Javonte Williams or CeeDee Lamb: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 21st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price CeeDee Lamb at 16.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 25th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

Drafters have formed no consensus on CeeDee Lamb: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 24.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 71 percent of DAL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 12 times for 41 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, CeeDee Lamb has been on the field for 81 percent of DAL snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 1 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 11.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 1 time for 0 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 44 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 CeeDee Lamb played 14 games and scored 200.9 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing WR22.

He caught 75 of 117 targets for 1077 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Javonte Williams was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and CeeDee Lamb 14.4, 0.8 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and CeeDee Lamb WR22, which are two different ladders.

Javonte Williams is a running back and CeeDee Lamb a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 14, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.