Patrick Mahomes or George Kittle: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Patrick Mahomes at 17.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 18th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price George Kittle at 10.0 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 91st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 27.

Drafters have formed no consensus on George Kittle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 76th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 127.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Patrick Mahomes has been on the field for 100 percent of KC snaps, dropped back 33 times and thrown 4.9 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 5 of 33 dropbacks and scrambled 4 times.

In Week 1 against DEN he completed 15 of 27 passes for 184 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 27 yards.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes played 14 games and scored 296.7 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing QB11.

He threw for 3587 yards on 502 attempts with 22 touchdowns and 11 interceptions, and ran for 422 yards and 5 touchdowns.

That came to 35.9 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

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

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.

Patrick Mahomes was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Patrick Mahomes scored 21.2 PPR points a game and George Kittle 14.7, 6.5 a game between them.

Patrick Mahomes finished QB11 and George Kittle TE13, which are two different ladders.

Patrick Mahomes is a quarterback and George Kittle a tight end, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Patrick Mahomes is off in Week 5 and George Kittle in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

7.5 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.