Bijan Robinson or Puka Nacua: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Bijan Robinson at 21.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 3rd highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Puka Nacua at 21.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 3rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

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

Bijan Robinson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Bijan Robinson 21.8, 1.6 a game between them.

Bijan Robinson finished RB2 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

Bijan Robinson is a running back and Puka Nacua a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.