J.K. Dobbins or Ollie Gordon: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on J.K. Dobbins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 80th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ollie Gordon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 82nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has J.K. Dobbins at 10.2 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 14 market sources. That is 90 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Ollie Gordon at 10.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 85th highest figure of the 201 players the market prices.

J.K. Dobbins's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 43 percent of MIA snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 3 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon was available for 7 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 J.K. Dobbins scored 11.6 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 8.4 a game between them.

J.K. Dobbins finished RB43 that year and Ollie Gordon RB68.

J.K. Dobbins had 83 more carries than Ollie Gordon, 153 to 70.

J.K. Dobbins had 4 more catches than Ollie Gordon, 11 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 40 percent.

This season J.K. Dobbins holds the bigger share of the carries, 53 percent against 30 percent.

Byes and availability

J.K. Dobbins is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Ollie Gordon.

What would change the answer

J.K. Dobbins is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.