Kyren Williams or Aaron Jones Sr.: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 36th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 137.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 64 percent of LAR snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 46 percent of MIN snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

His 1 target have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 12 times for 40 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. played 12 games and scored 118.7 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing RB41.

He carried 132 times for 548 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 28 of 41 targets for 199 more yards.

That came to 11.0 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyren Williams was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 5.6 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Kyren Williams had 127 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 259 to 132.

Kyren Williams had 8 more catches than Aaron Jones Sr., 36 to 28.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 46 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 39 percent each.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.