2023-24 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Odds Tracker

• Get the current odds to win the NFL’s 2023-24 Defensive Player of the Year award
• Micah Parsons is currently the favorite to win NFL DPOY
• Track how the DPOY odds change throughout the 2023-24 NFL season

The AP has handed out a Defensive Player of the Year award every year since 1971. We’ve been tracking the 2023-24 NFL DPOY odds since they opened and will continue to do so all season. We average the odds from multiple sportsbooks and track the movement, removing the influence of money and providing you with each defender’s true odds of winning the award.

NFL DPOY Odds for Top Contenders

• Top 5
• Top 10
• Top 20
• 21 - 50

Four players opened in a tier of their own: Myles Garrett, arguably the best athlete in the league; Micah Parsons, who was the NFL DROY two years ago and heavy favorite for NFL DPOY most of last season; Nick Bosa, who was last year’s NFL DPOY; and TJ Watt, the NFL DPOY two seasons ago. Bosa has fallen back into a second tier since opening, but still has the fourth-best odds on the board.

Micah Parsons is currently the favorite to win the 2023-24 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. Myles Garrett was a co-favorite at opening, but now has the second-best odds behind Parsons.

Odds to Win NFL DPOY

Micah Parsons currently has the best odds to win NFL DPOY. The Cowboys defender is given +600 odds. If you bet $50 on Parsons to win, you would stand to win $300 and return $350. Based on those odds, Parsons has a 14.3% chance to win the award.

Rounding out the top five contenders are: Myles Garrett (+750), TJ Watt (+850), Nick Bosa (+1200), and Ahmad Gardner (+1500). Gardner, who is entering his second year in the league after winning NFL DROY last year, has the best odds among non-pass rushers. Aidan Hutchinson and Patrick Surtain, two more second-year players, also find themselves among the top 14 contenders.

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Here are some notes on the NFL DPOY odds movement:

• [June 2] Micah Parsons has broken away as the lone favorite to win NFL DPOY, as his odds shortened from +750 to +650.
• [March 6] Micah Parsons and Myles Garrett opened as the favorites to win the 2023-24 NFL Defensive Player of the Year award. Both players opened with +750 odds. Last year’s NFL DPOY, Nick Bosa, opened with +1000 odds, good for fourth-best on the board.

Top Contenders by Position

• Edge
• IDL
• ILB
• DB

Despite seeing so many edge players listed with short odds to win the award, only four true edge players have won DPOY in the last 14 years: Nick Bosa (2022), TJ Watt (2021), Khalil Mack (2016), and Terrell Suggs (2011).

 DPOY Winners by Position

Odds for Past Winners

Four different players have won NFL DPOY over the last four seasons. This is notable since Aaron Donald and JJ Watt were so dominant prior.

Past DPOY Winners

The idea that the Defensive Player of the Year is generally the league-leader in sacks is a common misconception. Sacks are certainly seen as a sexy stat and play a role in the voting. But the sack king has only won the award four times in the last ten seasons: Nick Bosa in 2022, TJ Watt in 2021, Aaron Donald in 2018, and JJ Watt in 2015.

TJ Watt racked up the most sacks in 2020 as well, but did not win DPOY for it. Shaquil Barrett led the NFL in sacks in 2019, Chandler Jones led the way in 2017, Vic Beasley Jr in 2016, Justin Houston in 2014, and Robert Mathis in 2013. Yet, none of them took home DPOY honors.

Archived DPOY odds: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019