Cooper Flagg Leads 2025-26 NBA Rookie Of the Year After Draft Drama

The first round of the NBA Draft went off with few surprises. There were lots of tears and lots of diamond chains.

Oh, and a few trades that made zero sense. See the New Orleans Pelicans (how do you give up an unprotected first to move up from 23 to 13) and the Phoenix Suns, who traded two first round picks for Mark Williams and then drafted another center in Khaman Malauch. 

The oddsmakers at BetOnline.ag have opened Rookie of the Year odds with, and without Cooper Flagg.

Before showing you the odds, I was curious to know how many top overall picks won ROY this century. The answer is 11 of 25, so 44%.

However, and kind of a big caveat, two top overall draft picks won ROY after sitting out their first seasons with injuries. The players were Blake Griffin and Ben Simmons.

Malcom Brogdon was the only player drafted outside the top 10. He was actually picked 36^th overall and in the second round.

Here are the direct links to 2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year odds with and without Cooper Flagg: https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/futures-and-props/nba-player-futures/nba-rookie-of-the-year.

2025-26 NBA Rookie of the Year
Cooper Flagg		1/3	(-300)
Tre Johnson		13/2	(+650)
Ace Bailey		7/1
Dylan Harper		9/1
VJ Edgecombe		20/1
Derik Queen		22/1
Jeremiah Fears		25/1
Egor Demin		33/1
Kon Knueppel		33/1
Kasparas Jakucionis		50/1
Collin Murray-Boyles		66/1
Cedric Coward		100/1
Danny Wolf		100/1
Jase Richardson		100/1
Khaman Maluach		100/1
Noa Essengue		100/1
Walter Clayton Jr.		100/1
Asa Newell		200/1
Carter Bryant		200/1
Joan Beringer		200/1
Nolan Traore		200/1
Thomas Sorber		200/1
Will Riley		200/1
Nique Clifford		250/1
Yang Hansen		250/1
2025-26 NBA Rookie of The Year w/o Cooper Flagg
Tre Johnson		3/1
Ace Bailey		13/4	(+325)
Dylan Harper		5/1
Derik Queen		10/1
VJ Edgecombe		10/1
Jeremiah Fears		12/1
Egor Demin		14/1
Kon Knueppel		14/1
Collin Murray-Boyles		16/1
Kasparas Jakucionis		16/1
Noa Essengue		25/1
Walter Clayton Jr.		28/1
Cedric Coward		33/1
Danny Wolf		33/1
Jase Richardson		33/1
Khaman Maluach		33/1
Asa Newell		50/1
Carter Bryant		50/1
Joan Beringer		50/1
Nolan Traore		50/1
Thomas Sorber		50/1
Will Riley		50/1
Nique Clifford		66/1
Yang Hansen		75/1