Malik Nabers or Keenan Allen: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 6.6 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 124th highest figure of the 185 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 30th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 28.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 125th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season so far

Through Week 4, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 3, Keenan Allen has been on the field for 64 percent of IND snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 11 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 20 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 20 targets have averaged 6.2 air yards.

In Week 1 against BAL he caught 6 of 6 targets for 32 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against KC he caught 1 of 5 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against HOU he caught 6 of 9 targets for 63 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Keenan Allen played 17 games and scored 182.7 PPR points, 10.7 a game, finishing WR29.

He caught 81 of 122 targets for 777 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 7.2 targets a game, a 66 percent catch rate and 9.6 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 55 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Keenan Allen 10.7, 3.5 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Keenan Allen WR29.

Keenan Allen had 87 more targets than Malik Nabers, 122 to 35.

Keenan Allen had 506 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 777 to 271.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 64 percent.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger target share, 23 percent against 21 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Keenan Allen in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

6.8 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.