The Related Press began giving out the NFL MVP award in 1957, and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen is the newest winner of the celebrated honor, being topped the league’s greatest participant on the 2025 NFL Honors on Thursday night time.
Allen was the favourite to win the award for an excellent portion of the yr, holding one of the best odds for fairly a while. However Lamar Jackson’s unbelievable play within the latter half of the season made it a contest.
The vote wound up being the closest since 2016, when Matt Ryan topped Tom Brady.
Allen obtained 27 first-place votes to Jackson’s 23, and Allen completed with 383 factors. Nevertheless, the Baltimore Ravens quarterback was named first-team All-Professional over Allen, making the Buffalo sign caller the primary outright MVP winner to not be a first-team All-Professional since John Elway in 1987.
Nonetheless, Vegas has tabbed each the quarterbacks as co-favorites to win the award heading into subsequent season.
Let’s check out the MVP oddsboard for subsequent season at DraftKings Sportsbook as of Feb. 7.
2025-26 NFL MVP Award odds
Josh Allen, Bills: +500 (guess $10 to win $60 complete)
Lamar Jackson, Ravens: +500 (guess $10 to win $60 complete)
Joe Burrow, Bengals: +650 (guess $10 to win $75 complete)
Jayden Daniels, Commanders: +650 (guess $10 to win $75 complete)
Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs: +800 (guess $10 to win $90 complete)
Justin Herbert, Chargers: +2200 (guess $10 to win $230 complete)
Jordan Love, Packers: +2200 (guess $10 to win $230 complete)
C.J. Stroud, Texans: +2500 (guess $10 to win $260 complete)
Baker Mayfield, Buccaneers: +2500 (guess $10 to win $260 complete)
Kyler Murray, Cardinals: +2500 (guess $10 to win $260 complete)
Caleb Williams, Bears: +2800 (guess $10 to win $290 complete)
Jalen Hurts, Eagles: +2800 (guess $10 to win $290 complete)
Dak Prescott, Cowboys: +3000 (guess $10 to win $310 complete)
The primary non-quarterbacks to crack the oddsboard are Jahmyr Gibbs (+7500) and Saquon Barkley (+8000).
Derrick Henry and Christian McCaffrey each slot in subsequent at +10000.
The final non-quarterback to win the award was Adrian Peterson in 2012, adopted by LaDainian Tomlinson in 2006, Shaun Alexander in 2005, and Marshall Faulk in 2000.
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