After the first two weeks of NBA action, we’re in for quite an MVP race.
Let’s see the early-season odds at bet365 Sportsbook as of Nov. 2.
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2026-27 NBA MVP Winner
What To Know: Is this the year Wemby wins MVP and an NBA title? He got close to the latter last year, making it all the way to the NBA Finals before falling to the Knicks in five games. Assuming he’s healthy, Wembanyama will likely win Defensive Player of the Year for the second year in a row. Only three players in NBA history have won MVP and DPOY in the same year: Michael Jordan, Hakeem Olajuwon and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Wemby is averaging 28 points and 10.7 rebounds per game this season, good for sixth and fifth in the NBA, respectively. He also leads the league with 4.2 blocks per game, 1.3 more than any other player.
What To Know: Somewhat shockingly, Dončić has never finished even second in MVP voting. His best finish was third back in the 2022-23 season, when he was still a member of the Mavericks. This past season, he led the NBA in scoring (33.5), and also put up 8.3 assists and 7.7 rebounds. Now that LeBron James is out of L.A., and the franchise officially belongs to Dončić, can he take those stats and the Lakers to new heights?
What an absolutely insane start to the season for Dončić. He leads the NBA with 37.7 points per game, nearly eight more than anyone else. He’s scored more than 40 points in three of his six games and is coming off a 45-point outing with 15 rebounds, six assists and five steals in the Lakers’ win over the Raptors.
What To Know: The two-time reigning MVP will begin the season in the running once again. In 2024-25, he averaged 32.7 points on 51.9% shooting and the Thunder had the best record in the league. Last season, he averaged 31.1 points on 55.3% shooting and the Thunder once again had the best record in the league. It seems the formula for SGA is to score a lot of points and win. What’s to stop him from doing that again this season?
Dončić’s historic start has pushed SGA down to third on the MVP oddsboard. Gilgeous-Alexander’s scoring is down from last season to 26 points per game. He’s shooting 46.5% from the field and has topped 30 points just once this season.
What To Know: Jokić is a three-time winner, but what’s arguably more impressive is that over the last six years, he’s either won the award or finished second. Last season, he became the first player in NBA history to lead the league in rebounds (12.9) and assists (10.7), and also averaged a triple-double for the second consecutive season. However, even though it’s a regular-season award, Jokić’s Nuggets finished third in the West and lost in the first round to a hobbled Wolves team. Did that possibly have an impact on his candidacy?
Jokić is averaging more than 21 points, nine rebounds and nine assists per game and has recorded a triple-double in two of the Nuggets’ first five games. But he’s also averaging 4.2 turnovers per game, fifth-most in the NBA.
What To Know: Tatum, similar to Dončić, now has his own franchise, after the Celtics shipped Jaylen Brown to the Sixers this offseason. Miraculously, he played in 16 regular-season games and six playoff games last season, after tearing his Achilles during the 2024-25 NBA playoffs.
Tatum’s MVP odds have shortened from +1500 to +900 over the past week. He ranks fourth in the NBA with 28.3 points per game and sixth with 7.7 assists per game and has led the Celtics to a 5-1 record.
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