Malik Nabers or Stefon Diggs: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Nabers: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 31st overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 12; 2QB: ADP 28.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 50.

What the player markets price

The player markets price Malik Nabers at 13.3 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 57th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The market has Stefon Diggs at 12.5 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 14 market sources. That is 70 percent of what a wide receiver's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Malik Nabers has been on the field for 70 percent of NYG snaps, drawn 23 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 39 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 15 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 11.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against LAR he caught 1 of 4 targets for 1 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against TEN he caught 5 of 6 targets for 26 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against ARI he caught 6 of 7 targets for 112 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 59 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 12 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 14 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have averaged 9.0 air yards.

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 5 of 6 targets for 47 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against SEA he caught 4 of 7 targets for 33 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against IND he caught 5 of 9 targets for 35 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

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.

In 2025 Stefon Diggs played 17 games and scored 210.3 PPR points, 12.4 a game, finishing WR17.

He caught 85 of 102 targets for 1013 yards and 4 touchdowns, with 12 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 83 percent catch rate and 11.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 54 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Stefon Diggs was available for 13 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Malik Nabers scored 14.3 PPR points a game and Stefon Diggs 12.4, 1.9 a game between them.

Malik Nabers finished WR101 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

Stefon Diggs had 67 more targets than Malik Nabers, 102 to 35.

Stefon Diggs had 742 more receiving yards than Malik Nabers, 1013 to 271.

This season Malik Nabers holds the bigger snap share, 70 percent against 59 percent.

This season Stefon Diggs holds the bigger target share, 24 percent against 23 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Nabers is off in Week 8 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

Malik Nabers is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Stefon Diggs is listed as questionable on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Stefon Diggs is only part priced, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.