Should I start Quinshon Judkins or Javonte Williams in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Quinshon Judkins, and the board ranks him 12th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Javonte Williams, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Quinshon Judkins is 15.9 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 11 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Javonte Williams's market-based projection is 15.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 30th highest figure of the 225 players with a market-based projection.

Quinshon Judkins's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 8

Through Week 8, Quinshon Judkins has been on the field for 55 percent of CLE snaps, taken 62 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 41 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 53 third down targets, had 7 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 41 two minute targets.

His 23 targets have come 1.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against NYJ he carried 14 times for 44 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 7 against TEN he carried 17 times for 96 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 8 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 8 against PIT he carried 11 times for 25 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 24 yards and did not score.

Through Week 8, Javonte Williams has been on the field for 74 percent of DAL snaps, taken 68 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 40 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 69 third down targets, had 21 of its 31 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 50 two minute targets.

His 24 targets have come 1.7 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 6 against GB he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against PHI he carried 25 times for 155 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against ARI he carried 24 times for 56 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Quinshon Judkins played 15 games and scored 169.8 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB26.

He carried 230 times for 827 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 26 of 36 targets for 171 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 3.6 yards a carry and 1.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 50 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.

Javonte Williams was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Javonte Williams scored 15.2 PPR points a game and Quinshon Judkins 11.3, 3.9 a game between them.

Quinshon Judkins finished RB26 that year and Javonte Williams RB12.

Javonte Williams had 22 more carries than Quinshon Judkins, 252 to 230.

Javonte Williams had 9 more catches than Quinshon Judkins, 35 to 26.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger snap share, 74 percent against 55 percent.

This season Javonte Williams holds the bigger share of the carries, 68 percent against 62 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Quinshon Judkins has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.