De'Von Achane or Kyren Williams: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price De'Von Achane at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 29th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 19.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, De'Von Achane has been on the field for 86 percent of MIA snaps, taken 61 percent of the carries, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 75 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 5 third down targets and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 0.8 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.

Through Week 1, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 64 percent of LAR snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

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.

Kyren Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 De'Von Achane scored 20.2 PPR points a game and Kyren Williams 15.5, 4.7 a game between them.

De'Von Achane finished RB5 that year and Kyren Williams RB9.

Kyren Williams had 21 more carries than De'Von Achane, 259 to 238.

De'Von Achane had 31 more catches than Kyren Williams, 67 to 36.

This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger snap share, 86 percent against 64 percent.

This season De'Von Achane holds the bigger share of the carries, 61 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

De'Von Achane is off in Week 6 and Kyren Williams in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.