Tee Higgins or Quentin Johnston: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Tee Higgins at 11.8 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 17 books. That is the 68th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

The player markets price Quentin Johnston at 11.7 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 books. That is the 70th highest figure of the 182 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Tee Higgins: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 45th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 49.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Quentin Johnston: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 46th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 99.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Tee Higgins has been on the field for 72 percent of CIN snaps, drawn 18 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 8 third down targets, had 0 of its 6 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 6 targets have averaged 19.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against TB he caught 3 of 6 targets for 59 yards and did not score.

Through Week 1, Quentin Johnston has been on the field for 78 percent of LAC snaps, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 6 third down targets and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 6 targets have averaged 6.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against ARI he caught 2 of 6 targets for 17 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Tee Higgins played 15 games and scored 211.6 PPR points, 14.1 a game, finishing WR15.

He caught 59 of 98 targets for 846 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 14 red zone targets.

That came to 6.5 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 80 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Quentin Johnston played 14 games and scored 171.2 PPR points, 12.2 a game, finishing WR34.

He caught 51 of 85 targets for 735 yards and 8 touchdowns, with 15 red zone targets.

That came to 6.1 targets a game, a 60 percent catch rate and 14.4 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 77 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Tee Higgins was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Quentin Johnston 12.2, 1.9 a game between them.

Tee Higgins finished WR15 that year and Quentin Johnston WR34.

Tee Higgins had 13 more targets than Quentin Johnston, 98 to 85.

Tee Higgins had 111 more receiving yards than Quentin Johnston, 846 to 735.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger snap share, 78 percent against 72 percent.

This season Quentin Johnston holds the bigger target share, 22 percent against 18 percent.

Byes and availability

Tee Higgins is off in Week 6 and Quentin Johnston in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.0 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.