Jonathan Taylor or Ashton Jeanty: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jonathan Taylor at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 13th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Ashton Jeanty at 17.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 15th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room has them

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 4; dynasty: ADP 1.

Ashton Jeanty goes at ADP 3, an average pick of 20.3, and the board has him RB6 in tier 2.

His earliest recorded pick is 7 and his latest 26, a standard deviation of 5.0 picks.

He appears in 923 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

Over 14 days his average pick has not moved a full pick either way.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 38.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 89 percent of IND snaps, taken 95 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 63 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 74 percent of LV snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 2 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIA he carried 23 times for 102 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 45 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 6.9 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Ashton Jeanty RB11.

Jonathan Taylor had 57 more carries than Ashton Jeanty, 323 to 266.

Ashton Jeanty had 9 more catches than Jonathan Taylor, 55 to 46.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 74 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 95 percent against 68 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 13, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.