Derrick Henry or Aaron Jones Sr.: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

What the player markets price

The market has Derrick Henry at 17.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Derrick Henry's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 59 percent of BAL snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 55 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 11 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 4.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NO he carried 16 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 26 times for 89 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 23 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Aaron Jones Sr. has been on the field for 69 percent of MIN snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 42 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CHI he carried 23 times for 105 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he carried 17 times for 58 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIA he carried 20 times for 94 yards, caught 4 of 8 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Derrick Henry played 17 games and scored 279.5 PPR points, 16.4 a game, finishing RB8.

He carried 307 times for 1595 yards and 16 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 21 targets for 150 more yards.

That came to 18.1 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Derrick Henry was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 6.5 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Aaron Jones Sr. RB41.

Derrick Henry had 175 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 307 to 132.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 13 more catches than Derrick Henry, 28 to 15.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 59 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 65 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and Aaron Jones Sr. in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Derrick Henry is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.