Kenny Gainwell or Samaje Perine: 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 172nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Samaje Perine: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 185th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

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

The player markets price Samaje Perine at 4.8 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 163rd highest figure of the 217 players the market prices.

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, Samaje Perine has been on the field for 34 percent of CIN snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 31 two minute targets.

His 8 targets have averaged 2.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against HOU he carried 2 times for 6 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against PIT he carried 3 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 3 targets for 5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against JAX he carried 3 times for 7 yards, caught 0 of 1 target for 0 yards and did not score.

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 Samaje Perine played 15 games and scored 77.9 PPR points, 5.2 a game, finishing RB57.

He carried 84 times for 382 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 17 of 21 targets for 87 more yards.

That came to 5.6 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 34 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Samaje Perine 5.2, 7.9 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 that year and Samaje Perine RB57.

Kenny Gainwell had 30 more carries than Samaje Perine, 114 to 84.

Kenny Gainwell had 56 more catches than Samaje Perine, 73 to 17.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 34 percent.

This season Samaje Perine holds the bigger share of the carries, 16 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Samaje Perine.

What would change the answer

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