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 NBA Most Improved Player 2025

NBA Most Improved Player Odds: Cade Cunningham is New Favorite

Detroit Pistons guard Cade Cunningham is the new betting favorite (-125) to win NBA’s Most Improved Player award, giving him an implied probability of 55.56% based on his current price.

The latest shuffle at the top of the board came after an injury to Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner, who had started to separate himself as the favorite. He was a +150 favorite before being sidelined with a a torn oblique injury in early December.

Cunningham has put together a strong MIP campaign. He’s averaging a career-best 25.3 points per game and secured his first All-Star nod.

That said, the race is far from over, and the MIP market has already seen plenty of volatility this season. There have been eight different favorites since Victor Wembanyama started atop this board in the offseason.

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

Williams and Cunningham have been my favorite MIP bets since the preseason. Cunningham has put himself in a good position at this point in the year.

Prediction: Cade Cunningham (-125)

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: Jalen Williams 9%
• Highest handle: Norman Powell 15.2%
• Biggest liability: Franz Wagner
• Odds leader: Cade Cunningham

2023-24 NBA Most Improved Player Voting

List of NBA Most Improved Player Winners