Mike Evans or Chris Olave: who should I start in Week 6?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 17.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 9th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 131 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 7th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Mike Evans has been on the field for 58 percent of SF snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 17 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 3 against ARI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 34 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against DEN he caught 5 of 8 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SEA he caught 7 of 10 targets for 113 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Chris Olave has been on the field for 86 percent of NO snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 48 third down targets, had 1 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 54 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

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.

In Week 5 against MIN he caught 4 of 6 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 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.

Chris Olave was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 6.2 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Chris Olave had 95 more targets than Mike Evans, 156 to 61.

Chris Olave had 795 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 1163 to 368.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 58 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 25 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 8, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.