Time Person of the Year Odds 2025: Trump the Favorite to Secure a Third Cover
Last Updated: January 7, 2025 7:29 AM EST • 5 min 30 sec read.
Time magazine announces its Person of the Year each December, and for 2024 the winner was Donald Trump. Coming on the heels of his re-election as President of the United States over Kamala Harris, Trump picked up the Time Person of the Year honor for the second time, having also been designated as such by the magazine after his first presidential election victory over Hillary Clinton back in 2016.
The for 2024 Person of the Year were Harris, British royal Kate Middleton, X owner and SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Russian economist (and wife of Alexei Navalny) Yulia Navalnaya, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, leading podcaster Joe Rogan, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
And with top sports betting sites now turning their attention to 2025 it’s no surprise that already has 2025 Time Person of the Year odds posted. So who is in the running for this year?
Here's an early look at the odds for 2025 Time Person of the Year (odds via FanDuel Canada as of Jan. 7 at 7 a.m. ET):
Time Person of the Year 2025 Odds
| Candidate | Odds | Implied Probability | Profit on $10 Bet |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Trump | -125 | 55.56% | $8 |
| Elon Musk | +250 | 28.57% | $25 |
| Xi Jinping | +650 | 13.33% | $65 |
| Joe Rogan | +750 | 11.76% | $75 |
| Artificial intelligence (AI)* | +850 | 10.53% | $85 |
| Kate Middleton | +1000 | 9.09% | $100 |
| JD Vance | +1100 | 8.33% | $110 |
| Jerome Powell | +1300 | 7.14% | $130 |
| King Charles III | +1400 | 6.67% | $140 |
| Taylor Swift | +1600 | 5.88% | $160 |
| Yulia Navalnaya | +1600 | 5.88% | $160 |
| Jeff Bezos | +1700 | 5.56% | $170 |
| Gavin Newsom | +1900 | 5.00% | $190 |
| Mark Zuckerberg | +1900 | 5.00% | $190 |
| Mr Beast | +2100 | 4.55% | $210 |
| Pope Francis | +2100 | 4.55% | $210 |
| David Attenborough | +2300 | 4.17% | $230 |
| Marina Silva | +2300 | 4.17% | $230 |
| Mark Cuban | +2500 | 3.85% | $250 |
| Oasis | +2500 | 3.85% | $250 |
| William Ruto | +2900 | 3.33% | $290 |
| Lisa Su | +2900 | 3.33% | $290 |
| Kim Kardashian | +3200 | 3.03% | $320 |
| Li Qiang | +3200 | 3.03% | $320 |
| Travis Kelce | +3400 | 2.86% | $340 |
| Bob Iger | +3400 | 2.86% | $340 |
| Selena Gomez | +4000 | 2.44% | $400 |
| Jane Goodall | +4000 | 2.44% | $400 |
| Beyonce | +4400 | 2.22% | $440 |
| Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson | +4400 | 2.22% | $440 |
| Beth Ford | +4900 | 2.00% | $490 |
| James Cameron | +4900 | 2.00% | $490 |
| Robert Downey Jr | +5000 | 1.96% | $500 |
| Lionel Messi | +5000 | 1.96% | $500 |
| Logan Paul | +5500 | 1.79% | $550 |
| Jake Paul | +5500 | 1.79% | $550 |
| Zendaya | +6000 | 1.64% | $600 |
| Ryan Reynolds | +6000 | 1.64% | $600 |
| LeBron James | +6000 | 1.64% | $600 |
| Frank Mugisha | +7500 | 1.32% | $750 |
| Elton John | +7500 | 1.32% | $750 |
| Caitlin Clark | +9500 | 1.04% | $950 |
| Tim Naki | +10000 | 0.99% | $1,000 |
| Justin Bieber | +10000 | 0.99% | $1,000 |
| Nedd Brockmann | +10000 | 0.99% | $1,000 |
*Includes ChatGPT
Time Person of the Year 2025 Favorites
Donald Trump (-125)
Trump sits as the betting favorite, but would Time select him as Person of the Year two years in a row? If they wanted to curry favor with his administration (or avoid hearing him gripe about not being selected) perhaps they would, but oddsmakers making him the betting favorite here is probably more about how much oxygen he takes up in American and worldwide discourse and less about if he’d be named again.
