By Emilee White Editorial Director
Updated 9/6/23 9:42am ET
Tom Brady has retired (again) and the NFL’s new face, Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes, enters the upcoming season as the +600 MVP betting favorite to repeat and earn his third award, which would match Brady.
A quarterback has won the MVP in 15 of the past 16 seasons so it makes perfect sense that the betting board is filled with QBs. Following Mahomes, Cincinnati’s Joe Burrow (+750) and Buffalo’s Josh Allen (+850) are the only two other players in single digits.
Jalen Hurts (+1100) was the MVP favorite entering December last season but an injury disrupted that pursuit. Lamar Jackson (+1500) joins Mahomes as the only previous winners among the top seven favorites.
Thirty-nine-year-old Aaron Rodgers left Green Bay to join the New York Jets to generate perhaps the biggest offseason storyline. He is +1600 to win his fifth MVP, which would tie Peyton Manning for the most all-time.
At 80-to-1 odds, Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson and Christian McCaffrey have the shortest odds for any non-quarterback.
Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs enter the season as +600 Super Bowl betting favorites. The defending champs open the season as 4.5-point home favorites against the Detroit Lions.
Top 10 NFL MVP Odds:
| Name | Odds |
| Patrick Mahomes | +600 |
| Joe Burrows | +750 |
| Josh Allen | +850 |
| Jalen Hurts | +1100 |
| Justin Herbet | +1200 |
| Lamar Jackson | +1500 |
| Trevor Lawrence | +1500 |
| Aaron Rodgers | +1600 |
| Justin Field | +2000 |
| Tua Tagovailoa | +2200 |
*Odds courtesy of DraftKings
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