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NBA Hold
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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.
| Market |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | 4.1% | 3.9% | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.2% | 4.4% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 6.6% | · | · | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Moneyline (3-way) | 7.3% | · | 8.6% | · | · | · | 7.7% | · | 8.7% | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Spread | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 5.0% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 6.5% | · | · | 1.8% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 3.7% |
| Game Total | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.6% | 4.5% | 4.5% | 4.9% | 4.6% | 5.1% | 6.4% | · | · | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 3.6% |
| Team Total | 5.1% | 4.6% | 5.8% | 6.3% | 6.5% | 6.5% | · | 6.2% | 8.6% | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| Points | 6.0% | 5.2% | 6.6% | 6.5% | 7.1% | 7.6% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 9.7% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 8.0% | 6.7% | · | 42.0% |
| Rebounds | 6.1% | 5.2% | 6.7% | 6.8% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.6% | 7.8% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 8.1% | 7.1% | · | 41.8% |
| Assists | 6.0% | 5.2% | 6.6% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 6.9% | 7.8% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 8.0% | 7.4% | · | 40.2% |
| Threes | 6.0% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 6.7% | 7.4% | 7.8% | 8.7% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 8.2% | 8.1% | · | · |
| Steals | 5.9% | 6.0% | 6.7% | 7.7% | 7.2% | 6.7% | · | 6.5% | 9.4% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 6.8% | 9.4% | · | · |
| Blocks | 5.8% | 6.0% | 7.0% | 7.6% | 7.2% | 6.6% | · | 6.3% | 9.4% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 6.4% | 9.2% | · | · |
| Turnovers | 5.8% | · | 6.7% | 7.0% | 7.2% | · | · | · | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | · | 11.8% | · | · |
| Blocks + Steals | 5.8% | · | 6.7% | 7.5% | 7.2% | 6.6% | · | 6.4% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 11.6% | 12.3% | · | · |
| Pts + Reb + Ast | 6.3% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 7.5% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 7.6% | 7.6% | · | · |
| Pts + Reb | 6.3% | 5.7% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 7.8% | 9.6% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 8.5% | 9.1% | · | · |
| Pts + Ast | 6.3% | 6.1% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 9.7% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 8.4% | 9.4% | · | · |
| Reb + Ast | 6.2% | 5.7% | 6.7% | 6.4% | 7.2% | 6.6% | 6.4% | 6.4% | 9.9% | 13.5% | 13.5% | 7.8% | 9.5% | · | · |
| Field Goals | · | · | · | 7.3% | · | · | · | 6.4% | · | 13.5% | · | · | · | · | · |
| Double Double | 4.6% | · | 7.4% | 7.5% | 7.1% | 6.6% | · | · | 8.4% | · | 13.5% | 4.9% | 6.9% | 10.7% | · |
| Triple Double | · | · | 7.3% | 4.1% | 6.0% | 6.3% | · | · | 5.8% | · | · | 4.4% | 4.7% | 4.1% | · |
| Fantasy Points | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 13.5% | 13.5% | · | · | · | · |
| Frees Attempts | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 13.5% | · | · | · | · | · |
| Frees Made | · | · | · | 7.4% | · | · | · | · | · | 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.