2024-25 Art Ross Trophy Odds: MacKinnon Is Only Going To Get Better

The 2024-25 Art Trophy Odds are backing Nathan MacKinnon as the favorite to end the year as the league's top scorer with +165 odds at BET99, a fair call considering he finished second last year and currently leads the league in scoring with a three-point cushion.

But how about we consider Carolina Hurricanes Martin Necas to win the 2024 Art Ross Trophy and his incredibly valuable +1100 odds?

2024-25 Art Ross Trophy Odds

Odds as of December 11 at BET99

Art Ross trophy Odds Favorite: Nathan MacKinnon

Even with the Avalanche facing a considerable injury bug, Nathan MacKinnon is still scoring with an incredible 46 points in 30 games a pace of 126 points on the year. That's well below his 140 points from last season, but again, his team has been significantly impacted by injuries with the third-most man-games lost, his productivity should take a positive jump forward once those players return from their injuries restoring depth and balance to the Avalanche's lineup.

The latter portion of last season was when MacKinnon's production took a massive leap last year going from 1.32 points through October and November to 1.82 points per game from December to April. Expect Mack to see his production skyrocket as his performances kick into high gear and his teammates return with a full bill of health. So get on him now at +165.

2024-25 Art Ross Trophy value Bets: Martin Necas

Necas's odds dropped from +1750 to +1100 since our last update so odds makers have more faith in the Hurricanes forward to continue his incredible scoring rate of 43 points in 28 games. That 126-point pace is a massive change from his previous career high of 71 points so I get why the books aren't running to make Necas' top three to win the Art Ross even if he's tied for second in league scoring.

Over the past two seasons both players who led the league in scoring through November 28th, Kucherov with 37 points in 22 games during the 23-24 season and McDavid with 39 in 22 in 22-23, ended up winning the Art Ross that same year. So Necas who was leading on November 28 and is only three points back of MacKinnon is in a good position to win it this year.

And we've yet to enter Necas's most productive period, the month of March is where Necas has been at his best scoring 0.79 points per game in his career. If Necas is truly this 120-130 point player expect an explosion late in the year when the Canes play 14 games in March.

Last 10 Art Ross Trophy Winners

McDavid has owned this award since he stepped foot in the NHL winning the league's top scorer trophy five times and helping his teammate Leon Draisaitl to win another in nine seasons.

Looking at this table, don't get too cute with your Art Ross pick. Since 2015-16, no player has won the league's top scorer trophy with opening odds lower than seventh on the odds board so don't go chasing wild value way down the board.

Who Has The Most Art Ross Trophies

*Won every year through 1981 & 1987
**Won every year from 1951 to 1954
***Won every year from 2021 to 2023
*****Won from 1998 to 2000

One more trophy and McDavid is level with some of the biggest names in the game like Super Mario and Mr Hockey. He'll likely never reach the domination that Wayne Gretzky had over the sport with 10 total Art Ross Trophies and winning the scoring race every year from 1981 to 1987.

Teams With The Most Art Ross Trophies

The Pens top the list with 15 thanks to Mario Lemieux (6), Jaromir Jagr (5), Sidney Crosby (2) and Evgeni Malkin (2). At McDavid's pace, he could easily pick up two to three most Art Ross trophies and hand the lead back to the Edmonton Oilers.