Who Are NBA Title, MVP, Awards Odds Favorites? Full Betting Lines for 2025-26 Season
The 2025-26 NBA season will officially commence on Tuesday night, and the arrival of the new league year brings a new set of betting lines for some important wagers.
DraftKings Sportsbook unveiled its odds for this season's NBA champion and end-of-year award winners.
Here's the full list of favorites in each major betting category for the upcoming season.
2025-26 NBA Champion
- Oklahoma City Thunder: +200
- Denver Nuggets: +650
- Cleveland Cavaliers: +700
- New York Knicks: +1200
- Los Angeles Clippers: +1700
- Houston Rockets: +1800
2025-26 NBA MVP
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (Oklahoma City Thunder): +160
- Nikola Jokic (Denver Nuggets): +300
- Luka Doncic (Los Angeles Lakers): +400
- Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs): +1000
- Giannis Antetokounmpo (Milwaukee Bucks): +1300
- Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves): +2500
2025-26 NBA Defensive Player of the Year
- Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs): -185
- Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City Thunder): +650
- Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets): +1500
- Evan Mobley (Cleveland Cavaliers): +1500
- Anthony Davis (Dallas Mavericks): +1800
- Dyson Daniels (Atlanta Hawks): +2200
2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year
- Cooper Flagg (Dallas Mavericks): -220
- Ace Bailey (Utah Jazz): +900
- Tre Johnson (Washington Wizards): +1000
- Dylan Harper (San Antonio Spurs): +1300
- VJ Edgecombe (Philadelphia 76ers): +1400
- Kon Knueppel (Charlotte Hornets): +2200
2025-26 NBA Sixth Man of the Year
- Naz Reid (Minnesota Timberwolves): +950
- De'Andre Hunter (Cleveland Cavaliers): +1100
- Josh Hart (New York Knicks): +1100
- Tari Eason (Houston Rockets): +1300
- Anfernee Simons (Boston Celtics): +1300
- John Collins (Los Angeles Clippers): +1300
2025-26 NBA Most Improved Player
- Amen Thompson (Houston Rockets): +850
- Josh Giddey (Chicago Bulls): +1200
- Bennedict Mathurin (Indiana Pacers): +1400
- Andrew Nembhard (Indiana Pacers): +1500
- Deni Avdija (Portland Trail Blazers): +1600
- Shaedon Sharpe (Portland Trail Blazers): +1600
2025-26 NBA Coach of the Year
- Jamahl Mosley (Orlando Magic): +600
- Quin Snyder (Atlanta Hawks): +650
- JB Bickerstaff (Detroit Pistons): +1000
- Mike Brown (New York Knicks): +1000
- Ime Udoka (Houston Rockets): +1500
- Darko Rajakovic (Toronto Raptors): +1500
If prognosticators are correct, Oklahoma City Thunder star guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is in for another big year, with DraftKings Sportsbook listing him as the favorite to win his second straight MVP award and the Thunder as the favorites to win the title for the second straight year.
Big things are expected of San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama, who is the favorite to take home Defensive Player of the Year honors and a candidate to win MVP as he enters his third year in the NBA.
2025 No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg leads the new generation of youngsters embarking on their first season at the professional level, and the Dallas Mavericks will certainly make some noise this season if he fulfills expectations and wins Rookie of the Year.
The 2025-26 season is sure to be full of surprises, so it will be exciting to see where the awards favorites end up by year's end.
