Aaron Jones Sr. or Jaylen Waddle: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 31st highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 21st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 36.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 69 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 8 of 10 targets for 138 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

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

Jaylen Waddle was available for 4 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle scored 12.1 PPR points a game and Aaron Jones Sr. 9.9, 2.2 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 and Jaylen Waddle WR24, which are two different ladders.

Aaron Jones Sr. is a running back and Jaylen Waddle a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

4.3 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.