Justin Herbert or Rashod Bateman: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Justin Herbert at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 market sources. That is the 36th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

The player markets price Rashod Bateman at 4.5 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 165th highest figure of the 213 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Herbert: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 110th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 23; 2QB: ADP 12.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rashod Bateman: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Justin Herbert has been on the field for 100 percent of LAC snaps, dropped back 144 times and thrown 8.8 air yards an attempt.

He has been sacked or hit on 30 of 144 dropbacks and scrambled 13 times.

In Week 2 against LV he completed 15 of 27 passes for 192 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 3 times for 2 yards.

In Week 3 against BUF he completed 20 of 34 passes for 226 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 1 interception and ran 4 times for 17 yards.

In Week 4 against SEA he completed 19 of 31 passes for 189 yards, threw 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions and ran 6 times for 40 yards.

Through Week 4, Rashod Bateman has been on the field for 76 percent of BAL snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 5 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 25 third down targets, had 1 of its 18 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against NO he caught 7 of 9 targets for 88 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DAL he caught 2 of 3 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against TEN he caught 2 of 2 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Justin Herbert played 16 games and scored 299.9 PPR points, 18.7 a game, finishing QB10.

He threw for 3727 yards on 512 attempts with 26 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, and ran for 498 yards and 2 touchdowns.

That came to 32.0 attempts a game at 7.3 yards an attempt.

He was on the field for 97 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Rashod Bateman played 13 games and scored 55.4 PPR points, 4.3 a game, finishing WR102.

He caught 19 of 38 targets for 224 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 8 red zone targets.

That came to 2.9 targets a game, a 50 percent catch rate and 11.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 69 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Justin Herbert was available for 3 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Justin Herbert scored 18.7 PPR points a game and Rashod Bateman 4.3, 14.5 a game between them.

Justin Herbert finished QB10 and Rashod Bateman WR102, which are two different ladders.

Justin Herbert is a quarterback and Rashod Bateman a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Justin Herbert is off in Week 7 and Rashod Bateman in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

11.6 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.