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2025-26 Nba Rookie Of The Year Odds: Knueppel Now Clear Odds-on Favorite

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The 2026 NBA Rookie of the Year odds race is hitting the final weeks, and the preseason favorite continues to lose ground in this race.

No. 1-overall pick Cooper Flagg was been the clear odds-on favorite most of the season, sitting as short as -700 (an implied probability of 87.5%) just a month ago.

However, Charlotte's Kon Knueppel (his teammate at Duke last season) leapfrogged him a few weeks ago — and has now grown his lead to sit at -210, averaging almost 21 points and five rebounds per game since February.

Current NBA Rookie of the Year odds

Player		Implied probability
Kon Knueppel	-210	67.74%
Cooper Flagg	+160	38.46%
V.J. Edgecombe	+15000	0.66%

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Latest NBA Rookie of the Year betting splits

Highest ticket percentage
• Kon Knueppel 24.9%
• V.J. Edgecombe 19.0%
• Cooper Flagg 13.8%

Highest betting handle percentage
• Kon Knueppel 47.2%
• Cooper Flagg 17.5%
• V.J. Edgecombe 15.8%

Biggest liability
• Kon Knueppel

Data courtesy of BetMGM.

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NBA Rookie of the Year opening odds

Cooper Flagg -225
Ace Bailey +900
V.J. Edgecombe +1100
Tre Johnson +1100
Dylan Harper +1300
Kon Knueppel +2000
Hansen Yang +5000
Walter Clayton Jr. +5000
Jeremiah Fears +6600
Nique Clifford +6600
Cedric Coward +8000
Derik Queen +15000

Odds courtesy of Sports Odds History.

NBA ROY betting trends

Here are some trends to keep in mind when betting on NBA Rookie of the Year:

The No. 1 pick has won Rookie of the Year four times in the past 10 seasons.
Bigs (PF/C) haven't had much success in ROY recently, with just four wins in the last 20 seasons.
Only one ROY winner this century (Malcolm Brogdon, 36th, 2016) was drafted outside of the lottery.
The Rookie of the Year has been drafted in the Top 5 in 16 of the past 20 seasons.

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NBA Rookie of the Year history

Year	NBA ROY Winner	Opening Odds	Pick No.
2024-25	Stephon Castle	+1200	4
2023-24	Victor Wembanyama	-145	1
2022-23	Paolo Banchero	+200	1
2021-22	Scottie Barnes	+1100	4
2020-21	LaMelo Ball	+400	3
2019-20	Ja Morant	+250	2
2018-19	Luka Doncic	+250	3
2017-18	Ben Simmons	+225	1
2016-17	Malcolm Brogdon	N/A	36
2015-16	Karl-Anthony Towns	+450	1
2014-15	Andrew Wiggins	+400	1
2013-14	Michael Carter-Williams	+1200	11
2012-13	Damian Lillard	+500	6
2011-12	Kyrie Irving	+500	1
2010-11	Blake Griffin	+200	1
2009-10	Tyreke Evans	+700	4
2008-09	Derrick Rose	+350	1
2007-08	Kevin Durant	-200	2
2006-07	Brandon Roy	+300	6
2005-06	Chris Paul	N/A	4
2004-05	Emeka Okafor	N/A	2

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