With the season well underway everyone’s looking for which player has the highest chance of winning the NBA MVP award this season.
All of Joel Embiid, Jayson Tatum, LeBron James, and Stephen Curry have either won MVP awards or been in the running in the past, and each of them is at least in the discussion heading into this season. But who are the current fan-favorite players for the MVP award?
To determine this, Betway has analyzed the players using the social listening tool Linkfluence* in order to reveal what percentage of conversations online surrounding them were positive in the past 12 months. Based on the data, Stephen Curry comes out on top (33.6%), followed by Donovan Mitchell and Luka Dončić!
The following table ranks the players with the highest chance of winning the MVP award this season based on who is most positively talked about online in the past 12 months:
| Player | Team | Odds | Positive |
| Stephen Curry | Golden State Warriors | 1200 | 33.60% |
| Giannis Antetokounmpo | Milwaukee Bucks | 600 | 17.40% |
| Donovan Mitchell | Cleveland Cavaliers | 8000 | 17.30% |
| Luka Dončić | Dallas Mavericks | 425 | 16.40% |
| LeBron James | LA Lakers | 1800 | 16.10% |
| Nikola Jokić | Denver Nuggets | 900 | 15.80% |
| Karl-Anthony Towns | Minnesota Timberwolves | 5000 | 15.70% |
| Joel Embiid | Philadelphia 76ers | 650 | 14.90% |
| Ja Morant | Memphis Grizzlies | 1500 | 14.30% |
| Jimmy Butler | Miami Heat | 5000 | 13.50% |
| Kawhi Leonard | LA Clippers | 3000 | 13.30% |
| Jayson Tatum | Boston Celtics | 1200 | 12.90% |
| Kevin Durant | Brooklyn Nets | 800 | 10.30% |
| James Harden | Philadelphia 76ers | 7000 | 6.42% |
