As a number of teams tip off their 28th game of the NBA season on Thursday night, we have officially hit the one-third mark of this campaign, so what better time — after the league crowned its Cup champion on Tuesday — to take stock of an MVP race that is as stacked with top-end talent as it has ever been.

With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander looking for his second consecutive award, what do the current NBA MVP odds look like?

After returning from injury and taking down the Thunder in the NBA Cup, Victor Wembanyama has put himself back in the MVP conversation.

SGA? Jokic? Cup MVP Jalen Brunson? We polled 100 media members in a ballot that mirrors the league's official vote.

The 2025-26 NBA season is nearing the one-third mark, and that’s a perfect time to reset the odds to win the NBA MVP. Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets entered

Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Dončić has averaged 34.7 points, 8.8 assists and 8.7 rebounds per game this year, and that performance has placed him in the MVP conversation.

The Thunder lead the way in odds for NBA Champion and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is the frontrunner to win MVP, but the West is loaded. Can Oklahoma City repeat as champions? Can SGA repeat and win back-to-back MVPs? Let's talk about it.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander won NBA MVP last year and led a star-laden Thunder team to its first title in Oklahoma City. Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray are the star tandem in Denver, while Luka Doncic has LeBron James and Austin Reaves by his side on the Los Angeles Lakers.