Lamar Jackson or Baker Mayfield: who should I start in Week 5?
Neither man carries a posted season price right now, so this is their usage this season and their last full season's numbers, side by side.
Updated Oct 7, 2026 at 7:26 PM ET
Neither is in the consensus draft sample any more, and the market has not posted a whole price on either of them, so there is no current market order to give between these two. What follows is what each of them has already done.
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QB31 · BAL · bye 13
2026 vs pass yds line 3-1
- Market price
- 19.0 pts a game Wk 4 price
- Overall rank
- 183
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 12
QB33 · TB · bye 10
2025 vs pass yds line 8-9
- Overall rank
- 189
- Draft pick
- no consensus
- Tier
- 13
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The gap
- Pick differencenot comparable without a consensus on both
- Board size219 draftable players
Consensus average draft position has stopped updating on these two, so the figures that depend on it are left out rather than printed stale. The verdict line above restates the market price and nothing else.
Where the draft room stands
Drafters have formed no consensus on Lamar Jackson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 183rd overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 3.
Drafters have formed no consensus on Baker Mayfield: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 189th overall on the rest of his evidence.
In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 21.
What the player markets price
The market has Lamar Jackson at 1.9 PPR points a game off 1 market across 2 market sources. That is 0 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.
No season market is posted for Baker Mayfield, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.
This season so far
Through Week 4, Lamar Jackson has been on the field for 88 percent of BAL snaps, dropped back 111 times and thrown 10.4 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 13 of 111 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.
In Week 2 against NO he completed 21 of 30 passes for 235 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 34 yards.
In Week 3 against DAL he completed 15 of 20 passes for 186 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 6 times for 50 yards.
In Week 4 against TEN he completed 15 of 20 passes for 222 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 20 yards.
Through Week 3, Baker Mayfield has been on the field for 98 percent of TB snaps, dropped back 118 times and thrown 8.9 air yards an attempt.
He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 118 dropbacks and scrambled 9 times.
In Week 1 against CIN he completed 23 of 28 passes for 216 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 31 yards.
In Week 2 against CLE he completed 21 of 34 passes for 182 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 29 yards.
In Week 3 against MIN he completed 17 of 34 passes for 217 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 2 times for 6 yards.
Their 2025 seasons
In 2025 Lamar Jackson played 13 games and scored 221.9 PPR points, 17.1 a game, finishing QB20.
He threw for 2549 yards on 302 attempts with 21 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 349 yards and 2 touchdowns.
That came to 23.2 attempts a game at 8.4 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 92 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
In 2025 Baker Mayfield played 17 games and scored 282.9 PPR points, 16.6 a game, finishing QB12.
He threw for 3693 yards on 543 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 382 yards and 1 touchdown.
That came to 31.9 attempts a game at 6.8 yards an attempt.
He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.
Baker Mayfield was available for 4 games more.
Head to head
In 2025 Lamar Jackson scored 17.1 PPR points a game and Baker Mayfield 16.6, 0.4 a game between them.
Lamar Jackson finished QB20 that year and Baker Mayfield QB12.
Baker Mayfield had 241 more pass attempts than Lamar Jackson, 543 to 302.
Baker Mayfield had 1144 more passing yards than Lamar Jackson, 3693 to 2549.
This season Baker Mayfield holds the bigger snap share, 98 percent against 88 percent.
Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.
Byes and availability
Lamar Jackson is off in Week 13 and Baker Mayfield in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.
Lamar Jackson is listed as questionable on the injury report.
Baker Mayfield is listed as out on the injury report.
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