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

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Marvin Harrison Jr. at 8.2 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Brian Thomas Jr. at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 140th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Harrison Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 107th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 19; 2QB: ADP 87.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brian Thomas Jr.: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 118th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 91.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Marvin Harrison Jr. has been on the field for 79 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 23.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Brian Thomas Jr. has been on the field for 35 percent of JAX snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 2 third down targets and had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five.

His 3 targets have averaged 14.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against CLE he caught 3 of 3 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

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, 79 percent against 35 percent.

This season Brian Thomas Jr. holds the bigger target share, 14 percent against 8 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

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.