Elon Musk (+250)
Musk has already been named Time Person of the Year before, in 2021. Back then the focus was on his work with SpaceX and Tesla, and he was a less controversial figure as he had not yet become Trump’s de facto second-in-charge. Musk certainly has the money and the social media reach to push himself into any conversation, and he’s now started dabbling in the affairs of countries outside the United States.
Other 2025 Time Person of the Year favorites on the board at FanDuel Canada include Rogan (+750), newly-elected United States Vice President (and author) JD Vance (+1100), and Powell (+1300).
Time Person of the Year 2025 contenders
Xi Jinping (+650)
The 71-year-old leader of China has been in power for over a decade, and will be tangling with a Trump-led White House for the second time in his political career in 2025. World leaders are always prime candidates for Time Person of the Year, and a leader of China has not been selected since Deng Xiaoping in both 1978 and 1985. With China’s influence on world affairs, Xi will almost certainly be in the running.
Artificial Intelligence (+850)
The FanDuel odds board notes that Artificial Intelligence here includes ChatGPT, everyone’s new favorite way to pretend they wrote something (not this article though of course). The benefits – and dangers – of AI have been front and centre in every discussion of business and technology over the past year, and that’s only going to increase in 2025. Let’s just hope Cyberdyne Systems .
Kate Middleton (+1000)
Middleton’s cancer diagnosis and chemotherapy treatment captured headlines both in the UK and around the world in 2024, putting her on the Person of the Year shortlist. If Middleton returns to the spotlight this year – especially in an advocacy role – she could be a strong choice for the 2025 honor.
Other 2025 Time Person of the Year contenders include King Charles III (+1400), Pope Francis (+2100), and Li Qiang (+3200), the second-ranked member of China’s powerful Politburo Standing Committee.
2025 Time Person of the Year underdogs
Taylor Swift (+1600)
Swift was previously named the , a rare feat for someone in the arts, based on the massive success of her Eras Tour around the world and her continued domination of the music charts. With the Eras Tour now over, though, Swift could have a quiet (by her standards) year ahead.
Jeff Bezos (+1700)
Bezos, like his rival Musk, keeps himself in the spotlight through multiple business ventures, most notably Amazon and Blue Origin, and his wealth allows him to yield influence on government. Getting named as Person of the Year by a media organization, however, might be tough for Bezos in 2025, as his ownership of The Washington Post has now resulted in multiple times.
Other 2025 Time Person of the Year underdogs include California governor and potential 2028 United States presidential contender Gavin Newsom (+1900) plus Zuckerberg (+1900) and fellow billionaire Mark Cuban (+2500), who has most recently turned his attention to his Cost Plus Drugs venture.
2025 Time Person of the Year long shots
Beyonce (+4400)
Having dazzled in a in her hometown of Houston, Beyonce reminded everyone that there was music spectacle beyond the Eras Tour. Never count Beyonce out of anything.
Caitlin Clark (+9500)
Clark was named the 2024 Time Athlete of the Year after she had big success as a WNBA rookie with the Indiana Fever and was credited in large part to a surge in interest in that league (and in women’s sports in general). What will Clark do for an encore in 2025 to increase her overall reach and her star power?
Other 2025 Time Person of the Year longshots on the list include Avatar director and film innovator James Cameron (+4900), NBA legend LeBron James (+6000), and music superstar Elton John (+7500).
2025 Time Person of the Year Betting Pick
The oddsmakers at FanDuel Canada might be on to something by including Artificial Intelligence amongst their top contenders for 2025 Time Person of the Year. Several times in recent years it’s been a group or a concept that’s been given the Person of the Year honor, including The Guardians in 2018 (journalists who faced persecution), The Silence Breakers in 2017 (the #MeToo movement), Ebola Fighters in 2014 (health care workers), and The Protestor in 2011 (various grassroots protestors from around the world).
Plus, with the way tech is going it could end up being Artificial Intelligence itself that selects the Time Person of the Year for 2025, and who do you think would be its choice? All hail our digital overlords.
