Rhamondre Stevenson or Saquon Barkley: who should I start in Week 5?

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Rhamondre Stevenson: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 52nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Saquon Barkley: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 64th overall on the rest of his evidence.

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

What the player markets price

The player markets price Rhamondre Stevenson at 12.2 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 market sources. That is the 67th highest figure of the 214 players the market prices.

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

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Rhamondre Stevenson has been on the field for 62 percent of NE snaps, taken 38 percent of the carries, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 10 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 4 of the offence's 33 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 14 two minute targets.

His 16 targets have come 0.4 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 2 against PIT he carried 6 times for 43 yards, caught 1 of 2 targets for 3 yards and did not score.

In Week 3 against JAX he carried 7 times for 22 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 16 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against BUF he carried 13 times for 47 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 27 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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 Rhamondre Stevenson played 14 games and scored 178.8 PPR points, 12.8 a game, finishing RB25.

He carried 130 times for 603 yards and 7 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 37 targets for 345 more yards.

That came to 9.3 carries a game at 4.6 yards a carry and 2.3 catches a game.

He was on the field for 60 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 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Saquon Barkley scored 14.5 PPR points a game and Rhamondre Stevenson 12.8, 1.7 a game between them.

Rhamondre Stevenson finished RB25 that year and Saquon Barkley RB14.

Saquon Barkley had 150 more carries than Rhamondre Stevenson, 280 to 130.

Saquon Barkley had 5 more catches than Rhamondre Stevenson, 37 to 32.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger snap share, 62 percent against 38 percent.

This season Rhamondre Stevenson holds the bigger share of the carries, 38 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Rhamondre Stevenson is off in Week 11 and Saquon Barkley in Week 10, so either can cover the other's bye.

Rhamondre Stevenson is listed as questionable on the injury report.

Saquon Barkley is listed as out on the injury report.

What would change the answer

Saquon Barkley has no posted market, so one half of the evidence on this page exists for only one of them.