NBA Most Improved Player Odds 2025: Favorites & Predictions

The NBA’s Most Improved Player has become an interesting race in recent seasons.

Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey won the award in 2023-24 after entering the year with +1200 odds. There was an argument that he might have already been too good to win MIP, but his selection followed a familiar formula of recent winners: a good player establishes himself as an All-Star.

Maxey was the fifth consecutive MIP to earn his first All-Star selection in the same season he won the award. Seven of the past eight winners have been first-time All-Stars, with the lone exception being Pascal Siakam, who earned an All-Star nod the year after he won MIP.

With that in mind, here is a look at who might win this year’s Most Improved Player award based on the latest NBA odds:

Odds to Win 2025 NBA Most Improved Player

NBA Most Improved Player Odds: Dyson Daniels Grabs Late Lead

In the final days of the regular season, the NBA’s Most Improved Player of the Year odds market has a new favorite. Atlanta Hawks guard Dyson Daniels has passed Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham, who was -200 on April 1 and had been the front-runner for more than a month.

Now, Daniels is -625 to win Most Improved Player for an implied probability of 86.21%.

So, what happened?

Well, Zach Lowe just had to return to the NBA content space and ruin everything. He mentioned on The Bill Simmons Podcast that Daniels would be his pick for MIP. The market listened, and sharp action forced the trading team to adjust the odds.

I understand the argument for Daniels, who has averaged 14.2 points and 3.1 steals per game in his first season with the Atlanta Hawks. But before anyone calls this race over, it’s important to remember that there have been nine different favorites in this market since Victor Wembanyama opened with the best odds in the offseason.

• Victor Wembanyama
• Jalen Green
• LaMelo Ball
• Jalen Johnson
• Franz Wagner
• Jalen Williams
• Tyler Herro
• Cade Cunningham
• Dyson Daniels

Daniels would break the trend of first-time All-Stars being MIP winners, a feat Cunningham (now +350 to win MIP) accomplished while leading the Pistons to a playoff berth after the team had been the worst in basketball the previous year. He’s averaging 25.7 points (eighth in the league) and 9.1 assists per game (fourth) this season.

There is outcry over the idea of Cunningham winning this award as a former No. 1 overall pick in 2021, while ignoring the fact that Daniels was the No. 8 pick in the 2022 draft.

I know I’m biased because of my preseason position on Cunningham, but I still believe he has a chance to win this award. For now, however, I’ll side with the latest odds in terms of predicting this year’s MIP winner.

Prediction: Dyson Daniels (-625)

NBA Most Improved Player Best Bets for 2025

• Jonathan Kuminga +1600 (0.25 units)
• Jalen Williams +2000 (0.25 units)
• Cade Cunningham +4000 (0.1 units)

I’ll update this page with my best bets in the Most Improved Player market throughout the season.

NBA Most Improved Player Betting Splits

Here are the latest betting insights for the Most Improved Player of the Year market at the online sportsbook:

• Most tickets: Cade Cunningham 10.4%
• Highest handle: Cade Cunningham 18.5%
• Biggest liability: Cade Cunningham
• Odds leader: Dyson Daniels

2023-24 NBA Most Improved Player Voting

List of NBA Most Improved Player Winners

Who Was the Last Pistons Player to Win Most Improved Player?

The Detroit Pistons have never had a player win Most Improved Player in the history of their franchise. They are one of eight teams to never have a player win MIP:

• Brooklyn Nets
• Boston Celtics
• Charlotte Hornets
• Cleveland Cavaliers
• Dallas Mavericks
• Detroit Pistons
• Los Angeles Lakers
• Sacramento Kings

Who Was the Last Hawks Player to Win Most Improved Player?

Alan Henderson is the only Atlanta Hawks player to win Most Improved Player, securing the trophy in 1997-98 by averaging 14.3 points and 6.4 rebounds per game.