Rashee Rice or Jaylen Waddle: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Rashee Rice at 12.7 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 57th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 63rd highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashee Rice: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 33rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 36.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 74.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Rashee Rice has been on the field for 83 percent of KC snaps, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 3.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 19 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 75 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 8 third down targets and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 4.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he caught 1 of 3 targets for 2 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Rashee Rice played 8 games and scored 150.1 PPR points, 18.8 a game, finishing WR40.

He caught 53 of 78 targets for 571 yards and 5 touchdowns, with 18 red zone targets.

That came to 9.8 targets a game, a 68 percent catch rate and 10.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 73 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Jaylen Waddle played 16 games and scored 194.1 PPR points, 12.1 a game, finishing WR24.

He caught 64 of 100 targets for 910 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 6.3 targets a game, a 64 percent catch rate and 14.2 yards a catch.

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

Jaylen Waddle was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Rashee Rice scored 18.8 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 6.6 a game between them.

Rashee Rice finished WR40 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Jaylen Waddle had 22 more targets than Rashee Rice, 100 to 78.

Jaylen Waddle had 339 more receiving yards than Rashee Rice, 910 to 571.

This season Rashee Rice holds the bigger snap share, 83 percent against 75 percent.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger target share, 11 percent against 8 percent.

Byes and availability

Rashee Rice is off in Week 5 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.