Malik Washington or Stefon Diggs: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Malik Washington at 8.6 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 111th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

The player markets price Stefon Diggs at 8.4 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 114th highest figure of the 176 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Malik Washington: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 111th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 201.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Stefon Diggs: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 117th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 120.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Malik Washington has been on the field for 85 percent of MIA snaps, drawn 26 percent of the targets and had 7 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 14 third down targets, had 0 of its 1 chance inside the five and seen 2 of its 6 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 12.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against LV he caught 3 of 8 targets for 53 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 1 time for 4 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 43 yards and did not score.

Through Week 2, Stefon Diggs has been on the field for 57 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 24 percent of the targets and had 17 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 15 targets have averaged 10.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 4 of 9 targets for 55 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Malik Washington played 17 games and scored 116.7 PPR points, 6.9 a game, finishing WR54.

He caught 46 of 65 targets for 317 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 11 red zone targets.

That came to 3.8 targets a game, a 71 percent catch rate and 6.9 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 56 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Stefon Diggs scored 12.4 PPR points a game and Malik Washington 6.9, 5.5 a game between them.

Malik Washington finished WR54 that year and Stefon Diggs WR17.

Stefon Diggs had 37 more targets than Malik Washington, 102 to 65.

Stefon Diggs had 696 more receiving yards than Malik Washington, 1013 to 317.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger snap share, 85 percent against 57 percent.

This season Malik Washington holds the bigger target share, 26 percent against 24 percent.

Byes and availability

Malik Washington is off in Week 6 and Stefon Diggs in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.2 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.