Xavier Hutchinson or Elic Ayomanor: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 152nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Elic Ayomanor at 4.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is the 160th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 150th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Elic Ayomanor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 157th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Elic Ayomanor has been on the field for 63 percent of TEN snaps, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 11.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he caught 2 of 3 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he caught 1 of 3 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he caught 1 of 1 target for 22 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor played 16 games and scored 116.5 PPR points, 7.3 a game, finishing WR55.

He caught 41 of 89 targets for 515 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 5.6 targets a game, a 46 percent catch rate and 12.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 79 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Elic Ayomanor scored 7.3 PPR points a game and Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 1.5 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Elic Ayomanor WR55.

Elic Ayomanor had 32 more targets than Xavier Hutchinson, 89 to 57.

Elic Ayomanor had 87 more receiving yards than Xavier Hutchinson, 515 to 428.

This season Elic Ayomanor holds the bigger snap share, 63 percent against 58 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 9 percent.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.