Cooper Kupp or Calvin Ridley: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 books. That is the 160th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Calvin Ridley at 4.2 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 books. That is the 169th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 213.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Calvin Ridley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 184.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 78 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 16.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NE he caught 2 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Calvin Ridley has been on the field for 64 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 0 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 and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against NYJ he was not given the ball.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Calvin Ridley played 7 games and scored 47.3 PPR points, 6.8 a game, finishing WR116.

He caught 17 of 36 targets for 303 yards and 0 touchdowns, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 47 percent catch rate and 17.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Calvin Ridley 6.8, 0.6 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 that year and Calvin Ridley WR116.

Cooper Kupp had 34 more targets than Calvin Ridley, 70 to 36.

Cooper Kupp had 290 more receiving yards than Calvin Ridley, 593 to 303.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 64 percent.

This season Cooper Kupp holds the bigger target share, 13 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11 and Calvin Ridley in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

1.9 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.