DeVonta Smith or Rashee Rice: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price DeVonta Smith at 13.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 53rd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 57th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on DeVonta Smith: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 11; 2QB: ADP 56.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 34th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, DeVonta Smith has been on the field for 95 percent of PHI snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 2 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 13.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against WAS he caught 3 of 6 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 DeVonta Smith played 17 games and scored 201.8 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR20.

He caught 77 of 113 targets for 1008 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 10 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 13.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 89 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

DeVonta Smith was available for 9 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and DeVonta Smith 11.9, 6.9 a game between them.

DeVonta Smith finished WR20 that year and Rashee Rice WR40.

DeVonta Smith had 35 more targets than Rashee Rice, 113 to 78.

DeVonta Smith had 437 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 1008 to 571.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger snap share, 95 percent against 83 percent.

This season DeVonta Smith holds the bigger target share, 27 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

DeVonta Smith is off in Week 10 and Rashee Rice in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 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.