Xavier Worthy or Ladd McConkey: who should I start in Week 6?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 103rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ladd McConkey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 104th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes half PPR: ADP 2; standard: ADP 14; 2QB: ADP 35.

What the player markets price

The market has Xavier Worthy at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 11 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Ladd McConkey at 2.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Xavier Worthy's price is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 80 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 14 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 16 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 9.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against MIA he caught 2 of 2 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LV he caught 4 of 7 targets for 70 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ladd McConkey has been on the field for 54 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 15 percent of the targets and had 6 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 17 targets have averaged 13.4 air yards.

In Week 2 against LV he caught 3 of 3 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against BUF he caught 4 of 5 targets for 66 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against SEA he caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ladd McConkey played 16 games and scored 180.9 PPR points, 11.3 a game, finishing WR30.

He caught 66 of 106 targets for 789 yards and 6 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.6 targets a game, a 62 percent catch rate and 12.0 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 78 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ladd McConkey was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Ladd McConkey scored 11.3 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 3.5 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Ladd McConkey WR30.

Ladd McConkey had 33 more targets than Xavier Worthy, 106 to 73.

Ladd McConkey had 257 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 789 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 80 percent against 54 percent.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 15 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Ladd McConkey in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Ladd McConkey is listed as questionable on the injury report.