Chris Olave or Tetairoa McMillan: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tetairoa McMillan: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 215th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Chris Olave at 17.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 19th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Tetairoa McMillan, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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, Tetairoa McMillan has been on the field for 87 percent of CAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 39 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against ATL he caught 5 of 10 targets for 101 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CLE he caught 2 of 5 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he caught 14 of 16 targets for 192 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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 Tetairoa McMillan played 17 games and scored 211.4 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR16.

He caught 70 of 122 targets for 1014 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 57 percent catch rate and 14.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 87 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tetairoa McMillan was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Chris Olave scored 16.8 PPR points a game and Tetairoa McMillan 12.4, 4.4 a game between them.

Chris Olave finished WR6 that year and Tetairoa McMillan WR16.

Chris Olave had 34 more targets than Tetairoa McMillan, 156 to 122.

Chris Olave had 149 more receiving yards than Tetairoa McMillan, 1163 to 1014.

This season Tetairoa McMillan holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 85 percent.

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

Byes and availability

Chris Olave is off in Week 8 and Tetairoa McMillan in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Tetairoa McMillan has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.