D'Andre Swift or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price D'Andre Swift at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 48th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 8 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against MIN he carried 16 times for 45 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 54 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

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 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 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.

D'Andre Swift was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 5.1 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

D'Andre Swift had 92 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 223 to 131.

D'Andre Swift had 1 more catches than Alvin Kamara, 34 to 33.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 33 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 45 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

D'Andre Swift is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

D'Andre Swift is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

3.5 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.