Javonte Williams or Jaylen Warren: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 17th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Warren: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 20th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 17.3 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 209 players the market prices.

The market has Jaylen Warren at 16.8 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Jaylen Warren's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 75 percent of DAL snaps, taken 66 percent of the carries, drawn 12 percent of the targets and had 46 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 38 third down targets, had 11 of its 19 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have come 1.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against WAS he carried 12 times for 30 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 19 times for 62 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 21 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Warren has been on the field for 74 percent of PIT snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 29 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 1 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NE he carried 11 times for 43 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CIN he carried 17 times for 127 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 49 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CLE he carried 17 times for 93 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Javonte Williams played 16 games and scored 242.8 PPR points, 15.2 a game, finishing RB12.

He carried 252 times for 1201 yards and 11 touchdowns, and caught 35 of 51 targets for 137 more yards.

That came to 15.8 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Warren played 16 games and scored 217.1 PPR points, 13.6 a game, finishing RB17.

He carried 211 times for 958 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 333 more yards.

That came to 13.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 2.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Jaylen Warren 13.6, 1.6 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 that year and Jaylen Warren RB17.

Javonte Williams had 41 more carries than Jaylen Warren, 252 to 211.

Jaylen Warren had 5 more catches than Javonte Williams, 40 to 35.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 74 percent.

This season Jaylen Warren holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 66 percent.

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14. No bye is listed for Jaylen Warren.

What would change the answer

Jaylen Warren is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.