Marvin Harrison Jr. or Brian Thomas Jr.: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Marvin Harrison Jr. at 7.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 113th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Harrison Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 106th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 19; 2QB: ADP 45.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 128th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been on the field for 74 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 15.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 3 of 5 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 1 of 4 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 47 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 14 targets have averaged 10.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against DEN he caught 3 of 8 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NE he caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CIN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. played 12 games and scored 127.8 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR49.

He caught 41 of 73 targets for 608 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 9 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 56 percent catch rate and 14.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 72 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brian Thomas Jr. played 14 games and scored 138.8 PPR points, 9.9 a game, finishing WR42.

He caught 48 of 91 targets for 707 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 14.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Brian Thomas Jr. was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Marvin Harrison Jr. scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Brian Thomas Jr. 9.9, 0.7 a game between them.

Marvin Harrison Jr. finished WR49 that year and Brian Thomas Jr. WR42.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 18 more targets than Marvin Harrison Jr., 91 to 73.

Brian Thomas Jr. had 99 more receiving yards than Marvin Harrison Jr., 707 to 608.

This season Marvin Harrison Jr. holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 47 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Marvin Harrison Jr. is off in Week 14 and Brian Thomas Jr. in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.