Cooper Kupp or Raheim Sanders: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Cooper Kupp: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 130th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Raheim Sanders: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 131st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Cooper Kupp at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 122nd highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

The market has Raheim Sanders at 7.7 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 60 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Cooper Kupp has been on the field for 60 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 0 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 9.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Through Week 4, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 33 percent of CLE snaps, taken 6 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.

He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.

That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Cooper Kupp was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Cooper Kupp scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Raheim Sanders 5.1, 2.3 a game between them.

Cooper Kupp finished WR53 and Raheim Sanders RB95, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Cooper Kupp is off in Week 11. No bye is listed for Raheim Sanders.

What would change the answer

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