Jordan Mason or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 159th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 113.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 178.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jordan Mason, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

The books have Alvin Kamara at 2.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 15 books. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 2, Alvin Kamara has been on the field for 29 percent of NO snaps, taken 35 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Jordan Mason was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 1.1 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Jordan Mason had 28 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 159 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 19 more catches than Jordan Mason, 33 to 14.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger snap share, 45 percent against 29 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 48 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.