Kenny Gainwell or Rhamondre Stevenson: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

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.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 151st overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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.

The market has Rhamondre Stevenson at 4.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 14 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

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.

Through Week 4, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 3 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 0.3 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 that year and Rhamondre Stevenson RB25.

Rhamondre Stevenson had 16 more carries than Kenny Gainwell, 130 to 114.

Kenny Gainwell had 41 more catches than Rhamondre Stevenson, 73 to 32.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 42 percent.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger share of the carries, 38 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10 and Rhamondre Stevenson in Week 11, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Rhamondre Stevenson is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.