Ladd McConkey or Courtland Sutton: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ladd McConkey at 9.8 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 95th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Courtland Sutton at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 105th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 35.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Courtland Sutton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 97th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 54 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ladd McConkey played 16 games and scored 180.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing WR30.

He caught 66 of 106 targets for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Courtland Sutton was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Courtland Sutton scored 12.9 PPR points a game and Ladd McConkey 11.3, 1.6 a game between them.

Ladd McConkey finished WR30 that year and Courtland Sutton WR13.

Courtland Sutton had 18 more targets than Ladd McConkey, 124 to 106.

Courtland Sutton had 228 more receiving yards than Ladd McConkey, 1017 to 789.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 54 percent.

This season Courtland Sutton holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Ladd McConkey is off in Week 7 and Courtland Sutton in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.