Aaron Jones Sr. or Jordan Mason: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Aaron Jones Sr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 235th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Aaron Jones Sr. at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 28th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Jordan Mason, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 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.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 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 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jordan Mason was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Aaron Jones Sr. scored 9.9 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 1.8 a game between them.

Aaron Jones Sr. finished RB41 that year and Jordan Mason RB36.

Jordan Mason had 27 more carries than Aaron Jones Sr., 159 to 132.

Aaron Jones Sr. had 14 more catches than Jordan Mason, 28 to 14.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 45 percent.

This season Aaron Jones Sr. holds the bigger share of the carries, 65 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Jordan Mason has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.