NBA Most Improved Player Odds 2026-27: Most Improved Favorites
Check the latest NBA Most Improved Player odds for the 2026-27 regular season. Compare winner prices across top sportsbooks to see which players the market expects to take a big step forward. For game lines and other season-long markets, see all NBA odds.
2026-27 NBA Most Improved Player Winner Odds
2026-27 NBA Most Improved Player Best Bet
Current Best Bet: Ty Jerome (Grizzlies)
Jerome remains the MIP favorite, and the production backs it up: he’s averaging a career-best 26.6 points, 5.3 assists, and 3.4 rebounds through eight games with Memphis, a massive jump for a player who was a bench scorer for most of his career. He’s the betting favorite at 4/1, just ahead of a tightly bunched group (Ajay Mitchell, Brandon Miller, Dylan Harper), but the gap isn’t enormous — Jerome has simply been the most productive name in a crowded field so far, and that per-game scoring leap is the kind of jump MIP voters reward most.
2026-27 NBA Most Improved Player Contenders
Dylan Harper (Spurs)
- Season Stats: 18.1 ppg; 5.4 rpg; 4.4 apg
Ajay Mitchell (Thunder)
- Season Stats: 18.9 ppg; 3.7 rpg; 3.3 apg
Ty Jerome (Grizzlies)
- Season Stats: 26.6 ppg; 3.4 rpg; 5.3 apg
2026-27 NBA Most Improved Player Sleepers
Miller is the deeper breakout sleeper: he’s up to 20.6 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 2.2 assists through 10 games, a real leap for a player who’s spent most of his career as a scorer third or fourth on Charlotte’s depth chart, and he’s doing it on a Hornets team actively trying to build around him long-term after locking him into a five-year extension. Mitchell is the more unexpected name — he’s averaging a career-best 8.3 assists per game to go with 15.4 points, has already posted four double-doubles, and became just the second Heat player ever to record double-digit assists in four of a team’s first several games (joining Tim Hardaway Sr.); a jump from part-time ball-handler to a top-tier assist man is exactly the kind of leap that sneaks into MIP conversations late.
Brandon Miller (Hornets)
- Season Stats: 20.6 ppg; 5 rpg; 2.2 apg
Davion Mitchell (Heat)
- Season Stats: 16.2 ppg; 1.7 rpg; 8.5 apg
