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

We're more than halfway through the 2024 regular season, so it's a good time to look at the leading candidates for the NFL's Most Valuable Player award.

Our panel -- which includes Jeremy Fowler, Mike Tannenbaum, Matt Miller, Jordan Reid, Kalyn Kahler, Seth Walder, Dan Graziano, Field Yates, Matt Bowen, Aaron Schatz, Dan Orlovsky, Ben Solak and myself -- ranked the top players in the MVP race through 11 weeks. We used those 13 sets of rankings to compile our consensus top-five contenders.

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson still reigns supreme as our MVP front-runner, but the gap between him and the rest of the field has closed. To no one's surprise, quarterbacks highlight the race. But who's that rounding out the latest top five? A running back? In this economy? Believe it.

Here's a look at the top MVP candidates, three players who just missed the cut and lingering questions after Week 11.

All odds are viaESPN BET.

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1. Lamar Jackson, QB, Baltimore Ravens

Current odds: +185