Drake Maye or Brock Purdy: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 9th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Brock Purdy at 18.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 12th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 57th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Brock Purdy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 62nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 20.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Drake Maye has been on the field for 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 42 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 42 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against SEA he completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 7 times for 47 yards.

Through Week 1, Brock Purdy has been on the field for 100 percent of SF snaps, dropped back 36 times and thrown 4.4 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 2 of 36 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against LAR he completed 25 of 34 passes for 205 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 5 times for 29 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Brock Purdy played 9 games and scored 187.4 PPR points, 20.8 a game, finishing QB24.

He threw for 2167 yards on 284 attempts with 20 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, and ran for 147 yards and 3 touchdowns.

That came to 31.6 attempts a game at 7.6 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Brock Purdy 20.8, 0.4 a game between them.

Drake Maye finished QB2 that year and Brock Purdy QB24.

Drake Maye had 208 more pass attempts than Brock Purdy, 492 to 284.

Drake Maye had 2227 more passing yards than Brock Purdy, 4394 to 2167.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Drake Maye is off in Week 11 and Brock Purdy in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.