Jonathan Taylor or Christian McCaffrey: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jonathan Taylor at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 12th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Christian McCaffrey at 17.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 15th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian McCaffrey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 84 percent of IND snaps, taken 77 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 47 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 7 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against KC he carried 24 times for 92 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 40 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Jonathan Taylor 21.3, 3.2 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Christian McCaffrey RB1.

Jonathan Taylor had 12 more carries than Christian McCaffrey, 323 to 311.

Christian McCaffrey had 56 more catches than Jonathan Taylor, 102 to 46.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 84 percent against 66 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 77 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.