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Will LeBron James retire before next NBA season?

NBA · tracked since July 20, 2026 · no longer updating — this question left the market on October 4, 2026

0.9%

Final tracked odds

As of October 4, 2026, market-consensus odds put the chance at 0.9%.

Unchanged since the previous update. ▼ 1 over the last 7 days. Probabilities are market-consensus forecasts, not predictions.

How the odds have moved

0%25%50%75%100%Jul 20Aug 15Sep 5Sep 18Oct 4Yes — Jul 20: 2%Yes — Oct 4: 0.9%0.9%

Every outcome we track

OutcomeSep 30TodayMove
Yes1.2%0.9%—
Full history table
DateYes
2026-10-040.9%
2026-09-301.2%
2026-09-291.2%
2026-09-281.4%
2026-09-272%
2026-09-262%
2026-09-252%
2026-09-241.5%
2026-09-231.5%
2026-09-221.5%
2026-09-211.4%
2026-09-201.5%
2026-09-191.5%
2026-09-182%
2026-09-172%
2026-09-162%
2026-09-152%
2026-09-142%
2026-09-132%
2026-09-122%
2026-09-112%
2026-09-102%
2026-09-092%
2026-09-082%
2026-09-071.5%
2026-09-062%
2026-09-051.5%
2026-09-041.5%
2026-09-031.4%
2026-09-022%
2026-09-012%
2026-08-242%
2026-08-221.1%
2026-08-211.1%
2026-08-201.1%
2026-08-191.1%
2026-08-181.1%
2026-08-170.9%
2026-08-161.1%
2026-08-151.1%
2026-08-141.1%
2026-08-131.1%
2026-08-121.1%
2026-08-112%
2026-08-101.3%
2026-08-091.4%
2026-07-311.1%
2026-07-300.8%
2026-07-290.9%
2026-07-280.4%
2026-07-270.2%
2026-07-212%
2026-07-202%

Use this data. The full daily history behind this page is free to download and reuse with a link back to this page: Download the full daily odds history (CSV) · the same history as JSON · about the open data. The record is final; past values never change.

Common questions

Will LeBron James retire before next NBA season — what were the odds?
As of the last morning we tracked it, October 4, 2026, the market-consensus chance was 0.9%. That is the aggregated judgment of traders with money at stake, reported by The Morning Line — not our own prediction.
Will LeBron James retire before next NBA season — how much did the odds move?
Barely. Across 53 tracked days the odds held near 2%, ending at 0.9% on October 4, 2026 — a question the market has not changed its mind about.

About this question

The Morning Line has reported the market-consensus odds on “Will LeBron James retire before next NBA season” for 53 days, since July 20, 2026. As of October 4, 2026, market-consensus odds sit at 0.9%. The final tracked chance for a yes has fallen from 2% to 0.9%, ranging between 0.2% and 2% across that stretch. These are reported probabilities, not our own predictions. The question left the market on October 4, 2026, and this page is now a permanent record.

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