Chris Olave or Tee Higgins: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 16.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 26th highest figure of the 229 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tee Higgins at 13.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 56th highest figure of the 229 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 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 38th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 79 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 5 of 10 targets for 95 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 6 of 7 targets for 90 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 11 of 16 targets for 157 yards and did not score.

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 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Chris Olave was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Tee Higgins 14.1, 2.7 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Chris Olave had 58 more targets than Tee Higgins, 156 to 98.

Chris Olave had 317 more receiving yards than Tee Higgins, 1163 to 846.

This season Chris Olave holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 79 percent.

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

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

3.8 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.