Usage comparison · Running backs

Alvin Kamara vs Woody Marks

Woody Marks gets more of his team's runs (41% vs 27%), while Alvin Kamara gets more of his team's passes (12% vs 8%). Alvin Kamara has played 5 games and Woody Marks 6 games. Near the end zone, Woody Marks has had more chances (13 vs 6 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (25% vs 13%). Alvin Kamara is scoring more fantasy points a game (10.5 vs 8.9, PPR), and his chances usually score more too: 10.0 vs 9.8 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–6 · Updated Oct 19, 2026

RBNO

Alvin Kamara
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
10.5
Expected points per gameEst.
10.0

5 games with a target, carry or dropback

Week 6 injury report: Questionable (Back)

RBHOU

Woody Marks
Fantasy points per game (PPR)
8.9
Expected points per gameEst.
9.8

6 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 5. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.
Alvin Kamara and Woody Marks, season usage side by side
StatAlvin KamaraWoody Marks
Games56
Passes thrown to him
Targets2016
Target share12%8%
Catches1513
Receiving yards7679
Runs
Carries3558
Carry share27%41%
Rushing yards120205
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances613
Red-zone share13%25%
Goal-line runs22
End-zone targets00
Touchdowns
Touchdowns32
Expected touchdownsEst.1.32.0
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)10.58.9
Fantasy points (PPR)52.653.4
Expected points per gameEst.10.09.8
Points vs expectedEst.+0.6−0.9

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Carry share by week

Out of all his team's runs in his games, the part he got.

  • Alvin Kamara
  • Woody Marks

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Carry share by week
WeekAlvin KamaraWoody Marks
1— no game with a target, carry or dropback28%against BUF
233%against BAL44%against CIN
332%against LV24%against IND
437%against ATL32%against DAL
518%against MIN56%against TEN
618%against NYG60%against JAX

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.
Leaderboard ranks for Alvin Kamara and Woody Marks
LeaderboardAlvin KamaraWoody Marks
Carry share leaders#47of 78 running backs#32of 78 running backs
Target share leaders#15of 47 running backs#34of 47 running backs
Red-zone share leaders#59of 73 running backs#30of 73 running backs
Red-zone opportunity leaders#46of 118 running backs#26of 118 running backs
Goal-line carry leaders#30of 118 running backs#39of 118 running backs
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.#37of 118 running backs#38of 118 running backs

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.

Alvin Kamara

Touchdowns above usage

Alvin Kamara has scored 3 touchdowns on opportunities that usually produce 1.2, per FFO's expected-points model.

Touchdowns
3
Expected touchdownsEst.
1.2
Expected PPR per gameEst.
10.0
PPR vs expected, per gameEst.
+0.6

Weeks 2–6 · 5 games

  • Model estimate, not a forecast: v1 predicts about as well as raw points.

Woody Marks

Role up

Woody Marks's share of HOU carries rose to 60% in week 6 (15 carries), from 37% in weeks 1-5.

Carry share, week 6
60%
Carries, week 6
15
Carry share, weeks 1–5
37%

Weeks 1–6 · 6 games

  • Share of team targets/carries in games he played. Snap counts aren't in FFO's licensed data, so a low earlier share can mean limited playing time.

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