James Cook III or Chuba Hubbard: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 10.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 249th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price James Cook III at 14.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 50th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Chuba Hubbard, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, James Cook III has been on the field for 68 percent of BUF snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 38 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 4 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 22 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against DET he carried 21 times for 135 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 4 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 24 times for 154 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 12 times for 75 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 8 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 77 percent of CAR snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 28 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 4 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 25 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against ATL he carried 12 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against CLE he carried 19 times for 82 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 28 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DET he carried 20 times for 122 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 7 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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.

James Cook III was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 James Cook III scored 17.8 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 9.4 a game between them.

James Cook III finished RB6 that year and Chuba Hubbard RB38.

James Cook III had 175 more carries than Chuba Hubbard, 309 to 134.

James Cook III had 3 more catches than Chuba Hubbard, 33 to 30.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 68 percent.

This season James Cook III holds the bigger share of the carries, 67 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

James Cook III is off in Week 7 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Chuba Hubbard has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.