Chuba Hubbard or Bucky Irving: who should I start in Week 6?

The market-based projections

Chuba Hubbard's market-based projection is 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 159 players with a market-based projection.

Bucky Irving's market-based projection is 11.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 64th highest figure of the 159 players with a market-based projection.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 77 percent of CAR snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 4 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ATL he carried 12 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CLE he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 5, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 61 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 18 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 16 times for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 21 times for 165 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 10 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Bucky Irving played 10 games and scored 138.5 PPR points, 13.9 a game, finishing RB34.

He carried 173 times for 588 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 35 targets for 277 more yards.

That came to 17.3 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 3.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 5.5 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Bucky Irving had 39 more carries than Chuba Hubbard, 173 to 134.

Both had 30 catches.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 61 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 58 percent.

Byes and availability

Chuba Hubbard is off in Week 5 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

3.8 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 projection, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market-based projection when it does.