Courtland Sutton or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 90th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 126th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 72nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 123rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Courtland Sutton has been on the field for 78 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 1 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 3 of 4 targets for 25 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he caught 3 of 7 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 6 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Courtland Sutton played 17 games and scored 219.7 PPR points, 12.9 a game, finishing WR13.

He caught 74 of 124 targets for 1017 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 7.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 13.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 86 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 2.2 a game between them.

Courtland Sutton finished WR13 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Courtland Sutton had 2 more targets than Keenan Allen, 124 to 122.

Courtland Sutton had 240 more receiving yards than Keenan Allen, 1017 to 777.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Courtland Sutton is off in Week 10 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

2.8 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.