Saquon Barkley or Malik Nabers: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Saquon Barkley at 14.9 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 17 books. That is the 41st highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 14.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 16 books. That is the 46th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 22nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 23.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 23rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 45.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 71 percent of PHI snaps, taken 65 percent of the carries, drawn 9 percent of the targets and had 33 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 9 third down targets and seen 0 of its 4 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have come 0.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against WAS he carried 15 times for 83 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -3 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 52 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 7 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 9 targets have averaged 11.4 air yards.

In Week 1 against DAL he caught 6 of 9 targets for 69 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Saquon Barkley played 16 games and scored 232.3 PPR points, 14.5 a game, finishing RB14.

He carried 280 times for 1140 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 37 of 50 targets for 273 more yards.

That came to 17.5 carries a game at 4.1 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

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

In 2025 Malik Nabers played 4 games and scored 57.1 PPR points, 14.3 a game, finishing WR101.

He caught 18 of 35 targets for 271 yards and 2 touchdowns, with 3 red zone targets.

That came to 8.8 targets a game, a 51 percent catch rate and 15.1 yards a catch.

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

Saquon Barkley was available for 12 games more.

Side by side

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Malik Nabers 14.3, 0.2 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 and Malik Nabers WR101, which are two different ladders.

Saquon Barkley is a running back and Malik Nabers a wide receiver, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10 and Malik Nabers in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.