D'Andre Swift or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on D'Andre Swift: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In standard drafts he goes at ADP 13.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 61st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has D'Andre Swift at 5.4 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 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.

No season market is posted for Kenny Gainwell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, D'Andre Swift has been on the field for 56 percent of CHI snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 43 third down targets, had 10 of its 26 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against PHI he carried 20 times for 84 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYJ he carried 15 times for 58 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 5 against GB he carried 9 times for 43 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 41 percent of TB snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 2.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 D'Andre Swift played 16 games and scored 228.6 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing RB15.

He carried 223 times for 1087 yards and 9 touchdowns, and caught 34 of 48 targets for 299 more yards.

That came to 13.9 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 58 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 D'Andre Swift scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Kenny Gainwell 13.1, 1.2 a game between them.

D'Andre Swift finished RB15 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

D'Andre Swift had 109 more carries than Kenny Gainwell, 223 to 114.

Kenny Gainwell had 39 more catches than D'Andre Swift, 73 to 34.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger snap share, 56 percent against 41 percent.

This season D'Andre Swift holds the bigger share of the carries, 44 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 10, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.