Stefon Diggs or Jaylen Waddle: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 39th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Waddle: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 15; 2QB: ADP 37.

What the player markets price

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Jaylen Waddle at 12.0 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 69th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Stefon Diggs's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Jaylen Waddle has been on the field for 69 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 0 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 10.7 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he caught 8 of 10 targets for 138 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 1 time for 14 yards, caught 2 of 7 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 5 of 6 targets for 35 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 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.

Stefon Diggs was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Jaylen Waddle 12.1, 0.2 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Jaylen Waddle WR24.

Stefon Diggs had 2 more targets than Jaylen Waddle, 102 to 100.

Stefon Diggs had 103 more receiving yards than Jaylen Waddle, 1013 to 910.

This season Jaylen Waddle holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 59 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Jaylen Waddle in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Stefon Diggs is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.