Jaylen Wright or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jaylen Wright: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 165th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Jaylen Wright at 5.6 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 135th highest figure of the 200 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Jaylen Wright has been on the field for 12 percent of MIA snaps, taken 12 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 19 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 0 of its 6 two minute targets.

In Week 1 against LV he carried 1 time for -1 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 2 times for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 5 times for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 42 percent of TB snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jaylen Wright played 10 games and scored 48.2 PPR points, 4.8 a game, finishing RB70.

He carried 70 times for 288 yards and 2 touchdowns, and caught 5 of 9 targets for 44 more yards.

That came to 7.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 0.5 catches a game.

He was on the field for 14 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Jaylen Wright 4.8, 8.3 a game between them.

Jaylen Wright finished RB70 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Kenny Gainwell had 44 more carries than Jaylen Wright, 114 to 70.

Kenny Gainwell had 68 more catches than Jaylen Wright, 73 to 5.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 12 percent.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger share of the carries, 14 percent against 12 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Jaylen Wright.

Jaylen Wright is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

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