Derrick Henry or Kenneth Walker: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenneth Walker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 226th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 1; standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Derrick Henry at 15.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 35th highest figure of the 221 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 10 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against IND he carried 24 times for 117 yards, caught 6 of 10 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Kenneth Walker played 17 games and scored 191.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB22.

He carried 221 times for 1027 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 31 of 36 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 13.0 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Derrick Henry scored 16.4 PPR points a game and Kenneth Walker 11.3, 5.2 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Kenneth Walker RB22.

Derrick Henry had 86 more carries than Kenneth Walker, 307 to 221.

Kenneth Walker had 16 more catches than Derrick Henry, 31 to 15.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 59 percent.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 73 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and Kenneth Walker in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Kenneth Walker has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.