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RB · 2025 season

Chase Brown or Javonte Williams?

Chase Brown and Javonte Williams split the 2025 season 3 measured categories each, so the choice comes down to situation rather than last year's production.

Chase Brown (Cincinnati, 17 games) against Javonte Williams (Dallas, 16 games). Every number below is measured, not projected.

Category by category

What actually
happened.

Chase Brown vs Javonte Williams, 2025 regular season. A check marks the category leader.
MetricChase BrownJavonte Williams
Snap Share66.6%69.0%
Rushing Yards1,0191,201
Rushing EPA-4.2+12.2
Targets8851
Target Share14.5%8.4%
Receiving Yards437137

Categories won: Chase Brown 3, Javonte Williams 3.

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Last season is settled. The decision isn't. Our read on this pair covers the 2026 projection for both players, how confident we are and why, the situational changes that don't show up above, and which one we'd take in each scoring format.

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Asked & answered

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Who had the better 2025 season, Chase Brown or Javonte Williams?

Chase Brown and Javonte Williams split the 2025 season 3 measured categories each, so the choice comes down to situation rather than last year's production.

What separates Chase Brown and Javonte Williams statistically?

Javonte Williams led on snap share (69.0% to 66.6%). Javonte Williams led on rushing yards (1,201 to 1,019). Javonte Williams led on rushing expected points added (+12.2 to -4.2).

Where do these numbers come from?

Every figure is 2025 regular-season data from nflverse, published under CC BY 4.0. Nothing on the free half of this page is projected or estimated, and nothing on it came from a paywalled source.

Source

Data from nflverse (nflverse-data), licensed CC BY 4.0. 2025 regular season, snapshot taken July 28, 2026. Source: nflverse-data. Licence: CC BY 4.0. gamedai is an independent analytics platform and is not affiliated with the National Football League.