Davante Adams or Xavier Worthy: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Davante Adams at 16.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 20th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Xavier Worthy at 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 99th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Davante Adams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 54.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 110.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Davante Adams has been on the field for 59 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have averaged 16.9 air yards.

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

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

Through Week 2, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 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 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 14 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Davante Adams scored 15.9 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 8.1 a game between them.

Davante Adams finished WR9 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Davante Adams had 41 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 114 to 73.

Davante Adams had 257 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 789 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 59 percent.

This season Davante Adams holds the bigger target share, 28 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Davante Adams is off in Week 11 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.2 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.