Mike Evans or Davante Adams: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Mike Evans at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 71st highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Davante Adams at 11.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 73rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Mike Evans: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 47th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 75.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 50th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Mike Evans has been on the field for 75 percent of SF snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 1 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 7.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 6 of 7 targets for 49 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Davante Adams has been on the field for 54 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 12.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 3 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Mike Evans played 8 games and scored 84.8 PPR points, 10.6 a game, finishing WR76.

He caught 30 of 61 targets for 368 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 7.6 targets a game, a 49 percent catch rate and 12.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 65 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Davante Adams was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Mike Evans 10.6, 5.3 a game between them.

Mike Evans finished WR76 that year and Davante Adams WR9.

Davante Adams had 53 more targets than Mike Evans, 114 to 61.

Davante Adams had 421 more receiving yards than Mike Evans, 789 to 368.

This season Mike Evans holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 54 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.