Bijan Robinson or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bijan Robinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 2nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Our board does not carry Alvin Kamara at all right now: the consensus draft sample has dropped him and there is no player market on him this week, so he has no rank, no tier and no ADP here.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Bijan Robinson at 22.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 65 percent of ATL snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 6 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CAR he carried 16 times for 72 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he carried 29 times for 194 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 19 times for 145 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 33 percent of NO snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he carried 9 times for 15 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LV he carried 9 times for 36 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he carried 7 times for 23 yards, caught 5 of 7 targets for 35 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

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

In 2025 Alvin Kamara played 11 games and scored 100.7 PPR points, 9.2 a game, finishing RB46.

He carried 131 times for 471 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 33 of 39 targets for 186 more yards.

That came to 11.9 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bijan Robinson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 12.7 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Bijan Robinson had 156 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 287 to 131.

Bijan Robinson had 46 more catches than Alvin Kamara, 79 to 33.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger snap share, 65 percent against 33 percent.

This season Bijan Robinson holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Bijan Robinson is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

What would change the answer

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