Kyren Williams or Braelon Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Braelon Allen at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 42nd highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Braelon Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 70 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he carried 12 times for 85 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DEN he carried 15 times for 88 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 yards and scored 2 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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Braelon Allen 3.8, 11.7 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Braelon Allen RB100.

Kyren Williams had 241 more carries than Braelon Allen, 259 to 18.

Kyren Williams had 34 more catches than Braelon Allen, 36 to 2.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 48 percent.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 54 percent against 34 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Braelon Allen.

What would change the answer

2.5 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.