nine NFL MVP awards have now gone to a quarterback.

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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