Ja'Marr Chase or Chris Olave: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 books. That is the 19th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Chris Olave at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 39th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 9; 2QB: ADP 41.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 94 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 8.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 2 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Chris Olave has been on the field for 86 percent of NO snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 18.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 182 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chris Olave played 16 games and scored 269.0 PPR points, 16.8 a game, finishing WR6.

He caught 100 of 156 targets for 1163 yards and 9 touchdowns, with 13 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 11.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Chris Olave 16.8, 2.8 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Ja'Marr Chase had 29 more targets than Chris Olave, 185 to 156.

Ja'Marr Chase had 249 more receiving yards than Chris Olave, 1412 to 1163.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 94 percent against 86 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Chris Olave in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Chris Olave is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.5 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.