Should I trade Josh Allen for Puka Nacua?

Yes on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Josh Allen 69, a gain of 21. If Josh Allen starts for you and Puka Nacua would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.

Who has more rest-of-season value, Josh Allen or Puka Nacua?

Puka Nacua, 90 to 69. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 22.8 over 11 for Josh Allen, 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 Josh Allen for Puka Nacua? Yes, Nacua is worth 21 more.

Yes on value. Puka Nacua is worth 90 rest of season and Josh Allen 69, so the side getting Nacua gains 21. Allen rates 22.8 market points a game with 11 games left, Nacua 17.3 with 11. On usage, Allen has thrown 29.8 passes and run 7.0 times a game; Nacua has drawn 27 percent of LAR targets. Allen is at LV in Week 6 (15th most points allowed to QBs); Nacua hosts ARI in Week 6 (6th most points allowed to WRs). Neither carries an injury designation this week.

The verdict, Week 5

Getting Puka Nacua wins by 21.

Josh Allen 6990 Puka Nacua

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Josh Allen

QB1BUF

value, #27

Pts/game: 22.8
Games left: 11
Bye: 7

Josh Allen weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
23.5	22.8	22.8

Puka Nacua

WR5LAR

value, #15

Pts/game: 17.3
Games left: 11
Bye: 11

Puka Nacua weekly market-based points
Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5
3.0	17.3	21.5

Where the values come from

Allen is the 1st quarterback on the chart and 27th overall. His 22.8 a game is 6.3 above the replacement quarterback's 16.5, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 7, which is how he comes to 69.

Nacua is the 5th receiver on the chart and 15th overall. His 17.3 a game is 8.2 above the replacement receiver's 9.1, over 11 games left with his bye in Week 11, which is how he comes to 90.

The weekly market prices

The market priced Josh Allen at 23.5 in Week 3, 22.8 in Week 4 and 22.8 in Week 5, a median of 22.8 points a game, down 0.6 from his first frozen week to his latest.

The market priced Puka Nacua at 3.0 in Week 3, 17.3 in Week 4 and 21.5 in Week 5, a median of 17.3 points a game, up 18.5 from his first frozen week to his latest.

Points so far against the price

Josh Allen has scored 115.5 PPR points in 4 games, 28.9 a game, 6.1 a game more than the 22.8 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished QB1 with 374.6 PPR points in 17 games, 22.0 a game.

Week 1 vs HOU: 35.7 points (QB2 that week), 334 passing yards, 2 touchdown passes, 23 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 2 vs DET: 40.8 points (QB1 that week), 248 passing yards, 3 touchdown passes, 69 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 3 vs LAC: 19.5 points (QB17 that week), 204 passing yards, 0 touchdown passes, 22 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs NE: 19.5 points (QB10 that week), 253 passing yards, 1 touchdown pass, 4 rushing yards, 100 percent of snaps.

Puka Nacua has scored 40.1 PPR points in 2 games, 20.1 a game, 2.8 a game more than the 17.3 the market prices him at from here.

Last season he finished WR1 with 375.0 PPR points in 16 games, 23.4 a game.

Week 1 vs SF: 12.4 points (WR27 that week), 5 of 9 targets for 74 yards, 70 percent of snaps.

Week 4 vs PHI: 27.7 points (WR5 that week), 2 rushing yards on 1 carry, 9 of 12 targets for 125 yards, 1 touchdown, 90 percent of snaps.

Usage a game this season

Through Week 4, Josh Allen has averaged 29.8 attempts, 260 passing yards and 1.5 touchdown passes a game, with 7.0 runs for 31 yards on 100 percent of the snaps.

In Week 4 against NE he went 23 of 33 for 253 yards and 1 touchdown.

Through Week 4, Puka Nacua has averaged 0.5 carries for 1 yard and 10.5 targets and 7.0 catches for 100 yards a game on 82 percent of the snaps.

He has been targeted or handed the ball 2 times inside the 20, 11 percent of his team's chances there, and has scored 1 touchdown in 2 games.

In Week 4 against PHI he had 1 carry and 12 targets on 90 percent of the snaps.

Schedule and next matchup

A trade made now buys Week 6 through Week 17. Josh Allen has 11 games in it with his bye in Week 7; Puka Nacua has 11 games with his bye in Week 11.

LV, Allen's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 17.4 PPR points a game to QBs this season over 4 games, the 15th most to QBs of 32.

ARI, Nacua's Week 6 opponent, has allowed 38.4 PPR points a game to WRs this season over 4 games, the 6th most to WRs of 32.

What would even it

The side getting Josh Allen would want about 21 more added to make it even: a player like DJ Moore, valued at 22. Two players for Nacua also costs that side a roster spot.

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Common questions

Should I trade Josh Allen for Puka Nacua?
Yes on value: Puka Nacua is worth 90 and Josh Allen 69, a gain of 21. If Josh Allen starts for you and Puka Nacua would sit, check the lineup first in the trade analyzer.
Who has more rest-of-season value, Josh Allen or Puka Nacua?
Puka Nacua, 90 to 69. He rates 17.3 market points a game over 11 games left, against 22.8 over 11 for Josh Allen, 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