Patrick Mahomes or Chuba Hubbard: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Patrick Mahomes: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 70th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Patrick Mahomes at 17.5 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a quarterback's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Chuba Hubbard at 3.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 7 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Patrick Mahomes's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 142 times and thrown 7.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 21 of 142 dropbacks and scrambled 8 times.

In Week 2 against IND he completed 32 of 47 passes for 382 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 2 times for 17 yards.

In Week 3 against MIA he completed 20 of 24 passes for 246 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

In Week 4 against LV he completed 15 of 30 passes for 225 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 1 time for 1 yards.

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 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 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.

Chuba Hubbard was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 12.8 a game between them.

Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 and Chuba Hubbard RB38, which are two different ladders.

Patrick Mahomes is a quarterback and Chuba Hubbard a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 5, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.