Alvin Kamara or Omarion Hampton: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

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 80th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The market has Omarion Hampton at 10.1 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 13 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Omarion Hampton's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

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, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 49 percent of LAC snaps, taken 52 percent of the carries, drawn 4 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against LV he carried 23 times for 94 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 21 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against BUF he carried 15 times for 56 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he carried 9 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Alvin Kamara was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Omarion Hampton scored 15.1 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 5.9 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.

Alvin Kamara had 7 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 131 to 124.

Alvin Kamara had 1 more catches than Omarion Hampton, 33 to 32.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger snap share, 49 percent against 33 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 52 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Omarion Hampton is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.