Aaron Jones Sr. or Saquon Barkley: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks 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 35th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Saquon Barkley at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 40th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 137.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 23.

This season through Week 1

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.

Through Week 1, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 71 percent of PHI snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 15 times for 83 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Saquon Barkley was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 4.6 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 148 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 280 to 132.

Saquon Barkley had 9 more catches than Aaron Jones Sr., 37 to 28.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 46 percent.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.