Jordan Mason or Jahmyr Gibbs: who should I start?

Where the draft room has them

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jordan Mason: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 160th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 115.

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.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Jordan Mason at 2.7 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 book. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 45 percent of MIN snaps, taken 48 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jahmyr Gibbs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 13.5 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Jahmyr Gibbs RB3.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 84 more carries than Jordan Mason, 243 to 159.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 63 more catches than Jordan Mason, 77 to 14.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 45 percent.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 88 percent against 48 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 6, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

Jordan Mason is listed as ir on the injury report.