Javonte Williams or Braelon Allen: 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 Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th 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 Braelon Allen at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 201 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, Braelon Allen has been on the field for 48 percent of NYJ snaps, taken 34 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against GB he carried 5 times for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DET he carried 4 times for 14 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CHI he carried 14 times for 59 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and did not score.

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 Braelon Allen played 4 games and scored 15.3 PPR points, 3.8 a game, finishing RB100.

He carried 18 times for 76 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 more yards.

That came to 4.5 carries a game at 4.2 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 24 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Javonte Williams was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 11.4 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Javonte Williams had 234 more carries than Braelon Allen, 252 to 18.

Javonte Williams had 33 more catches than Braelon Allen, 35 to 2.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 48 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

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.