Bucky Irving or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 74th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 100th highest figure of the 186 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 95th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 62 percent of TB snaps, taken 58 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 17 times for 89 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Bucky Irving scored 13.9 PPR points a game and J.K. Dobbins 11.6, 2.3 a game between them.

Bucky Irving finished RB34 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

Bucky Irving had 20 more carries than J.K. Dobbins, 173 to 153.

Bucky Irving had 19 more catches than J.K. Dobbins, 30 to 11.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 40 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 58 percent against 53 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

2.2 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.