Jahmyr Gibbs or James Cook III: who should I start?

Where the draft room has them

Jahmyr Gibbs goes at ADP 1, an average pick of 1.4, and the board has him RB50 in tier 10.

His earliest recorded pick is 1 and his latest 3, a standard deviation of 0.6 picks.

He appears in 800 recorded drafts across the formats the consensus sample covers.

Over 14 days his average pick has not moved a full pick either way.

By format he goes standard: ADP 1; 2QB: ADP 1.

Drafters have formed no consensus on James Cook III: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 187th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 2; 2QB: ADP 13.

What the sportsbooks price

No sportsbook has posted a season market for Jahmyr Gibbs, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

No sportsbook has posted a season market for James Cook III, so the only market pricing him on this page is the draft room.

Neither carries a posted market, so this page rests on the draft room and on what the two have already done.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 74 percent of DET snaps, taken 88 percent of the carries, drawn 13 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 11 third down targets, had 5 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NO he carried 29 times for 156 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, James Cook III has been on the field for 72 percent of BUF snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have come 1.0 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against HOU he carried 13 times for 57 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs played 17 games and scored 366.9 PPR points, 21.6 a game, finishing RB3.

He carried 243 times for 1223 yards and 13 touchdowns, and caught 77 of 94 targets for 616 more yards.

That came to 14.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 4.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 67 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 James Cook III played 17 games and scored 302.2 PPR points, 17.8 a game, finishing RB6.

He carried 309 times for 1621 yards and 12 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 40 targets for 291 more yards.

That came to 18.2 carries a game at 5.2 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and James Cook III 17.8, 3.8 a game between them.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished RB3 that year and James Cook III RB6.

James Cook III had 66 more carries than Jahmyr Gibbs, 309 to 243.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 44 more catches than James Cook III, 77 to 33.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 72 percent.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 88 percent against 65 percent.

Byes and availability

Jahmyr Gibbs is off in Week 6 and James Cook III in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.