Ja'Marr Chase or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Ja'Marr Chase at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 167th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ja'Marr Chase has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 28 targets have averaged 8.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he caught 7 of 9 targets for 75 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against PIT he caught 9 of 12 targets for 98 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against JAX he caught 3 of 3 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 76 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase played 16 games and scored 313.6 PPR points, 19.6 a game, finishing WR4.

He caught 125 of 185 targets for 1412 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 21 red zone targets.

That came to 11.6 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 11.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 94 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ja'Marr Chase was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 15.3 a game between them.

Ja'Marr Chase finished WR4 that year and Rashod Bateman WR102.

Ja'Marr Chase had 147 more targets than Rashod Bateman, 185 to 38.

Ja'Marr Chase had 1188 more receiving yards than Rashod Bateman, 1412 to 224.

This season Rashod Bateman holds the bigger snap share, 76 percent against 72 percent.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ja'Marr Chase is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

13.9 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.