Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets currently finds himself as the only player in the NBA with greater than 10-to-1 betting odds for 2025 Clutch Player of the Year honors, leading the pack of contenders with +750 odds.
Here's a look at where all of the favorites sit in the race to become the third-ever recipient of the award.
2025 NBA Clutch Player Of The Year Odds
Odds as of November 4, 2024 at FanDuel
NBA Clutch Player Of The Year Betting Favorite: Nikola Jokic, Denver Nuggets (+750)
The three-time Most Valuable Player currently leads the Association in total clutch points with 24 points through four games. Of the top-five players in that department, Jokic is one of only two players (Cam Thomas being the other) converting better than 50 percent of those shots.
Clutch stats are numbers which measure a player's contributions in the fourth quarter of games when the score is within five points. Denver has gone to overtime on two occasions already, prevailing both times against the Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets. Jokic totalled 11 points over those periods while making four of his six attempts from the field.
NBA Clutch Player Of The Year Darkhorse: Donovan Mitchell, Cleveland Cavaliers (+1500)
The Cleveland Cavaliers' stock is as high as its been for quite some time as the lone remaining undefeated team in the Eastern Conference, and one of two in the entire league. Donovan Mitchell deserves a ton of credit for his contributions, and his odds for Clutch Player of the Year are quite high considering Cleveland hasn't been in too many tight games.
He just recently hit a game-winning jumper in a 114-113 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on the road on November 2, which probably had an impact on shortening his odds.
Past NBA Clutch Player Of The Year Winners
With the award being introduced two years ago to honor the player that "best comes through for his teammates in the clutch," while it's a limited history, voters tend to lean towards scoring guards who have the rock in their hands more often than not during pivotal moments of games.
How To Read NBA Clutch Player of the Year Odds
When you visit your NBA betting site of choice, you’ll notice 2024-25 NBA Clutch Player of the Year odds laid out like this:
- Stephen Curry +1000
- Shai Gilgeous-Alexander +1100
It's like a moneyline bet where favorites are shown by the minus sign (-) and underdogs have a plus sign (+). In this scenario, Stephen Curry is favored despite being at plus money. If you were to bet $100 on Curry in the NBA Clutch Player of the Year betting odds and it hits, you would win $1100 – your $100 is returned and you would get $1000 in profit.
If you were to bet on which player will be named Clutch Player of the Year, you would make a futures bet.
What Is A Futures Bet?
This is a bet made on events that will happen in time. In this case, it’s Clutch Player of the Year. To make a futures bet, you would first use the handicapping info on this page to make your decision. Our Odds Calculator can give you an idea of how much you’d win based on the Clutch Player of the Year odds and the amount of money you bet.