Javonte Williams or Cooper Kupp: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 48th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Javonte Williams at 6.6 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 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.

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 5.9 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 41st highest figure of the 107 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 77 percent of DAL snaps, taken 69 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 45 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 46 third down targets, had 13 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 1.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against TB he carried 12 times for 45 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 17 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 60 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 0 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 9.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 4 of 5 targets for 46 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 1 of 2 targets for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against SF he caught 2 of 3 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Cooper Kupp played 16 games and scored 117.3 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR53.

He caught 47 of 70 targets for 593 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 4.4 targets a game, a 67 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Cooper Kupp 7.3, 7.8 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and Cooper Kupp WR53, which are two different ladders.

Javonte Williams is a running back and Cooper Kupp a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Cooper Kupp in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Javonte Williams is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.