Puka Nacua or Jaxon Smith-Njigba: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Puka Nacua at 21.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 4th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

The player markets price Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 20.4 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 18 market sources. That is the 8th highest figure of the 219 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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.

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 8.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has been on the field for 82 percent of SEA snaps, drawn 37 percent of the targets and had 22 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 15 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 6 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 9.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against ARI he caught 9 of 11 targets for 155 yards and scored 3 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against WAS he caught 10 of 14 targets for 128 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LAC he caught 5 of 6 targets for 76 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Jaxon Smith-Njigba played 17 games and scored 359.9 PPR points, 21.2 a game, finishing WR2.

He caught 119 of 163 targets for 1793 yards and 10 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 9.6 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Puka Nacua scored 23.4 PPR points a game and Jaxon Smith-Njigba 21.2, 2.3 a game between them.

Puka Nacua finished WR1 that year and Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR2.

Puka Nacua had 3 more targets than Jaxon Smith-Njigba, 166 to 163.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba had 78 more receiving yards than Puka Nacua, 1793 to 1715.

Their snap share this season is the same, 82 percent each.

This season Jaxon Smith-Njigba holds the bigger target share, 37 percent against 27 percent.

Byes and availability

Both are off in Week 11, so a roster holding the pair has that one week to cover twice.

What would change the answer

1.0 points a game is the entire case. The market restates 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 market price when it does.