Puka Nacua or Chris Olave: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Puka Nacua at 21.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 3rd 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 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

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.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Chris Olave 16.8, 6.6 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 that year and Chris Olave WR6.

Puka Nacua had 10 more targets than Chris Olave, 166 to 156.

Puka Nacua had 552 more receiving yards than Chris Olave, 1715 to 1163.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 82 percent.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Puka Nacua 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

4.4 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.