Jalen Hurts or Cam Ward: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Cam Ward at 10.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 84th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 112th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cam Ward: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 46.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 98 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 137 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 137 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 2 against TEN he completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

In Week 3 against CHI he completed 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he completed 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 18 yards.

Through Week 4, Cam Ward has been on the field for 100 percent of TEN snaps, dropped back 135 times and thrown 6.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 17 of 135 dropbacks and scrambled 10 times.

In Week 2 against PHI he completed 13 of 20 passes for 183 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 4 times for 7 yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he completed 23 of 36 passes for 181 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 2 yards.

In Week 4 against BAL he completed 20 of 31 passes for 222 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 27 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

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

In 2025 Cam Ward played 17 games and scored 193.7 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing QB22.

He threw for 3169 yards on 540 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 7 interceptions, and ran for 159 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 31.8 attempts a game at 5.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 100 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cam Ward was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Cam Ward 11.4, 7.7 a game between them.

Jalen Hurts finished QB8 that year and Cam Ward QB22.

Cam Ward had 86 more pass attempts than Jalen Hurts, 540 to 454.

Jalen Hurts had 55 more passing yards than Cam Ward, 3224 to 3169.

This season Cam Ward holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 98 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Jalen Hurts is off in Week 10 and Cam Ward in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

5.0 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.