Jahmyr Gibbs or De'Von Achane: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahmyr Gibbs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

Drafters have formed no consensus on De'Von Achane: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 141st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 13.

What the player markets price

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

No season market is posted for De'Von Achane, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season so far

Through Week 5, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 78 percent of DET snaps, taken 82 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 13 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 1.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 20 times for 99 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 65 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 25 times for 151 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 3, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 52 percent of MIA snaps, taken 44 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 23 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 3.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he carried 11 times for 36 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 20 times for 74 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 19 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 3 times for 17 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 De'Von Achane played 16 games and scored 322.8 PPR points, 20.2 a game, finishing RB5.

He carried 238 times for 1350 yards and 8 touchdowns, and caught 67 of 85 targets for 488 more yards.

That came to 14.9 carries a game at 5.7 yards a carry and 4.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 75 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahmyr Gibbs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and De'Von Achane 20.2, 1.4 a game between them.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished RB3 that year and De'Von Achane RB5.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 5 more carries than De'Von Achane, 243 to 238.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 10 more catches than De'Von Achane, 77 to 67.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 52 percent.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 82 percent against 44 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

De'Von Achane is listed as ir on the injury report.