RJ Harvey or Alvin Kamara: who to draft first

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on RJ Harvey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 134.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Alvin Kamara: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 139th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 178.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have RJ Harvey at 6.4 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Alvin Kamara at 6.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 156th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, RJ Harvey has been on the field for 51 percent of DEN snaps, taken 21 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 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 5.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against KC he carried 3 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 23 yards and did not score.

The usage feed holds no snap or target counts for Alvin Kamara this season.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 RJ Harvey played 17 games and scored 206.6 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing RB20.

He carried 146 times for 540 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 47 of 58 targets for 356 more yards.

That came to 8.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 2.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 41 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.

RJ Harvey was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 RJ Harvey scored 12.2 PPR points a game and Alvin Kamara 9.2, 3.0 a game between them.

RJ Harvey finished RB20 that year and Alvin Kamara RB46.

RJ Harvey had 15 more carries than Alvin Kamara, 146 to 131.

RJ Harvey had 14 more catches than Alvin Kamara, 47 to 33.

Byes and availability

RJ Harvey is off in Week 10 and Alvin Kamara in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

RJ Harvey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

RJ Harvey is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.