Kyren Williams or Omarion Hampton: who should I start?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 15.5 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 books. That is the 32nd highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

The player markets price Omarion Hampton at 15.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 36th highest figure of the 183 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 14th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 39.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Omarion Hampton: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 19th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 40.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 64 percent of LAR snaps, taken 39 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 2 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 2.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against SF he carried 11 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 24 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 1, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 58 percent of LAC snaps, taken 57 percent of the carries, drawn 0 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

In Week 1 against ARI he carried 12 times for 43 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Kyren Williams played 17 games and scored 263.3 PPR points, 15.5 a game, finishing RB9.

He carried 259 times for 1252 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 36 of 50 targets for 281 more yards.

That came to 15.2 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 2.1 catches a game.

He was on the field for 68 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Kyren Williams was available for 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Omarion Hampton 15.1, 0.4 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Omarion Hampton RB35.

Kyren Williams had 135 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 259 to 124.

Kyren Williams had 4 more catches than Omarion Hampton, 36 to 32.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 64 percent against 58 percent.

This season Omarion Hampton holds the bigger share of the carries, 57 percent against 39 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Omarion Hampton in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.4 points a game is the entire case. The books restate 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 books when it does.