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Kalshi’s market for the 2026-27 NFL MVP race is live as of a September 18, 2026 source snapshot. The contracts cover the AP Pro Football Regular Season MVP, which is revealed at NFL Honors during Super Bowl week, but traders should separate the award calendar from Kalshi’s contract deadlines and settlement terms.
By Kalshi View Editorial Team
Primary sources I checked: the NFL important-dates calendar, the NFL Honors page, and Kalshi’s KXNFLMVP-27 event record. This guide uses a dated snapshot rather than presenting live prices.
Kalshi’s public API identified KXNFLMVP-27 as an active event on September 18, 2026. The event title was “MVP Winner?” and its subtitle was “2026-27 season.” It belongs to the KXNFLMVP series, titled “AP Pro Football Regular Season MVP” and categorized under Sports.
The snapshot showed:
The displayed close time was February 12, 2028 at 15:00 UTC. That timestamp should not be treated as the award date or a promised settlement time. It is a trading deadline recorded in the API snapshot, and the contracts were marked as able to close early. Traders must check the current Kalshi contract page for the controlling close, expiration and settlement language.
No prices, volume, open interest or liquidity figures are quoted here. Those values can change, so current availability and market information must come from Kalshi’s markets page.
Each listed player has an individual Yes/No contract. The primary rule follows a direct pattern: the contract resolves Yes if the named player wins the Pro Football AP Regular Season MVP for the 2026-27 season.
Because KXNFLMVP-27 is marked mutually exclusive, one listed outcome can resolve Yes. The Tie/Co-Winners contract accounts for a shared-award result. Buying one player outcome therefore means taking a position against every other listed result, including the tie outcome.
This structure creates several checks that matter before placing an order:
The series metadata records the governing league and ESPN as settlement-source entries. Those series-level records do not guarantee how a specific contract will resolve. They also do not establish its final close time, fees or settlement process.
The official NFL calendar places Week 18 of the 2026 regular season on January 9 and 10, 2027. Wild Card games follow on January 16 through 18, with the Divisional round on January 23 and 24.
Super Bowl LXI is scheduled for February 14, 2027 at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. The AP MVP is presented at NFL Honors before the Super Bowl, but the checked NFL Honors page does not publish the exact date for the 2026-season ceremony. That date is expected to be announced later in the season and should not be inferred from the Super Bowl date.
The main calendar checkpoints are:
For broader scheduling context, see the 2026 NFL kickoff checklist and the Super Bowl LXI market calendar. The 2026 Heisman Trophy source checks provide a related awards-market framework.
This page is a static verification and calendar guide, not a market board. Before acting on any 2026-27 NFL MVP race contract, traders should check:
KalshiEX is listed by the CFTC as a designated contract market. That regulatory record establishes exchange-level status only. It does not prove that KXNFLMVP-27 remains available, or confirm event-specific rules, fees or settlement terms.
Kalshi contracts are USD-settled, and account access requires identity verification. Sports event-contract eligibility can also involve the Member Agreement, restricted jurisdictions, local law and state-law disputes. Traders should verify eligibility directly rather than treating prediction markets as universally available sportsbook substitutes.
Updates and newly published source checks may also appear through the @Kalshi_market channel, but Kalshi remains the controlling source for active contract information.
Yes, KXNFLMVP-27 was active in Kalshi’s public API snapshot checked on September 18, 2026. The event was titled “MVP Winner?” with the subtitle “2026-27 season.” Availability can change after a snapshot, so traders should search Kalshi’s current markets and review the live contract pages before acting.
The observed event had 47 active per-player Yes/No contracts plus a Tie/Co-Winners contract. It was marked mutually exclusive, meaning one listed outcome can resolve Yes. A position on one player is therefore a position against every other listed outcome. The exact live rules remain controlling.
The AP MVP is presented at NFL Honors during Super Bowl week, before Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027. The checked NFL sources had not published the exact 2027 NFL Honors date. Traders should monitor the official NFL Honors page rather than infer the announcement date from the Super Bowl calendar.
Check the event ticker, named player, season, primary rules, supplemental terms, trading deadline, early-close language, settlement source, fees and eligibility. Current prices and contract availability must come from Kalshi directly. The CFTC designation record confirms KalshiEX’s exchange status, but it does not verify the terms or availability of a specific NFL MVP contract.
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