Christian McCaffrey or Javonte Williams: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian McCaffrey at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 17.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 8 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 10 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 15 times for 75 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 15 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 11 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 12 times for 30 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 9.3 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and Javonte Williams RB12.

Christian McCaffrey had 59 more carries than Javonte Williams, 311 to 252.

Christian McCaffrey had 67 more catches than Javonte Williams, 102 to 35.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 66 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 66 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.