David Montgomery or Chuba Hubbard: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price David Montgomery at 14.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 48th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Chuba Hubbard at 13.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 51st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on David Montgomery: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 73.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 28th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 103.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, David Montgomery has been on the field for 49 percent of HOU snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 67 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 1.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against BUF he carried 20 times for 60 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 71 percent of CAR snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 2 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against CHI he carried 10 times for 49 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 38 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 David Montgomery played 17 games and scored 166.9 PPR points, 9.8 a game, finishing RB27.

He carried 158 times for 716 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 29 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 37 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

David Montgomery was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 David Montgomery scored 9.8 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 1.5 a game between them.

David Montgomery finished RB27 that year and Chuba Hubbard RB38.

David Montgomery had 24 more carries than Chuba Hubbard, 158 to 134.

Chuba Hubbard had 6 more catches than David Montgomery, 30 to 24.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 71 percent against 49 percent.

This season David Montgomery holds the bigger share of the carries, 63 percent against 45 percent.

Byes and availability

David Montgomery is off in Week 8 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.