2025 NBA Finals MVP Odds: Celtics Going Back-to-Back?

We haven't even seen the 2024-25 regular season tip off yet, and already, sportsbooks are fixated on next year's title, posting NBA Finals MVP odds.

It's early for this market to pop up, but hey, if books are already posting NBA odds to win the 2025 championship, it only makes sense that the Finals MVP market would ride sidecar. 

With the championship favorites well represented, let's get up to speed with the preseason odds to win NBA Finals MVP in 2025.

2025 NBA Finals MVP odds

Player
Jayson Tatum	+600
Jaylen Brown	+900
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	+1,000
Nikola Jokic	+1,000
Luka Doncic	+1,200
Joel Embiid	+1,300
Jalen Brunson	+1,300
Giannis Antetokounmpo	+1,600
Anthony Edwards	+1,800
Stephen Curry	+3,500

Odds as of 9-5-2024.

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Player
Jayson Tatum	+550
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	+850
Nikola Jokic	+900
Joel Embiid	+1,000
Jalen Brunson	+1,100
Jaylen Brown	+1,100
Luka Doncic	+1,100
Anthony Edwards	+1,300
Giannis Antetokounmpo	+2,000
Ja Morant	+5,000

Odds as of 9-5-2024.

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Player
Nikola Jokic	OTB
Luka Doncic	OTB
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	OTB
Joel Embiid	OTB
Giannis Antetokounmpo	OTB
Anthony Edwards	OTB
Jayson Tatum	OTB
Jalen Brunson	OTB
Victor Wembanyama	OTB
Ja Morant	OTB

Odds as of 9-5-2024.

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NBA Finals MVP favorites

In theory, teams with the best chance of winning the championship will be closely correlated to having the Finals MVP, and in most cases, that logic rings true.

The more dominant a player on a particular team (think Luka Doncic with the Dallas Mavericks), the higher the correlation between his team's title and his own Finals MVP odds.

In contrast, we see the Boston Celtics alphas — Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown — twinning atop the DraftKings board, as both are liable to take command of a series, with Brown winning both Finals and East Finals MVP in 2024, while Tatum is among the perennial NBA MVP odds contenders. 

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Nikola Jokic helm West contenders whose Finals presence would almost surely have come on the shoulders of their superstars, while Joel Embiid, Jalen Brunson, and Giannis Antetokoumpo are all going to need health on their side (it wasn't last season) to topple the Celtics in the East. 

NBA Finals MVP odds explained

Sportsbooks will post NBA Finals MVP odds as early as the beginning of the playoffs. These NBA futures are constantly adjusted throughout the postseason depending on how well players perform, in accordance with their team's success. Sportsbooks will also adjust the NBA Awards odds based on handle and liability to certain players.

NBA Finals MVP odds will usually look like this:

• Jayson Tatum +410

This means that on a $100 bet, you'll stand to profit $410 if Tatum takes home the NBA Finals MVP Award. If it's close to the end of the NBA Finals and a player has stood out as the obvious MVP of the series, they'll have a minus sign (-) ahead of their odds like this: 

• Jaylen Brown -155

This means that if you bet on Brown to win Finals MVP, you would have needed to bet $155 to profit $100.

All of the odds listed above are in American format, but if you prefer decimal or fractional odds, simply plug them into our odds converter tool.

NBA Finals MVP trends

Here are some trends you'll want to keep in mind when placing a bet on NBA Finals MVP:

• Only one player (Jerry West, 1969) has ever won Finals MVP on the losing team.
  
  
• Nikola Jokic's 2023 Finals MVP win was the first by a center since Shaquille O'Neal in 2002.
  
  
• Forwards have won 10 of the past 12 Finals MVPs.

Previous NBA Finals MVP award winners

The adage of needing versatile forwards in today's NBA rings especially true when looking at the recent Finals MVP winners. Despite Giannis being one of the most position-amorphous players in NBA history, eight of the past 10 Finals MVPs have been, at least by most definitions, forwards.

Year	Player	Team
2024	Jaylen Brown	Boston Celtics
2023	Nikola Jokic	Denver Nuggets
2022	Stephen Curry	Golden State Warriors
2021	Giannis Antetokounmpo	Milwaukee Bucks
2020	LeBron James	Los Angeles Lakers
2019	Kawhi Leonard	Toronto Raptors
2018	Kevin Durant	Golden State Warriors
2017	Kevin Durant	Golden State Warriors
2016	LeBron James	Cleveland Cavaliers
2015	Andre Iguodala	Golden State Warriors

Best NBA Finals MVP betting sites

Scouting basketball betting websites should be a breeze, but new bettors often feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of options available. Here are the must-have basketball betting site features you should target before placing your wagers.

Best odds: Not all sportsbooks are created equally, especially when it comes to odds. Finding the best price for your basketball bets is key to a successful betting strategy. 

Live betting: Watching betting lines move in real-time and comparing statistics allows you to jump into the action at just the right moment.

Fast payouts: Accessing your hard-earned funds shouldn't feel like breaking a full-court press. It's important to choose a sportsbook that offers fast and reliable money withdrawals post-game.

Safe money transactions: The days of placing bets with bookies in shadowy back rooms are long over. Major online sportsbooks boast state-of-the-art security measures like SSL data encryption, and each holds a legal operating license from registered authorities.

Best NBA Finals MVP betting promos

Betting boosts are special promotions offered by legal sports betting sites that increase the odds for a specific game, event, or prop, designed to give you better value on your bets or encourage you to sign up for a new sportsbook with unique rewards and offerings.

They can be a great way for bettors to get better value for their wagers, as the odds are temporarily increased, thereby increasing a potential payout. The promotions are usually limited to a specific period and are subject to terms and conditions, so it's always important to read the fine print for more details.

Types of odds boosts

There are a number of different types of betting boosts available, with some targeting specific games, some aimed at specific leagues, and some just enticing users to try a new sportsbook. Here are the most common types of betting boosts:

• Odds boost: When a sportsbook enhances the value of a specifically chosen player prop or a curated parlay/SGP, offering better odds than if you normally bet or created the wager yourself.
  
  
• Profit boosts: When you are given a token that increases the value of any bet you want (such as a 25% boost on one Super Bowl bet). Sometimes these tokens are for all bets, while sometimes they have specific criteria (such parlays/SGPs only or bets above a certain price).
  
  
• Sign-up offers: Operators offer benefits such as free bonus bets after your first wager, bonus bets offered as insurance if your first bet loses, an initial account deposit match, or even giving you discounts on other services for signing up with a sportsbook.

Take advantage of our best NBA Finals betting promos — from our best NBA Finals betting sites — to see if any other promotions appear that you can place a wager on!

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