Jaylen Warren or Derrick Henry: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 26th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Jaylen Warren at 16.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Derrick Henry at 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

Jaylen Warren's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 17 times for 127 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 59 percent of BAL snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 55 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 11 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 4.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NO he carried 16 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DAL he carried 26 times for 89 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 0 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against TEN he carried 23 times for 73 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Derrick Henry played 17 games and scored 279.5 PPR points, 16.4 a game, finishing RB8.

He carried 307 times for 1595 yards and 16 touchdowns, and caught 15 of 21 targets for 150 more yards.

That came to 18.1 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Derrick Henry was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 2.9 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 that year and Derrick Henry RB8.

Derrick Henry had 96 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 307 to 211.

Jaylen Warren had 25 more catches than Derrick Henry, 40 to 15.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 59 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 68 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jaylen Warren.

What would change the answer

Jaylen Warren is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.