Xavier Hutchinson or Ja'Marr Chase: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 149th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ja'Marr Chase: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 155th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 5.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 151st highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Ja'Marr Chase at 4.3 PPR points a game off 1 market across 3 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Ja'Marr Chase's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ja'Marr Chase scored 19.6 PPR points a game and Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 13.8 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Ja'Marr Chase WR4.

Ja'Marr Chase had 128 more targets than Xavier Hutchinson, 185 to 57.

Ja'Marr Chase had 984 more receiving yards than Xavier Hutchinson, 1412 to 428.

This season Ja'Marr Chase holds the bigger snap share, 72 percent against 58 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Ja'Marr Chase is off in Week 6. No bye is listed for Xavier Hutchinson.

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

What would change the answer

Ja'Marr Chase is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.