NBA · book juice by market

NBA Hold

The hold (juice) every sportsbook charges on each NBA market — the book’s theoretical margin, devigged from closing two-way prices. Lower is cheaper for you. In the matrix, each market row is shaded green = cheapest → red = priciest across books, so you read a row left-to-right to see who is taking the least on that bet.

Player props run far more expensive than game lines — the same book will take ~4–5% on a spread and 6–12% on a prop. That spread across books is the single biggest cost most bettors never price in. This is what each book charges — shop the cheapest one for the market you actually bet.

NBA · hold % by market × book · closing lines

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Market
Moneyline	4.1%	3.9%	4.4%	4.1%	4.2%	4.5%	4.3%	5.2%	6.8%	·	·	0.9%	0.7%	1.3%	2.0%
Moneyline (3-way)	7.3%	·	8.8%	·	·	·	7.7%	·	8.7%	·	·	·	·	·	·
Spread	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	4.5%	5.1%	4.6%	5.2%	6.9%	·	·	1.9%	1.1%	1.7%	2.3%
Game Total	4.5%	4.5%	4.6%	4.5%	4.5%	5.0%	4.6%	5.2%	6.8%	·	·	2.0%	1.4%	1.6%	3.2%
Team Total	5.3%	4.6%	5.8%	6.3%	6.5%	6.6%	·	6.2%	8.8%	·	·	·	·	·	·
Points	6.0%	5.1%	6.6%	6.5%	7.0%	7.7%	6.4%	6.4%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	7.3%	6.8%	·	45.6%
Rebounds	6.1%	5.2%	6.7%	6.9%	7.0%	6.7%	6.6%	7.8%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	7.1%	7.3%	·	46.1%
Assists	6.1%	5.2%	6.6%	7.4%	7.1%	6.7%	6.9%	7.8%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	6.9%	7.6%	·	46.2%
Threes	6.0%	5.7%	6.6%	7.4%	7.1%	6.7%	7.4%	7.8%	8.7%	13.5%	13.5%	7.4%	8.1%	·	·
Steals	5.9%	6.0%	6.7%	7.7%	7.2%	6.7%	·	6.5%	9.7%	13.5%	13.5%	5.8%	9.5%	·	·
Blocks	5.8%	5.9%	6.9%	7.6%	7.2%	6.6%	·	6.3%	9.6%	13.5%	13.5%	5.4%	9.2%	·	·
Turnovers	5.7%	·	6.7%	6.7%	7.2%	·	·	·	9.8%	13.5%	13.5%	·	11.8%	·	·
Blocks + Steals	5.8%	·	6.7%	7.5%	7.2%	6.7%	·	6.4%	9.7%	13.5%	13.5%	4.7%	12.3%	·	·
Pts + Reb + Ast	6.3%	5.7%	6.6%	6.4%	7.2%	7.6%	6.4%	6.4%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	6.8%	7.5%	·	·
Pts + Reb	6.3%	5.7%	6.6%	6.4%	7.2%	6.7%	6.4%	7.9%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	8.2%	9.2%	·	·
Pts + Ast	6.3%	6.1%	6.6%	6.4%	7.2%	6.7%	6.4%	6.4%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	8.1%	9.5%	·	·
Reb + Ast	6.2%	5.7%	6.7%	6.4%	7.2%	6.7%	6.4%	6.4%	10.1%	13.5%	13.5%	7.3%	9.6%	·	·
Field Goals	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	6.4%	·	13.5%	·	·	·	·	·
Double Double	4.6%	·	7.4%	7.4%	7.1%	6.6%	·	·	9.7%	·	13.5%	4.7%	8.4%	·	·
Triple Double	·	·	7.3%	3.9%	6.0%	6.3%	·	·	9.4%	·	·	4.4%	5.2%	·	·
Fantasy Points	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	13.5%	13.5%	·	·	·	·
Frees Attempts	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	13.5%	·	·	·	·	·
Frees Made	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	·	13.5%	13.5%	·	·	·	·

Hold = (Σ implied − 1) / Σ implied over a market’s complete outcome set, averaged per (book, market) at the closing line, main full-game markets only (alternate ladders and period lines are priced differently by design). A market needs 30+ instances to appear. Pick’em apps (PrizePicks, Underdog) post a fixed payout rather than a quoted two-way price, so their figure is the cost of the pick’em structure itself and is identical on every market. No-vig exchanges (Novig, ProphetX, Kalshi, Polymarket) charge a commission on winnings instead, which this margin does not include.