Najee Harris or Efton Chism: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Najee Harris: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Efton Chism: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Najee Harris at 5.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Efton Chism at 5.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 148th highest figure of the 212 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Najee Harris has been on the field for 18 percent of NYG snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 9 times for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 9 times for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Efton Chism has been on the field for 31 percent of NE snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 8 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have averaged 6.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against PIT he caught 1 of 1 target for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he caught 2 of 4 targets for 42 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Najee Harris played 3 games and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He carried 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Efton Chism played 8 games and scored 16.5 PPR points, 2.1 a game.

He caught 3 of 3 targets for 75 yards and 1 touchdown, with 1 red zone target.

That came to 0.4 targets a game, a 100 percent catch rate and 25.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Efton Chism was available for 5 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Najee Harris scored 3.9 PPR points a game and Efton Chism 2.1, 1.8 a game between them.

Najee Harris is a running back and Efton Chism a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

What would change the answer

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