Rhamondre Stevenson or Alvin Kamara: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rhamondre Stevenson at 10.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 88th highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 174 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 82.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 175.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 63 percent of NE snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 16 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against SEA he carried 18 times for 51 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 44 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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.

Rhamondre Stevenson was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson scored 12.8 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 3.6 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

Alvin Kamara had 1 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 131 to 130.

Alvin Kamara had 1 more catches than Rhamondre Stevenson, 33 to 32.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 29 percent.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger share of the carries, 42 percent against 35 percent.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.7 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.