Terry McLaurin or Tee Higgins: who to draft first

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 12.1 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 17 books. That is the 65th highest figure of the 182 players the books 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.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 66.

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.

This season through Week 1

Through Week 1, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 87 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 14 percent of the targets and had 8 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 10 third down targets, had 0 of its 3 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 1 two minute target.

His 4 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against PHI he caught 2 of 4 targets for 14 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Terry McLaurin played 10 games and scored 114.2 PPR points, 11.4 a game, finishing WR56.

He caught 38 of 60 targets for 582 yards and 3 touchdowns, with 7 red zone targets.

That came to 6.0 targets a game, a 63 percent catch rate and 15.3 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 70 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Tee Higgins was available for 5 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Tee Higgins scored 14.1 PPR points a game and Terry McLaurin 11.4, 2.7 a game between them.

Terry McLaurin finished WR56 that year and Tee Higgins WR15.

Tee Higgins had 38 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 98 to 60.

Tee Higgins had 264 more receiving yards than Terry McLaurin, 846 to 582.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger snap share, 87 percent against 72 percent.

This season Tee Higgins holds the bigger target share, 18 percent against 14 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

0.3 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.