Davante Adams or Malik Nabers: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 14.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 43rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 28.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Davante Adams has been on the field for 76 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 8 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 38 targets have averaged 16.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he caught 8 of 10 targets for 195 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against DEN he caught 7 of 13 targets for 137 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

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

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Davante Adams played 14 games and scored 222.9 PPR points, 15.9 a game, finishing WR9.

He caught 60 of 114 targets for 789 yards and 14 touchdowns, with 31 red zone targets.

That came to 8.1 targets a game, a 53 percent catch rate and 13.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

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

Davante Adams was available for 10 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Malik Nabers 14.3, 1.6 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Malik Nabers WR101.

Davante Adams had 79 more targets than Malik Nabers, 114 to 35.

Davante Adams had 518 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 789 to 271.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 70 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Malik Nabers in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

1.3 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.