Kyren Williams or Bucky Irving: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Bucky Irving at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 35th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Bucky Irving: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 18th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 68.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 64 percent of LAR snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Bucky Irving has been on the field for 61 percent of TB snaps, taken 42 percent of the carries, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 25 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 7 targets have come 3.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CIN he carried 8 times for 45 yards, caught 7 of 7 targets for 48 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Bucky Irving 13.9, 1.6 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Bucky Irving RB34.

Kyren Williams had 86 more carries than Bucky Irving, 259 to 173.

Kyren Williams had 6 more catches than Bucky Irving, 36 to 30.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 61 percent.

This season Bucky Irving holds the bigger share of the carries, 42 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Bucky Irving in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.