Chris Olave or Jaylen Waddle: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 15th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 37.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Chris Olave has been on the field for 85 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 13 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 48 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against BAL he caught 8 of 10 targets for 86 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LV he caught 9 of 13 targets for 107 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ATL he caught 8 of 12 targets for 116 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 69 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 8 of 10 targets for 138 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 4.7 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Chris Olave had 56 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 156 to 100.

Chris Olave had 253 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1163 to 910.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 69 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, 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.