Sione Vaki or Kenneth Walker: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Sione Vaki: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 218th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenneth Walker: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 240th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 1; standard: ADP 6; 2QB: ADP 17.

What the player markets price

The market has Sione Vaki at 2.3 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 15 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.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Sione Vaki has been on the field for 23 percent of DET snaps, taken 9 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 2 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 36 third down targets, had 0 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have averaged 1.6 air yards.

In Week 2 against BUF he carried 1 time for 7 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 13 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYJ he carried 6 times for 26 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against CAR he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker has been on the field for 75 percent of KC snaps, taken 76 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 56 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 10 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 19 targets have come 0.1 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against IND he carried 24 times for 117 yards, caught 6 of 10 targets for 61 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIA he carried 18 times for 70 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 4 against LV he carried 22 times for 177 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Sione Vaki played 11 games and scored 0.4 PPR points, 0.0 a game, finishing RB143.

He carried 1 time for 4 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 0 of 0 targets for 0 more yards.

That came to 0.1 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry.

He was on the field for 0 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kenneth Walker played 17 games and scored 191.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing RB22.

He carried 221 times for 1027 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 31 of 36 targets for 282 more yards.

That came to 13.0 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 1.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenneth Walker was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenneth Walker scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Sione Vaki 0.0, 11.3 a game between them.

Sione Vaki finished RB143 that year and Kenneth Walker RB22.

Kenneth Walker had 220 more carries than Sione Vaki, 221 to 1.

Kenneth Walker had 31 more catches than Sione Vaki, 31 to 0.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger snap share, 75 percent against 23 percent.

This season Kenneth Walker holds the bigger share of the carries, 76 percent against 9 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenneth Walker is off in Week 5. No bye is listed for Sione Vaki.