Christian McCaffrey or Jaylen Warren: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Christian McCaffrey at 17.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 16th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jaylen Warren at 15.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 40th highest figure of the 212 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 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th 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, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 17 times for 127 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

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 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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 Jaylen Warren 13.6, 10.9 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Christian McCaffrey had 100 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 311 to 211.

Christian McCaffrey had 62 more catches than Jaylen Warren, 102 to 40.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 66 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8. No bye is listed for Jaylen Warren.

What would change the answer

2.5 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.