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2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Odds Tracker

Sascha Paruk

By Sascha Paruk

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  • Who are the top betting favorites for the 2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award?
  • The Cavs’ Evan Mobley is the new favorite in the 2025 Defensive Player of the Year odds
  • Track how the 2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year odds fluctuate throughout the season

This page tracks the odds to win the 2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award. Last year’s Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama opened as favorite to win the ’25 DPOY, followed by Chet Holmgren and last year’s winner, Rudy Gobert.

The graphs and tables below show the current 2025 NBA DPOY odds, along with how the odds fluctuate over the course of the season.

2025 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Odds

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Notes on the NBA Defensive Player of the Year odds movement over the course of the 2024-25 season include:

  • March 5: Evan Mobley has moved to the top of the NBA Defensive Player of the Year odds table. Back in January, the Cavs’ forward was averaging +1133 to win the DPOY in 2025; now, he’s an overwhelming favorite at -207.
  • February 20: Wemby is out! With the Spurs shutting Victor Wembanyama down for the season, the Grizzlies’ Jaren Jackson Jr (-115) is the new DPOY favorite, sitting just ahead of the Cavs’ Eavan Mobley (+125).
  • November 25: Wembanyama is already a -196 favorite to win DPOY. Second-favorite Mobley is way back at +960.

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Past 10 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Winners

YearPlayerTeam
2024Rudy GobertMinnesota Timberwolves
2023Jaren Jackson JrMemphis Grizzlies
2022Marcus SmartBoston Celtics
2021Rudy GobertUtah Jazz
2020Giannis AntetokounmpoMilwaukee Bucks
2019Rudy GobertUtah Jazz
2018Rudy GobertUtah Jazz
2017Draymond GreenGolden State Warriors
2016Kawhi LeonardSan Antonio Spurs
2015Kawhi LeonardSan Antonio Spurs

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Sascha Paruk
Sascha Paruk

Managing Editor

Sascha has been working in the sports-betting industry since 2014, and quickly paired his strong writing skills with a burgeoning knowledge of probability and statistics. He holds an undergraduate degree in linguistics and a Juris Doctor from the University of British Columbia.

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