Quinshon Judkins or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Quinshon Judkins at 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 58th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 11.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 80th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quinshon Judkins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 41st overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 62 percent of CLE snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 12 times for 21 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 17 times for 53 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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.

Quinshon Judkins was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 2.2 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Quinshon Judkins had 99 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 230 to 131.

Alvin Kamara had 7 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 33 to 26.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 33 percent.

This season Quinshon Judkins holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Quinshon Judkins is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Alvin Kamara.

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.0 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.