Alvin Kamara or Will Shipley: 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 83rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Will Shipley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 88th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Alvin Kamara at 9.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Will Shipley at 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 96th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Alvin Kamara'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, Will Shipley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 15 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 7 times for 24 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 6 times for 23 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Will Shipley played 15 games and scored 17.5 PPR points, 1.2 a game, finishing RB96.

He carried 14 times for 49 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 9 of 12 targets for 56 more yards.

That came to 0.9 carries a game at 3.5 yards a carry and 0.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 10 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Will Shipley was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Alvin Kamara scored 9.2 PPR points a game and Will Shipley 1.2, 8.0 a game between them.

Alvin Kamara finished RB46 that year and Will Shipley RB96.

Alvin Kamara had 117 more carries than Will Shipley, 131 to 14.

Alvin Kamara had 24 more catches than Will Shipley, 33 to 9.

This season Will Shipley holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 33 percent.

This season Alvin Kamara holds the bigger share of the carries, 34 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Alvin Kamara is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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