Alvin Kamara or Dontayvion Wicks: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 11.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

The player markets price Dontayvion Wicks at 9.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 91st highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 67th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Dontayvion Wicks: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 66th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Dontayvion Wicks has been on the field for 81 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he caught 2 of 5 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Dontayvion Wicks played 14 games and scored 75.8 PPR points, 5.4 a game, finishing WR83.

He caught 30 of 46 targets for 332 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 4 red zone targets.

That came to 3.3 targets a game, a 65 percent catch rate and 11.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Dontayvion Wicks was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Dontayvion Wicks 5.4, 3.7 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 and Dontayvion Wicks WR83, which are two different ladders.

Alvin Kamara is a running back and Dontayvion Wicks a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Dontayvion Wicks is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.1 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.