Kyren Williams or Tony Pollard: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Kyren Williams at 17.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 18th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Tony Pollard at 9.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 12 market sources. That is the 94th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Kyren Williams: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 13th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tony Pollard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 71st overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Kyren Williams has been on the field for 70 percent of LAR snaps, taken 54 percent of the carries, drawn 16 percent of the targets and had 44 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 8 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 3 of its 9 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 19 two minute targets.

His 25 targets have averaged 4.1 air yards.

In Week 2 against NYG he carried 12 times for 85 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 12 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against DEN he carried 15 times for 88 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PHI he carried 16 times for 80 yards, caught 10 of 13 targets for 67 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 4, Tony Pollard has been on the field for 53 percent of TEN snaps, taken 60 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 43 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 31 third down targets, had 6 of its 12 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 20 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against PHI he carried 14 times for 64 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against NYG he carried 17 times for 74 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 22 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BAL he carried 16 times for 48 yards, caught 2 of 4 targets for 2 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 Tony Pollard played 17 games and scored 185.8 PPR points, 10.9 a game, finishing RB23.

He carried 242 times for 1082 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 33 of 41 targets for 206 more yards.

That came to 14.2 carries a game at 4.5 yards a carry and 1.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 62 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Kyren Williams scored 15.5 PPR points a game and Tony Pollard 10.9, 4.6 a game between them.

Kyren Williams finished RB9 that year and Tony Pollard RB23.

Kyren Williams had 17 more carries than Tony Pollard, 259 to 242.

Kyren Williams had 3 more catches than Tony Pollard, 36 to 33.

This season Kyren Williams holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 53 percent.

This season Tony Pollard holds the bigger share of the carries, 60 percent against 54 percent.

Byes and availability

Kyren Williams is off in Week 11 and Tony Pollard in Week 9, so either can cover the other's bye.

Tony Pollard is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

8.2 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.