Keenan Allen or Xavier Worthy: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Keenan Allen: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 108th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 204th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Keenan Allen at 7.5 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 114th highest figure of the 182 players the market prices.

No season market is posted for Xavier Worthy, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season so far

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.

Through Week 4, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Keenan Allen was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Keenan Allen scored 10.7 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 2.9 a game between them.

Keenan Allen finished WR29 that year and Xavier Worthy WR59.

Keenan Allen had 49 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 122 to 73.

Keenan Allen had 245 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 777 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 64 percent.

This season Keenan Allen holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Keenan Allen is off in Week 13 and Xavier Worthy in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.

Keenan Allen is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Xavier Worthy has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.