2020-21 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Odds Tracker

• Who are the top contenders for the 2021 NBA Defensive Player of the Year award?
• Rudy Gobert was awarded his third DPOY on the evening of June 9th
• Track how the odds fluctuate throughout the 2020-21 NBA season

We’ve been tracking the odds to win the 2021 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award all year long and have included the data below. The main graph on this page has been generated by calculating the average from many of our most trusted sportsbooks.

2021 NBA Defensive of the Year Odds

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• [June 9] Gobert was given the award on June 9th, giving the French big man his third DPOY selection since entering the league
• [May 18] With the regular season wrapped up, Gobert’s odds have gotten even shorter to win. He’s now basically a lock at odds of -3168
• [May 11] Gobert’s odds continue shortening as it looks like the award is his, now at odds of -1950

• [May 4] With Myles Turner missing time, his average odds have faded to +1900. Gobert remains the heavy favorite
• [April 27] Gobert’s grip has tightened further on the award, at odds of -453
• [April 22] With less than a month of the season to go, we’re yet to see a player seriously challenge Rudy Gobert at average odds of -308
• [April 15] Rudy Gobert’s odds have shortened further, now at an average price of -335
• [April 8] The DPOY race remains flat, as Gobert is still a significant odds-on favorite
• [April 1st] Not much movement this week in the DPOY race, as Rudy Gobert remains -223 favorite
• [March 24] Rudy Gobert remains the heavy favorite, while Embiid’s odds have shortened back to +1800 as he’s returned to the court
• [March 16] With Embiid suffering a knee bruise to knock him out of action for a few weeks, his DPOY odds have faded all the way to an average of +3050, making this a four player race
• [March 9] Gobert is still the favorite, but Simmons is now the consensus second choice, at average odds of +243
• [March 3] Simmons’ rise continues as the 76ers Aussie star is now at average odds of +300. Gobert remains the heavy -205 favorite
• [February 24] As Embiid carries a lot of the load on offence, Simmons has picked it up on the defensive end for the East leading Sixers, and has improved his DPOY odds to an average of +725
• [February 16] Utah remains the class of the league, and Gobert is now the odds-on favorite to win the award, at a price of -140
• [February 10] With the Jazz sitting at an NBA best 20-5 record, Gobert’s status as their anchor has continued to shorten his price for DPOY, now at average odds of +180
• [February 4] Rudy Gobert has overtaken Anthony Davis as the favorite, now at odds of +225 as Utah is the hottest team in the NBA
• [January 19] Myles Turner has broken out for the Pacers on the defensive end through the first month of the season, and now has odds of +825 for DPOY, inside the top five
• [January 6] Ben Simmons impressive start to the season has surged him into the top five contenders, now at average odds of +850 after opening at +2400
• [November 26] Anthony Davis has opened as a slight +240 favorite to win the award in 2020-21. Rudy Gobert is at odds of +300 to win his 3rd DPOY in four years

2021 NBA DPOY Odds

Odds as of May 18th

While Giannis Antetokounmpo guns for his second straight year winning both MVP and DPOY, Anthony Davis is his biggest challenger – while AD also guns for his first MVP award.

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