George Kittle or Hunter Henry: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price George Kittle at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 90th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Hunter Henry at 9.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 100th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 75th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 127.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Hunter Henry: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 171.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, George Kittle has been on the field for 46 percent of SF snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 7.6 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he caught 2 of 5 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Hunter Henry has been on the field for 76 percent of NE snaps, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SEA he caught 3 of 3 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 George Kittle played 11 games and scored 161.5 PPR points, 14.7 a game, finishing TE13.

He caught 57 of 69 targets for 628 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Hunter Henry played 17 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 10.5 a game, finishing TE9.

He caught 60 of 87 targets for 768 yards and 7 touchdowns, with 22 red zone targets.

That came to 5.1 targets a game, a 69 percent catch rate and 12.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 81 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Hunter Henry was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 George Kittle scored 14.7 PPR points a game and Hunter Henry 10.5, 4.2 a game between them.

George Kittle finished TE13 that year and Hunter Henry TE9.

Hunter Henry had 18 more targets than George Kittle, 87 to 69.

Hunter Henry had 140 more receiving yards than George Kittle, 768 to 628.

This season Hunter Henry holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 46 percent.

This season George Kittle holds the bigger target share, 15 percent against 10 percent.

Byes and availability

George Kittle is off in Week 8 and Hunter Henry 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.