Xavier Worthy or Terry McLaurin: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Xavier Worthy at 9.7 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 99th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Terry McLaurin at 9.1 PPR points a game, built from 4 markets across 15 books. That is the 105th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Xavier Worthy: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 81st overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 110.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Terry McLaurin: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 89th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 64.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Xavier Worthy has been on the field for 82 percent of KC snaps, drawn 19 percent of the targets and had 18 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 2 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 2 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 9 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 6.3 air yards.

In Week 1 against DEN he caught 3 of 6 targets for 18 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against IND he caught 5 of 7 targets for 25 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Through Week 2, Terry McLaurin has been on the field for 79 percent of WAS snaps, drawn 21 percent of the targets and had 9 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 18 third down targets, had 1 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 5 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 13.5 air yards.

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

In Week 2 against DAL he caught 2 of 9 targets for 50 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Xavier Worthy played 14 games and scored 109.9 PPR points, 7.9 a game, finishing WR59.

He caught 42 of 73 targets for 532 yards and 1 touchdown, with 6 red zone targets.

That came to 5.2 targets a game, a 58 percent catch rate and 12.7 yards a catch.

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

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.

Xavier Worthy was available for 4 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Terry McLaurin scored 11.4 PPR points a game and Xavier Worthy 7.9, 3.6 a game between them.

Xavier Worthy finished WR59 that year and Terry McLaurin WR56.

Xavier Worthy had 13 more targets than Terry McLaurin, 73 to 60.

Terry McLaurin had 50 more receiving yards than Xavier Worthy, 582 to 532.

This season Xavier Worthy holds the bigger snap share, 82 percent against 79 percent.

This season Terry McLaurin holds the bigger target share, 21 percent against 19 percent.

Byes and availability

Xavier Worthy is off in Week 5 and Terry McLaurin in Week 7, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.6 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.