Derrick Henry or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Derrick Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 60th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Derrick Henry at 6.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 8 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Derrick Henry has been on the field for 58 percent of BAL snaps, taken 72 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 33 third down targets, had 13 of its 22 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 35 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have come 3.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

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.

In Week 5 against ATL he carried 24 times for 102 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 5, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 41 percent of TB snaps, taken 13 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 2.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against DAL he carried 4 times for 18 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

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 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 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 Kenny Gainwell 13.1, 3.4 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Derrick Henry had 193 more carries than Kenny Gainwell, 307 to 114.

Kenny Gainwell had 58 more catches than Derrick Henry, 73 to 15.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 41 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 72 percent against 13 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and Kenny Gainwell in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.