By Only Players Staff
Updated 11/21/24 2:36am ET
While voter fatigue is often a factor working against a previous award-winner, three-time NBA MVP Nikola Jokic is the new +210 favorite to win the honor for a fourth time.
Jokic entered the season among the top five favorites, while being widely considered the world’s best player. However, this season he has dominated games and mostly carried the Denver Nuggets.
The big man is averaging a triple-double with 29.7 points, 13.7 rebounds and 11.7 assists. Additionally, he’s posting career-highs in points, assists, minutes, blocks, steals, three-pointers made and three-point percentage.
Only Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (6), Bill Russell (5), Michael Jordan (5), Wilt Chamberlain (4) and LeBron James (4) have more MVP awards.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder is the second favorite with +275 odds at DraftKings after he had previously taken over the favorite status from Luka Doncic.
Jayson Tatum is next with +475 odds, while Doncic and Anthony Edwards have +1000 odds.
