Jonathan Taylor or Rachaad White: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Jonathan Taylor: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 43rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 4.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rachaad White: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Jonathan Taylor at 6.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Rachaad White at 6.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 10 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.

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

This season through Week 5

Through Week 5, Jonathan Taylor has been on the field for 82 percent of IND snaps, taken 75 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 48 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 41 third down targets, had 11 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 1.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against HOU he carried 23 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 4 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against WAS he carried 20 times for 95 yards, caught 1 of 4 targets for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 5 against PIT he carried 15 times for 45 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

Through Week 5, Rachaad White has been on the field for 49 percent of WAS snaps, taken 24 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 10 targets have averaged 0.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he carried 7 times for 43 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 40 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against SEA he carried 8 times for 35 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 5 against NYG he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor played 17 games and scored 362.3 PPR points, 21.3 a game, finishing RB4.

He carried 323 times for 1585 yards and 18 touchdowns, and caught 46 of 55 targets for 378 more yards.

That came to 19.0 carries a game at 4.9 yards a carry and 2.7 catches a game.

He was on the field for 84 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

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

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Jonathan Taylor scored 21.3 PPR points a game and Rachaad White 8.4, 12.9 a game between them.

Jonathan Taylor finished RB4 that year and Rachaad White RB32.

Jonathan Taylor had 191 more carries than Rachaad White, 323 to 132.

Jonathan Taylor had 6 more catches than Rachaad White, 46 to 40.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 49 percent.

This season Jonathan Taylor holds the bigger share of the carries, 75 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Jonathan Taylor is off in Week 13 and Rachaad White in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.