- Alex Palou is favored to win the Indy 500 at +500 odds.
- Palou is the number one driver in IndyCar.
INDIANAPOLIS – It’s that time of the year for the Indy 500, which is considered “The Biggest Spectacle In Racing.” With that, there are plenty of betting odds for the race, but we’re going to show you the overall odds for the outright winner.
As the odds currently sit now on legal sports betting sites, the number one overall ranked driver in the Indy Car series this year, Alex Palou, is the favorite to win.
2025 Indy 500 Betting Odds
- Alex Palou +500
- Pato O’Ward +600
- Scott Dixon +750
- Josef Newgarden +800
- Scott McLaughlin +1000
- Felix Rosenqvist +1400
- Takuma Sato +1400
- Kyle Larson +1600
- Robert Shwartzman +1600
- Alexander Rossi +2200
- Christian Lundgaard +2200
- David Malukas +2200
Palou’s Race To Lose
Even at the shortest spot on the odds board, this is some serious value being offered on Indy 500 betting sites for Alex Palou to come out on top here.
This race is Alex Palou’s to lose, and there is no other way to look at it. As previously mentioned, he is the number one ranked driver to this point.
He’s been absolutely dominant with a whopping 248 points accounted for, while Kyle Kirkwood, the second-ranked driver is way down at 151 points.
To show how dominant he’s been, in five total races, he’s won four of them and come in second place in the only one he didn’t win. He’s also led for a total of 136 laps in those five races as well.
