Should I trade Derrick Henry for Kenneth Walker?

Yes on value: Kenneth Walker is worth 145 and Derrick Henry 115, a gain of 30. If Derrick Henry starts for you and Kenneth Walker would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Derrick Henry or Kenneth Walker?

Kenneth Walker, 145 to 115. He rates 20.0 market points a game over 12 games left, against 18.4 over 11 for Derrick Henry, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.

How are these trade values calculated?

Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

Trade Derrick Henry for Kenneth Walker? Yes, Walker is worth 30 more.

Yes on value. Kenneth Walker is worth 145 rest of season and Derrick Henry 115, so the side getting Walker gains 30. Henry rates 18.4 market points a game with 11 games left, Walker 20.0 with 12. On usage, Henry has 73 percent of BAL carries and 7 percent of its targets; Walker has 76 percent of KC carries and 16 percent of its targets. Henry is at CLE in Week 6 (5th fewest points allowed to RBs); Walker hosts LAC in Week 6 (11th most points allowed to RBs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Kenneth Walker wins by 30.

Derrick Henry 115145 Kenneth Walker

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Derrick Henry

RB5BAL

115

value, #7

Pts/game: 18.4
Games left: 11
Bye: 13

Derrick Henry weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
18.4	18.6	15.6

Kenneth Walker

RB3KC

145

value, #3

Pts/game: 20.0
Games left: 12
Bye: 5

Kenneth Walker weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
20.9	19.0	not priced

Where the values come from

Henry is the 5th running back on the chart and 7th overall. His 18.4 a game is 10.5 above the replacement running back's 7.9, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 13, which is how he comes to 115.

Walker is the 3rd running back on the chart and 3rd overall. His 20.0 a game is 12.1 above the replacement running back's 7.9, over 12 games left with no bye left, which is how he comes to 145.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Derrick Henry at 18.4 in Week 3, 18.6 in Week 4 and 15.6 in Week 5, a median of 18.4 points a game, down 2.7 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Kenneth Walker at 21.0 in Week 3 and 19.0 in Week 4, a median of 20.0 points a game, down 1.9 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Derrick Henry has scored 111.8 PPR points in 5 games, 22.4 a game, 4.0 a game more than the 18.4 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished RB8 with 279.5 PPR points in 17 games, 16.4 a game.

Week 1 vs IND: 35.3 points (RB1 that week), 144 rushing yards on 24 carries, 1 of 1 target for 19 yards, 3 touchdowns, 54 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs NO: 17.7 points (RB6 that week), 68 rushing yards on 16 carries, 3 of 3 targets for 19 yards, 1 touchdown, 53 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs DAL: 21.9 points (RB4 that week), 89 rushing yards on 26 carries, 1 of 1 target for 0 yards, 2 touchdowns, 67 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs TEN: 15.9 points (RB21 that week), 73 rushing yards on 23 carries, 2 of 2 targets for 6 yards, 1 touchdown, 63 percent of snaps.

Week 5 vs ATL: 21.0 points (RB4 that week), 102 rushing yards on 24 carries, 1 of 2 targets for 18 yards, 1 touchdown.

Kenneth Walker has scored 110.1 PPR points in 4 games, 27.5 a game, 7.5 a game more than the 20.0 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished RB22 with 191.9 PPR points in 17 games with SEA, 11.3 a game.

Week 1 vs DEN: 34.1 points (RB2 that week), 173 rushing yards on 23 carries, 3 of 6 targets for 18 yards, 2 touchdowns, 68 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs IND: 23.8 points (RB2 that week), 117 rushing yards on 24 carries, 6 of 10 targets for 61 yards, 83 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs MIA: 21.3 points (RB7 that week), 70 rushing yards on 18 carries, 2 of 2 targets for 3 yards, 2 touchdowns, 73 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs LV: 30.9 points (RB3 that week), 177 rushing yards on 22 carries, 1 of 1 target for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns, 75 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Derrick Henry has averaged 22.3 carries for 94 yards and 1.8 targets and 1.8 catches for 11 yards a game on 59 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 23 times inside the 20, 55 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 7 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against TEN he had 23 carries and 2 targets on 63 percent of the snaps.

Through Week 4, Kenneth Walker has averaged 21.8 carries for 134 yards and 4.8 targets and 3.0 catches for 21 yards a game on 75 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 24 times inside the 20, 56 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 6 touchdowns in 4 games.

In Week 4 against LV he had 22 carries and 1 target on 75 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Derrick Henry has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 13; Kenneth Walker has 12 games with no bye left.

CLE, Henry's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 16.7 PPR points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 5th fewest to RBs of 32.

LAC, Walker's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 22.9 PPR points a game to RBs this season over 4 games, the 11th most to RBs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Derrick Henry would want about 30 more added to make it even: a player like DK Metcalf, valued at 30. Two players for Walker also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

Should I trade Derrick Henry for Kenneth Walker?
Yes on value: Kenneth Walker is worth 145 and Derrick Henry 115, a gain of 30. If Derrick Henry starts for you and Kenneth Walker would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Derrick Henry or Kenneth Walker?
Kenneth Walker, 145 to 115. He rates 20.0 market points a game over 12 games left, against 18.4 over 11 for Derrick Henry, each measured above a replacement starter at his own position.
How are these trade values calculated?
Each player's points per game is the median of the market-based PPR points we froze before each week's first kickoff, Weeks 3, 4, 5. A replacement starter's rate is subtracted and the rest is multiplied by his games from Week 6 to Week 17, bye taken out. No expert opinion is involved.

By the Parlae deskValues updated Oct 12, 2026 at 9:06 AM ETHow this is built Report a wrong number