Kaleb Johnson or J.K. Dobbins: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kaleb Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 77th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Kaleb Johnson at 9.8 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price J.K. Dobbins at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 93rd highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kaleb Johnson has been on the field for 31 percent of GB snaps, taken 41 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 2 of its 10 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against NYJ he carried 8 times for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against ATL he carried 4 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TB he carried 8 times for 42 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, J.K. Dobbins has been on the field for 40 percent of DEN snaps, taken 53 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 35 third down targets, had 4 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 4 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against JAX he carried 10 times for 36 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against LAR he carried 17 times for 49 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SF he carried 11 times for 40 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kaleb Johnson played 10 games and scored 8.8 PPR points, 0.9 a game, finishing RB115.

He carried 28 times for 69 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 1 of 2 targets for 9 more yards.

That came to 2.8 carries a game at 2.5 yards a carry and 0.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 6 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins played 10 games and scored 115.9 PPR points, 11.6 a game, finishing RB43.

He carried 153 times for 772 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 11 of 14 targets for 37 more yards.

That came to 15.3 carries a game at 5.0 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 10 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Kaleb Johnson 0.9, 10.7 a game between them.

Kaleb Johnson finished RB115 that year and J.K. Dobbins RB43.

J.K. Dobbins had 125 more carries than Kaleb Johnson, 153 to 28.

J.K. Dobbins had 10 more catches than Kaleb Johnson, 11 to 1.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger snap share, 40 percent against 31 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 53 percent against 41 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Kaleb Johnson.

What would change the answer

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