Ty Johnson or Kenny Gainwell: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ty Johnson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 164th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 170th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

The market has Ty Johnson at 5.9 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 16 market sources. That is 60 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 Kenny Gainwell, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Ty Johnson has been on the field for 27 percent of BUF snaps, taken 2 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 11 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 3 against LAC he carried 0 times for 0 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NE he carried 1 time for 3 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 9 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 Ty Johnson played 17 games and scored 100.3 PPR points, 5.9 a game, finishing RB47.

He carried 50 times for 200 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 24 of 33 targets for 263 more yards.

That came to 2.9 carries a game at 4.0 yards a carry and 1.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 29 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Ty Johnson 5.9, 7.2 a game between them.

Ty Johnson finished RB47 that year and Kenny Gainwell RB16.

Kenny Gainwell had 64 more carries than Ty Johnson, 114 to 50.

Kenny Gainwell had 49 more catches than Ty Johnson, 73 to 24.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger snap share, 42 percent against 27 percent.

This season Kenny Gainwell holds the bigger share of the carries, 14 percent against 2 percent.

Byes and availability

Kenny Gainwell is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Ty Johnson.