My Pick: Artificial Intelligence (+850)
Time Person of the Year History
| Year | Choice |
|---|---|
| 1927 | Charles Lindbergh |
| 1928 | Walter Chrysler |
| 1929 | Owen D. Young |
| 1930 | Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1931 | Pierre Laval |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1933 | Hugh S. Johnson |
| 1934 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1935 | Haile Selassie |
| 1936 | Wallis Simpson |
| 1937 (co-winner) | Chiang Kai-shek |
| 1937 (co-winner) | Soong Mei-ling |
| 1938 | Adolf Hitler |
| 1939 | Joseph Stalin |
| 1940 | Winston Churchill |
| 1941 | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| 1942 | Joseph Stalin |
| 1943 | George C. Marshall |
| 1944 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1945 | Harry S. Truman |
| 1946 | James F. Byrnes |
| 1947 | George C. Marshall |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman |
| 1949 | Winston Churchill |
| 1950 | The American fighting-man |
| 1951 | Mohammad Mossadegh |
| 1952 | Elizabeth II |
| 1953 | Konrad Adenauer |
| 1954 | John Foster Dulles |
| 1955 | Harlow Curtice |
| 1956 | The Hungarian freedom fighter |
| 1957 | Nikita Khrushchev |
| 1958 | Charles de Gaulle |
| 1959 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 1960 | U.S. Scientists |
| 1961 | John F. Kennedy |
| 1962 | John XXIII |
| 1963 | Martin Luther King Jr. |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 1965 | William Westmoreland |
| 1966 | The Inheritor |
| 1967 | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| 1968 | The Apollo 8 astronauts |
| 1969 | The Middle Americans |
| 1970 | Willy Brandt |
| 1971 | Richard Nixon |
| 1972 (co-winner) | Richard Nixon |
| 1972 (co-winner) | Henry Kissinger |
| 1973 | John Sirica |
| 1974 | Faisal |
| 1975 | American women |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter |
| 1977 | Anwar Sadat |
| 1978 | Deng Xiaoping |
| 1979 | Ruhollah Khomeini |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan |
| 1981 | Lech Wałęsa |
| 1982 | The Computer |
| 1983 (co-winner) | Ronald Reagan |
| 1983 (co-winner) | Yuri Andropov |
| 1984 | Peter Ueberroth |
| 1985 | Deng Xiaoping |
| 1986 | Corazon Aquino |
| 1987 | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1988 | The Endangered Earth |
| 1989 | Mikhail Gorbachev |
| 1990 | George H. W. Bush |
| 1991 | Ted Turner |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton |
| 1993 | The Peacemakers |
| 1994 | John Paul II |
| 1995 | Newt Gingrich |
| 1996 | David Ho |
| 1997 | Andrew Grove |
| 1998 (co-winner) | Bill Clinton |
| 1998 (co-winner) | Ken Starr |
| 1999 | Jeff Bezos |
| 2000 | George W. Bush |
| 2001 | Rudy Giuliani |
| 2002 | The Whistleblowers |
| 2003 | The American soldier |
| 2004 | George W. Bush |
| 2005 | The Good Samaritans |
| 2006 | You[76] |
| 2007 | Vladimir Putin |
| 2008 | Barack Obama |
| 2009 | Ben Bernanke |
| 2010 | Mark Zuckerberg |
| 2011 | The Protester |
| 2012 | Barack Obama |
| 2013 | Francis |
| 2014 | Ebola fighters |
| 2015 | Angela Merkel |
| 2016 | Donald Trump |
| 2017 | The Silence Breakers |
| 2018 | The Guardians |
| 2019 | Greta Thunberg |
| 2020 (co-winner) | Joe Biden |
| 2020 (co-winner) | Kamala Harris |
| 2021 | Elon Musk |
| 2022 (co-winner) | Volodymyr Zelenskyy |
| 2022 (co-winner) | The Spirit of Ukraine |
| 2023 | Taylor Swift |
| 2024 | Donald Trump |
Time Person of the Year FAQs
When will the Time Person of the Year be chosen?
The Time Person of the Year is traditionally announced annually in early-to-mid December.
Who was named Time Person of the Year in 2024?
Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump was selected as Time Person of the Year for 2024, marking the second time he has earned the honor.
Who is the betting favorite for 2025 Time Person of the Year?
The first odds for 2025 have 2024 cover figure Donald Trump installed as the -125 favorite, good for an implied probability of 55.56%.
Has there ever been more than one Time Person of the Year selected in a given year?
Time has given out multiple Person of the Year honors six times in its history – most recently in 2022, when Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and "The Spirit of Ukraine" were jointly recognized.
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