Jahmyr Gibbs or Jaxson Dart: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahmyr Gibbs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 135th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaxson Dart: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 136th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 16.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Jahmyr Gibbs, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

No season market is posted for Jaxson Dart, so the only market valuing 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 so far

Through Week 5, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 78 percent of DET snaps, taken 82 percent of the carries, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 50 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 45 third down targets, had 13 of its 21 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 21 two minute targets.

His 34 targets have averaged 1.4 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 20 times for 99 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 65 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 15 times for 46 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against ARI he carried 25 times for 151 yards, caught 5 of 6 targets for 56 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Jaxson Dart has been on the field for 60 percent of NYG snaps, dropped back 38 times and thrown 8.6 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 6 of 38 dropbacks and scrambled 2 times.

In Week 1 against DAL he completed 23 of 29 passes for 230 yards, threw 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 8 times for 59 yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he completed 3 of 5 passes for 20 yards and threw 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

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 Jaxson Dart played 14 games and scored 246.6 PPR points, 17.6 a game, finishing QB14.

He threw for 2272 yards on 339 attempts with 15 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, and ran for 487 yards and 9 touchdowns.

That came to 24.2 attempts a game at 6.7 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jahmyr Gibbs was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Jaxson Dart 17.6, 4.0 a game between them.

Jahmyr Gibbs finished RB3 and Jaxson Dart QB14, which are two different ladders.

Jahmyr Gibbs is a running back and Jaxson Dart a quarterback, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Jahmyr Gibbs is off in Week 6 and Jaxson Dart in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Jaxson Dart is listed as ir on the injury report.