Xavier Hutchinson or Marvin Mims: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Xavier Hutchinson at 4.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 10 market sources. That is the 158th highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

The player markets price Marvin Mims at 3.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 13 market sources. That is the 162nd highest figure of the 184 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Hutchinson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 156th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Marvin Mims: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 163rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Xavier Hutchinson has been on the field for 58 percent of HOU snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 4 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 32 third down targets, had 0 of its 5 chances inside the five and seen 7 of its 29 two minute targets.

His 26 targets have averaged 13.9 air yards.

In Week 2 against CIN he caught 3 of 9 targets for 37 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against IND he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 3 of 6 targets for 51 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against DAL he caught 3 of 5 targets for 46 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Marvin Mims has been on the field for 23 percent of DEN snaps, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 21 third down targets and seen 1 of its 13 two minute targets.

His 3 targets have averaged 6.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against KC he was not given the ball.

In Week 4 against SF he caught 1 of 3 targets for 10 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Hutchinson played 17 games and scored 98.0 PPR points, 5.8 a game, finishing WR64.

He caught 35 of 57 targets for 428 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 61 percent catch rate and 12.2 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 57 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Marvin Mims played 15 games and scored 93.0 PPR points, 6.2 a game, finishing WR66.

He caught 37 of 51 targets for 322 yards and 1 touchdown, with 2 red zone targets.

That came to 3.4 targets a game, a 73 percent catch rate and 8.7 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 35 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Xavier Hutchinson was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Marvin Mims scored 6.2 PPR points a game and Xavier Hutchinson 5.8, 0.4 a game between them.

Xavier Hutchinson finished WR64 that year and Marvin Mims WR66.

Xavier Hutchinson had 6 more targets than Marvin Mims, 57 to 51.

Xavier Hutchinson had 106 more receiving yards than Marvin Mims, 428 to 322.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger snap share, 58 percent against 23 percent.

This season Xavier Hutchinson holds the bigger target share, 19 percent against 5 percent.

What would change the answer

0.5 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.