As of Jan. 23, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is running away with the NBA MVP award.

The Oklahoma City Thunder guard is averaging 32.0 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game while shooting 53.0 percent from the field. He's led OKC to an impressive 36-7 start (the best record in the NBA to date) and all of that has come with Chet Holmgren playing just 10 games for OKC due to a hip injury.

Oddsmakers have moved Gilgeous-Alexander to -500 to win the league MVP (an implied probability of 83.3 percent), and it appears he only has one player that he needs to hold off in this market.

Latest Odds to Win NBA MVP in 2024-25 Season

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: -500Nikola Jokic: +380Giannis Antetokounmpo: +10000Jayson Tatum: +15000Victor Wembanyama: +20000Donovan Mitchell: +30000Karl-Anthony Towns: +50000Domantas Sabonis: +50000Jalen Brunson: +50000Anthony Edwards: +50000

To open the 2024-25 season, Gilgeous-Alexander was set at +600 to win the league’s MVP award while Jokic was +350.

If the Thunder continue to run away with the West, it's hard to see a scenario where SGA doesn't win MVP. He has led OKC to the top seed in the West for two straight seasons (if the Thunder keep that spot this season), and he's really come on strong in his last 15 games, averaging 35.2 points per game while shooting 56.9 percent from the field.

Outside of Jokic, there really isn't anyone that can surpass SGA at this point in the season — unless the Thunder guard goes down with an injury.