Chuba Hubbard or DeVonta Smith: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks 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 183 players the books price.

The player markets price DeVonta Smith at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 56.

This season through Week 1

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.

Through Week 1, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 95 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 2 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 DeVonta Smith played 17 games and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 13.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 2 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 DeVonta Smith scored 11.9 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 3.5 a game between them.

Chuba Hubbard finished RB38 and DeVonta Smith WR20, which are two different ladders.

Chuba Hubbard is a running back and DeVonta Smith a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Chuba Hubbard is off in Week 5 and DeVonta Smith in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.