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No 2027 NBA Finals MVP odds are posted yet. The last award went to Jalen Brunson, who averaged 32.6 points as the New York Knicks beat the San Antonio Spurs 4-1 in the 2026 Finals.
ESPN’s 2026-27 futures board, read on September 24, 2026, carries 16 NBA markets, including the title, both conferences and six regular-season awards, but no Finals MVP. The season opens October 20, and the Finals are the last round of a postseason that runs to June 2027.
Start with the title odds
In every one of the last ten seasons, the Finals MVP came from the team that won the Finals. So until a Finals MVP board opens, the title market is the nearest price there is.
| Team | Title odds | Implied chance |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma City Thunder | +270 | 27.0% |
| San Antonio Spurs | +270 | 27.0% |
| Philadelphia 76ers | +900 | 10.0% |
| New York Knicks | +900 | 10.0% |
| Boston Celtics | +1300 | 7.1% |
| Cleveland Cavaliers | +2200 | 4.3% |
Those are DraftKings prices on the same ESPN board. The implied chance is the price as a percentage, before the book’s margin comes out. A title price is not a Finals MVP price: a player’s chance is his team’s chance times the chance he is the one who gets the award, so every player on a team is a longer shot than the team itself.
Brunson’s 2026 Finals, game by game
| Game | Result | Brunson points |
|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | Knicks 105, Spurs 95 | 30 |
| Game 2 | Knicks 105, Spurs 104 | 20 |
| Game 3 | Spurs 115, Knicks 111 | 32 |
| Game 4 | Knicks 107, Spurs 106 | 36 |
| Game 5 | Knicks 94, Spurs 90 | 45 |
That is 163 points in five games, the most in the series. His 45 in Game 5 closed it out on the road in San Antonio. Brunson was also the Eastern Conference Finals MVP and the NBA Cup MVP for 2025-26.
He is the first Knicks player named Finals MVP since Willis Reed in 1973.
The rest of the series
Victor Wembanyama led San Antonio with 26.0 points and 11.2 rebounds a game. He was the Western Conference Finals MVP, but the award has not gone to a player from the losing team in any of the last ten Finals.
For the Knicks, OG Anunoby scored 21.2 points a game, with 33 in Game 4. Karl-Anthony Towns averaged 10.6 rebounds. On the Spurs side, rookie Dylan Harper averaged 18.0 points and scored 25 in Game 5.
Recent NBA Finals MVP winners
| Season | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | Jalen Brunson | New York Knicks |
| 2024-25 | Shai Gilgeous-Alexander | Oklahoma City Thunder |
| 2023-24 | Jaylen Brown | Boston Celtics |
| 2022-23 | Nikola Jokic | Denver Nuggets |
| 2021-22 | Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors |
| 2020-21 | Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2019-20 | LeBron James | Los Angeles Lakers |
| 2018-19 | Kawhi Leonard | Toronto Raptors |
| 2017-18 | Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors |
| 2016-17 | Kevin Durant | Golden State Warriors |
Durant is the only player to win it twice in these ten seasons. Golden State accounts for three of the ten, through Durant twice and Stephen Curry once.
What to watch
When a Finals MVP board opens, the price on any player is a bet on two things at once: his team winning the title, and him being its best player in the Finals. At +270 the Thunder and Spurs each carry about a 27% title chance, so no player on either roster can be better than 27% by that arithmetic. A futures bet is worth making only when you rate the chance higher than the price does.
For the full title board, see our NBA championship odds, and for the regular-season award, our NBA MVP odds. The New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs meet again on Christmas Day in New York. From October 20, our NBA predictions carry the nightly lines.
