Stefon Diggs or Justin Jefferson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Justin Jefferson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 169th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 4; 2QB: ADP 16.

What the player markets price

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Justin Jefferson at 2.8 PPR points a game off 1 market across 13 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season so far

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Through Week 3, Justin Jefferson has been on the field for 68 percent of MIN snaps, drawn 25 percent of the targets and had 21 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 30 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 11.1 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he caught 8 of 9 targets for 92 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against CHI he caught 3 of 6 targets for 55 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TB he caught 2 of 2 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Justin Jefferson played 17 games and scored 201.5 PPR points, 11.9 a game, finishing WR21.

He caught 84 of 141 targets for 1048 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 17 red zone targets.

That came to 8.3 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 12.5 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 95 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Justin Jefferson 11.9, 0.5 a game between them.

Stefon Diggs finished WR17 that year and Justin Jefferson WR21.

Justin Jefferson had 39 more targets than Stefon Diggs, 141 to 102.

Justin Jefferson had 35 more receiving yards than Stefon Diggs, 1048 to 1013.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger snap share, 68 percent against 59 percent.

This season Justin Jefferson holds the bigger target share, 25 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Stefon Diggs is off in Week 7 and Justin Jefferson in Week 6, so either can cover the other's bye.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Justin Jefferson is listed as questionable on the injury report.