Justin Herbert or Jalen Hurts: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 33rd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jalen Hurts at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 39th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 98th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 13.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jalen Hurts: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 144 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 144 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

Through Week 4, Jalen Hurts has been on the field for 98 percent of PHI snaps, dropped back 137 times and thrown 7.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 23 of 137 dropbacks and scrambled 11 times.

In Week 2 against TEN he completed 26 of 37 passes for 264 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 2 interceptions and ran 5 times for 16 yards.

In Week 3 against CHI he completed 16 of 25 passes for 153 yards, threw 0 touchdowns and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 25 yards.

In Week 4 against LAR he completed 12 of 27 passes for 93 yards, threw 2 touchdowns and 0 interceptions and ran 5 times for 18 yards.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

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

In 2025 Jalen Hurts played 16 games and scored 305.1 PPR points, 19.1 a game, finishing QB8.

He threw for 3224 yards on 454 attempts with 25 touchdowns and 6 interceptions, and ran for 421 yards and 8 touchdowns.

That came to 28.4 attempts a game at 7.1 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 98 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jalen Hurts scored 19.1 PPR points a game and Justin Herbert 18.7, 0.3 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 that year and Jalen Hurts QB8.

Justin Herbert had 58 more pass attempts than Jalen Hurts, 512 to 454.

Justin Herbert had 503 more passing yards than Jalen Hurts, 3727 to 3224.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger snap share, 100 percent against 98 percent.

This season Justin Herbert holds the bigger target share, 1 percent against 0 percent.

Byes and availability

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7 and Jalen Hurts in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.