Kyren Williams or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th 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 Kyren Williams at 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 183 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, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 70 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he carried 12 times for 85 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DEN he carried 15 times for 88 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 6.3 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Kyren Williams had 128 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 259 to 131.

Kyren Williams had 3 more catches than Alvin Kamara, 36 to 33.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 33 percent.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams 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.