Jaylen Warren or Garrett Wilson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylen Warren at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 20th highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

The player markets price Garrett Wilson at 16.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Garrett Wilson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 17 times for 127 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Garrett Wilson has been on the field for 87 percent of NYJ snaps, drawn 28 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 10 of the offence's 29 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 10.2 air yards.

In Week 2 against GB he caught 5 of 7 targets for 57 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DET he caught 10 of 13 targets for 107 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against CHI he caught 3 of 4 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Garrett Wilson played 7 games and scored 99.5 PPR points, 14.2 a game, finishing WR62.

He caught 36 of 59 targets for 395 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 8.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

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

Jaylen Warren was available for 9 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Garrett Wilson scored 14.2 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 0.6 a game between them.

Jaylen Warren finished RB17 and Garrett Wilson WR62, which are two different ladders.

Jaylen Warren is a running back and Garrett Wilson a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Garrett Wilson is off in Week 13. No bye is listed for Jaylen Warren.

What would change the answer

0.9 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.