Najee Harris or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Najee Harris at 5.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 138th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 5.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 140th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Najee Harris: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 137th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 140th overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Najee Harris has been on the field for 18 percent of NYG snaps, taken 27 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 32 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 9 two minute targets.

In Week 2 against LAR he carried 4 times for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he carried 9 times for 52 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he carried 9 times for 30 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Kenny Gainwell has been on the field for 42 percent of TB snaps, taken 14 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 13 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 26 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against CLE he carried 2 times for 10 yards, caught 3 of 4 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against MIN he carried 3 times for -4 yards, caught 2 of 5 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against GB he carried 3 times for 5 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 22 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Najee Harris played 3 games and scored 11.6 PPR points, 3.9 a game, finishing RB105.

He carried 15 times for 61 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 3 of 3 targets for 25 more yards.

That came to 5.0 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 1.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 21 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell played 17 games and scored 222.3 PPR points, 13.1 a game, finishing RB16.

He carried 114 times for 537 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 73 of 85 targets for 486 more yards.

That came to 6.7 carries a game at 4.7 yards a carry and 4.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 49 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 14 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Najee Harris 3.9, 9.2 a game between them.

Najee Harris finished RB105 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Kenny Gainwell had 99 more carries than Najee Harris, 114 to 15.

Kenny Gainwell had 70 more catches than Najee Harris, 73 to 3.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 18 percent.

This season Najee Harris holds the bigger share of the carries, 27 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Najee Harris.

What would change the answer

0.3 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.