NFL Defensive Player of the Year odds.
The 2026-27 NFL Defensive Player of the Year board, updated hourly. Current as of 10/29. Source: FanDuel Sportsbook, read directly from the live market at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Prices move fast; confirm the current number at your book before betting.
| PLAYER | TEAM | ODDS | IMPLIED % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Will Anderson Jr. | Houston Texans | +230 | 30.3% |
| Fred Warner | San Francisco 49ers | +650 | 13.3% |
| Aidan Hutchinson | Detroit Lions | +750 | 11.8% |
| Dallas Turner | Minnesota Vikings | +750 | 11.8% |
| T.J. Watt | Pittsburgh Steelers | +1,100 | 8.3% |
| Greg Rousseau | Buffalo Bills | +1,700 | 5.6% |
| Maxx Crosby | Las Vegas Raiders | +2,500 | 3.8% |
| Dexter Lawrence II | New York Giants | +2,500 | 3.8% |
| Jeffery Simmons | Tennessee Titans | +2,700 | 3.6% |
| Nik Bonitto | Denver Broncos | +2,700 | 3.6% |
| Byron Young | Rams | +3,300 | 2.9% |
| Danielle Hunter | Houston Texans | +3,300 | 2.9% |
| Abdul Carter | New York Giants | +4,000 | 2.4% |
| Josh Hines-Allen | Jacksonville Jaguars | +5,000 | 2.0% |
| Chase Young | New Orleans Saints | +5,000 | 2.0% |
| Devin Lloyd | Jacksonville Jaguars | +5,000 | 2.0% |
| Ed Oliver | Buffalo Bills | +5,500 | 1.8% |
| Jalen Carter | Philadelphia Eagles | +6,000 | 1.6% |
| Devon Witherspoon | Seattle Seahawks | +6,000 | 1.6% |
| Travis Hunter | Jacksonville Jaguars | +6,000 | 1.6% |
The board right now
Will Anderson Jr. leads the board at +230, an implied chance of 30.3%. The closest chasers are Fred Warner at +650 and Aidan Hutchinson at +750. The board prices 20 contenders in all, and 4 of them sit inside +1,000, which is the market's way of saying how open this race still is. Boards like this one reprice on every big result, which is exactly why it now refreshes hourly.
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How to bet this future, honestly
A futures bet ties your money up until the market settles, so the price has to compensate you for both the risk and the wait. Even the current favorite is no lock: at +230, Will Anderson Jr.'s implied chance is 30.3%, which means the rest of the field still wins this bet roughly 70 times in 100 even when the favorite looks inevitable.
The value, when it exists, is usually just behind the favorite: contenders whose path is easier than their price suggests, before a marquee result reprices them. What never works is scattering small bets across ten names. The book's margin on a futures board is built from exactly that habit.
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