NFL MVP watch 2024: Ranking candidates with award odds, stats

With three weeks left in the 2024 season, the race for the NFL's Most Valuable Player is hitting its final stretch. That means now is a good time to take a look at the leading candidates heading into the last few weeks.

We asked 14 analysts -- Matt Bowen, Dan Graziano, Kalyn Kahler, Matt Miller, Dan Orlovsky, Jason Reid, Jordan Reid, Aaron Schatz, Ben Solak, Mike Tannenbaum, Lindsey Thiry, Seth Walder, Field Yates and myself -- to vote on the top players in the MVP race through 15 weeks. We then used those 14 sets of rankings to compile our consensus top-five contenders.

The MVP award has gone to quarterbacks each of the past 11 seasons, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that signal-callers lead the way at this point. But the biggest surprise might be who is in front this time around. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has reigned supreme atop our list this season, but Bills quarterback Josh Allen turned heads and swayed odds with his season-high 362-yard performance against Detroit on Sunday. Two star quarterbacks and a dynamic running back round out our list.

Does the only non-QB on our list have what it takes to win the MVP award? Whose stock is falling after 15 weeks of play? And whose stock is rising? We answer those big questions and look at the top candidates, plus three players who just missed the cut after Week 15.

All odds are viaESPN BET.

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1.Josh Allen, QB,Buffalo Bills

Current odds:-900