Justin Jefferson or Javonte Williams: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Justin Jefferson at 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 20th 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 Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 29.

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, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 92 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 39 percent of the targets and had 15 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 10 third down targets and had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five.

His 9 targets have averaged 8.9 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 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 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 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.

Justin Jefferson was available for 1 game more.

Side by side

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Justin Jefferson 11.9, 3.3 a game between them.

Justin Jefferson finished WR21 and Javonte Williams RB12, which are two different ladders.

Justin Jefferson is a wide receiver and Javonte Williams a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justin Jefferson is off in Week 6 and Javonte Williams in Week 14, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.