Saquon Barkley or Ollie Gordon: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 55th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 15.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ollie Gordon: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 56th overall on the rest of his evidence.

What the player markets price

No season market is posted for Saquon Barkley, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

The market has Ollie Gordon at 11.1 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 11 market sources. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Saquon Barkley has been on the field for 38 percent of PHI snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 7 percent of the targets and had 14 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 24 two minute targets.

His 7 targets have come 0.3 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TEN he carried 4 times for 9 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 11 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CHI he carried 15 times for 82 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for -2 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against LAR he carried 2 times for 8 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 2 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Ollie Gordon has been on the field for 43 percent of MIA snaps, taken 30 percent of the carries, drawn 5 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 1 of its 2 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 3.2 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against SF he carried 3 times for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against KC he carried 17 times for 41 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 14 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against MIN he carried 9 times for 100 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 0 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Ollie Gordon played 17 games and scored 54.1 PPR points, 3.2 a game, finishing RB68.

He carried 70 times for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and caught 7 of 9 targets for 32 more yards.

That came to 4.1 carries a game at 2.8 yards a carry and 0.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 22 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Ollie Gordon was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Ollie Gordon 3.2, 11.3 a game between them.

Saquon Barkley finished RB14 that year and Ollie Gordon RB68.

Saquon Barkley had 210 more carries than Ollie Gordon, 280 to 70.

Saquon Barkley had 30 more catches than Ollie Gordon, 37 to 7.

This season Ollie Gordon holds the bigger snap share, 43 percent against 38 percent.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 30 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Ollie Gordon.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.