Kyren Williams or Chris Olave: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 32nd 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 Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chris Olave: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th 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, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 64 percent of LAR snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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.

Kyren Williams was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Kyren Williams 15.5, 1.3 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 and Chris Olave WR6, which are two different ladders.

Kyren Williams is a running back and Chris Olave a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 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

0.5 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.