Aaron Jones Sr. or Jonathon Brooks: 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 36th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Jonathon Brooks at 5.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 162nd 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 Jonathon Brooks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 143rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 108.

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, Jonathon Brooks has been on the field for 19 percent of CAR snaps, taken 18 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 15.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 48 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.

The season feed carries no line for Jonathon Brooks in the last completed season.

Head to head

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 46 percent against 19 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 39 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Aaron Jones Sr. is off in Week 6 and Jonathon Brooks in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

9.3 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.