Javonte Williams or Bijan Robinson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 2nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bijan Robinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 4th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Javonte Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Bijan Robinson at 22.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 11 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 12 times for 30 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Bijan Robinson has been on the field for 65 percent of ATL snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 26 third down targets, had 6 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CAR he carried 16 times for 72 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 9 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against GB he carried 29 times for 194 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against NO he carried 19 times for 145 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bijan Robinson played 17 games and scored 370.8 PPR points, 21.8 a game, finishing RB2.

He carried 287 times for 1478 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 79 of 103 targets for 820 more yards.

That came to 16.9 carries a game at 5.1 yards a carry and 4.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Bijan Robinson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bijan Robinson scored 21.8 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 6.6 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Bijan Robinson RB2.

Bijan Robinson had 35 more carries than Javonte Williams, 287 to 252.

Bijan Robinson had 44 more catches than Javonte Williams, 79 to 35.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 65 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 63 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Bijan Robinson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Javonte Williams has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.