Jalen Hurts or Drake Maye: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 19.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 19 books. That is the 6th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Drake Maye at 18.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 18 books. That is the 9th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 49th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 18.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Drake Maye: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 54th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 100 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 33 times and thrown 9.0 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 5 of 33 dropbacks and scrambled 5 times.

In Week 1 against WAS he completed 14 of 25 passes for 203 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 48 yards.

Through Week 1, Drake Maye has been on the field for 100 percent of NE snaps, dropped back 42 times and thrown 6.7 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 42 dropbacks and scrambled 6 times.

In Week 1 against SEA he completed 23 of 33 passes for 178 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 3 interceptions and ran 7 times for 47 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Drake Maye played 17 games and scored 360.0 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB2.

He threw for 4394 yards on 492 attempts with 31 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran for 450 yards and 4 touchdowns.

That came to 28.9 attempts a game at 8.9 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Drake Maye was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Drake Maye scored 21.2 PPR points a game and Jalen Hurts 19.1, 2.1 a game between them.

Jalen Hurts finished QB8 that year and Drake Maye QB2.

Drake Maye had 38 more pass attempts than Jalen Hurts, 492 to 454.

Drake Maye had 1170 more passing yards than Jalen Hurts, 4394 to 3224.

Their snap share this season is the same, 100 percent each.

Their target share this season is the same, 0 percent each.

Byes and availability

Jalen Hurts is off in Week 10 and Drake Maye in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.