Emanuel Wilson or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Emanuel Wilson at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 51st highest figure of the 199 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 74th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Emanuel Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Emanuel Wilson has been on the field for 37 percent of SEA snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ARI he carried 21 times for 92 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against WAS he carried 9 times for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAC he carried 21 times for 81 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 39 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 Emanuel Wilson played 17 games and scored 94.5 PPR points, 5.6 a game, finishing RB49.

He carried 125 times for 496 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 17 targets for 99 more yards.

That came to 7.4 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 30 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.

Emanuel Wilson was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Emanuel Wilson 5.6, 3.6 a game between them.

Emanuel Wilson finished RB49 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Alvin Kamara had 6 more carries than Emanuel Wilson, 131 to 125.

Alvin Kamara had 18 more catches than Emanuel Wilson, 33 to 15.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger snap share, 37 percent against 33 percent.

This season Emanuel Wilson holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.3 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.