Javonte Williams or Puka Nacua: 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 2nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Puka Nacua: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 3rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 6.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Javonte Williams, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The player markets price Puka Nacua at 21.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 199 players the market prices.

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, Puka Nacua has been on the field for 82 percent of LAR snaps, drawn 27 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 2 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 12.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he caught 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 1 time for 2 yards, caught 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Puka Nacua played 16 games and scored 375.0 PPR points, 23.4 a game, finishing WR1.

He caught 129 of 166 targets for 1715 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 16 red zone targets.

That came to 10.4 targets a game, a 78 percent catch rate and 13.3 yards a catch.

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

Both were available for 16 games that season.

Side by side

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Javonte Williams 15.2, 8.3 a game between them.

Javonte Williams finished RB12 and Puka Nacua WR1, which are two different ladders.

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

Byes and availability

Javonte Williams is off in Week 14 and Puka Nacua in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

Javonte Williams has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.