Raheim Sanders or Saquon Barkley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Raheim Sanders: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 176th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 178th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 3; 2QB: ADP 14.

What the player markets price

The market has Raheim Sanders at 4.3 PPR points a game off 3 markets across 13 market sources. That is 50 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market has Saquon Barkley at 4.1 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Raheim Sanders has been on the field for 33 percent of CLE snaps, taken 6 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 0 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 24 third down targets, had 0 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 17 two minute targets.

His 11 targets have come 1.5 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against TB he carried 2 times for 4 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 7 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against CAR he carried 1 time for 17 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 34 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against PIT he carried 2 times for 9 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Raheim Sanders played 4 games and scored 20.3 PPR points, 5.1 a game, finishing RB95.

He carried 27 times for 92 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 3 of 4 targets for 21 more yards.

That came to 6.8 carries a game at 3.4 yards a carry and 0.8 catches a game.

He was on the field for 12 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Saquon Barkley was available for 12 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Raheim Sanders 5.1, 9.4 a game between them.

Raheim Sanders finished RB95 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 253 more carries than Raheim Sanders, 280 to 27.

Saquon Barkley had 34 more catches than Raheim Sanders, 37 to 3.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger snap share, 38 percent against 33 percent.

This season Saquon Barkley holds the bigger share of the carries, 36 percent against 6 percent.

Byes and availability

Saquon Barkley is off in Week 10. No bye is listed for Raheim Sanders.

Saquon Barkley is listed as questionable on the injury report.