The New York Liberty battled into additional time of the ultimate sport of the season to say the franchise’s first WNBA title on Sunday, they usually’ve been put in because the favorites to repeat in 2025.
The Liberty completed first through the 2024 common season and went on to win the title in 5 video games over the Minnesota Lynx. New York has been put in because the +190 favourite for the 2025 title by DraftKings, adopted by Minnesota at +350 together with the Las Vegas Aces, who had been thwarted of their try and win a 3rd consecutive title this season.
2025 WNBA TITLE ODDS*
New York Liberty (+190)
Minnesota Lynx (+350)
Las Vegas Aces (+350)
Connecticut Solar (+750)
Indiana Fever (+1300)
Seattle Storm (+1500)
Phoenix Mercury (+4500)
Atlanta Dream (+7000)
Chicago Sky (+7500)
Washington Mystics (+10000)
Los Angeles Spark (+12000)
Dallas Wings (+12000)
Golden State Valkyries (+20000)
*DraftKings
The Fever had been eradicated within the first spherical of star rookie Caitlin Clark’s first season, and opened at +1300 for the 2025 title. Fellow rookie Angel Reese had her season finish early resulting from a wrist damage, and her Chicago Sky opened as +7500 longshots.
The longest odds within the league belong to the enlargement Golden State Valkyries, who’re making ready for the Dec. 6 enlargement draft.
The Liberty additionally opened because the +200 favorites at BetMGM, the place the road shortly moved to +175. The most important early motion was by the Fever, whose odds shifted from +2500 to +1500 with 33.3 % of all 2025 title tickets backing Indiana for the reason that market opened after this 12 months’s finals.
It continued what the guide stated has been a constant enhance in betting curiosity within the WNBA together with ladies’s sports activities usually.
“Ladies’s basketball is blowing up, and other people appear to be enthusiastic about ladies’s sports activities usually,” BetMGM sports activities dealer Hannah Luther stated in an announcement. “There was unbelievable momentum for the WNBA coming off a record-breaking ladies’s faculty basketball event when it comes to bets and viewership led by curiosity in Indiana Fever celebrity Caitlin Clark.
“BetMGM skilled exponential progress this WNBA season with a 113 % enhance in betting year-over-year, and we plan to maintain the momentum going.”
BetMGM additionally reported that the Liberty successful the Finals over the Lynx was a very good end result for the guide, which plans to supply a “wider array of WNBA markets — extra participant props, specials, futures, and award bets – and a higher deal with ladies’s faculty basketball.”
–Area Degree Media
