Tony Pollard or Jahmyr Gibbs: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jahmyr Gibbs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 6 market sources. That is the 59th highest figure of the 139 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 52 percent of TEN snaps, taken 63 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 42 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 40 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 2.2 air yards.

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 17 times for 74 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 16 times for 48 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against HOU he carried 14 times for 52 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Jahmyr Gibbs has been on the field for 77 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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tony Pollard played 17 games and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He carried 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 more yards.

That came to 14.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jahmyr Gibbs scored 21.6 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 10.7 a game between them.

Tony Pollard finished RB23 that year and Jahmyr Gibbs RB3.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 1 more carries than Tony Pollard, 243 to 242.

Jahmyr Gibbs had 44 more catches than Tony Pollard, 77 to 33.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 52 percent.

This season Jahmyr Gibbs holds the bigger share of the carries, 82 percent against 63 percent.

Byes and availability

Tony Pollard is off in Week 9 and Jahmyr Gibbs in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Jahmyr Gibbs has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.