Derrick Henry or Kyren Williams: 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 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The market has Derrick Henry at 17.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 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 Kyren Williams at 17.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

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

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, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 70 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he carried 12 times for 85 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DEN he carried 15 times for 88 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 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 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 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 Kyren Williams 15.5, 1.0 a game between them.

Derrick Henry finished RB8 that year and Kyren Williams RB9.

Derrick Henry had 48 more carries than Kyren Williams, 307 to 259.

Kyren Williams had 21 more catches than Derrick Henry, 36 to 15.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 59 percent.

This season Derrick Henry holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 54 percent.

Byes and availability

Derrick Henry is off in Week 13 and Kyren Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

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