Kenny Gainwell or Tyler Goodson: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kenny Gainwell at 5.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 141st highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tyler Goodson at 3.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 166th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kenny Gainwell: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 147th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tyler Goodson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 173rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

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, Tyler Goodson has been on the field for 18 percent of DAL snaps, taken 16 percent of the carries, drawn 2 percent of the targets and had 3 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 22 third down targets, had 0 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 3.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 3 against BAL he carried 6 times for 22 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for -5 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against HOU he carried 3 times for 12 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 Tyler Goodson played 11 games and scored 5.2 PPR points, 0.5 a game, finishing RB121.

He carried 9 times for 24 yards and 0 touchdowns, and caught 2 of 3 targets for 8 more yards.

That came to 0.8 carries a game at 2.7 yards a carry and 0.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 5 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kenny Gainwell was available for 6 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kenny Gainwell scored 13.1 PPR points a game and Tyler Goodson 0.5, 12.6 a game between them.

Kenny Gainwell finished RB16 that year and Tyler Goodson RB121.

Kenny Gainwell had 105 more carries than Tyler Goodson, 114 to 9.

Kenny Gainwell had 71 more catches than Tyler Goodson, 73 to 2.

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

This season Tyler Goodson 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 Tyler Goodson.

What would change the answer

2.1 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.