Jonathan Taylor or Javonte Williams: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Jonathan Taylor at 18.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 13th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Javonte Williams at 17.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 21st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 6th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes 2QB: ADP 4; dynasty: ADP 1.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Javonte Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 11th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 43.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 89 percent of IND snaps, taken 95 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 63 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 5 third down targets, had 3 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he carried 19 times for 98 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 23 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 1, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 71 percent of DAL snaps, taken 67 percent of the carries, drawn 17 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 3 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 2.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against NYG he carried 12 times for 41 yards, caught 5 of 5 targets for 31 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Jonathan Taylor was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 6.1 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Javonte Williams RB12.

Jonathan Taylor had 71 more carries than Javonte Williams, 323 to 252.

Jonathan Taylor had 11 more catches than Javonte Williams, 46 to 35.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 89 percent against 71 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 95 percent against 67 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.8 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.