Ashton Jeanty or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ashton Jeanty at 16.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 27th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 11.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 77th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 25.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 76 percent of LV snaps, taken 70 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 54 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 6 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have averaged 1.8 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAC he carried 21 times for 48 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NO he carried 19 times for 56 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against KC he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 6 of 8 targets for 68 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 62 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 17 times for 89 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 16 times for 61 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bucky Irving played 10 games and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He carried 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 more yards.

That came to 17.3 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ashton Jeanty was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty scored 14.4 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 0.6 a game between them.

Ashton Jeanty finished RB11 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Ashton Jeanty had 93 more carries than Bucky Irving, 266 to 173.

Ashton Jeanty had 25 more catches than Bucky Irving, 55 to 30.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 62 percent.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger share of the carries, 70 percent against 58 percent.

Byes and availability

Ashton Jeanty is off in Week 13 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ashton Jeanty is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

5.2 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.