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Two or three players of the same position, side by side: where each one grades against the league, where the ball finds each of them, and how their weeks line up.

89 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Christian McCaffreyRB · 49ers · graded
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Bucky IrvingRB · Buccaneers · graded
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Where they rank · among 89 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Christian McCaffreyBucky Irving
Yards per carry
3.930th
3.411th
Rush EPA per carry
-0.0746th
-0.2112th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
+0.3092nd
+0.2586th
Broken tacklesper touch
3%71st
3%80th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
8%40th
8%39th
Touches per game
25.999th
20.896th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
29%77th
17%46th
Yards per touch
4.863rd
4.224th

Each bar is the league pool; the markers are the players. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. The best value in each row is marked green.

Playstyle · how each is used, against the league's backsamong 89 backs
Christian McCaffreyBucky Irving
ChristianThird-down backRed-zone backShort-yardage back
BuckyMotion man
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
52%40th
58%61st
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
27%23rd
39%46th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
30%77th
17%46th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
29%99th
10%47th
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
55%99th
16%50th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
40%92nd
21%56th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
2%6th
18%70th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
69%87th
68%80th

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. Each bar is the league's qualifying backs; the markers are the players and the thin line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low share describes the role, not how well he plays it. The tags are each player's traits furthest from the middle.

The shape · percentile radarBigger and rounder is more complete
YPCRush EPAEPA / tgtBrk tacklesExplosiveTouchesRec shareYds / touch
Where he wins · EPA per target by lane and depthSame scale across
Christian McCaffrey
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Bucky Irving
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Green cells turn targets into points, red cells lose them. Cells with one target are left grey.

Where the EPA comes from · the season split by what happened on his playsRushing and receiving EPA

Christian McCaffrey gets the most on runs (−21.1 EPA), he gets the most after the catch (+97.8 EPA), and Christian also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−18.8).

Christian McCaffrey+18.0
Bucky Irving−26.8
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runs
PartChristianBucky
Air yardson catches−28.6−0.22 a target · 97th−28.9−0.83 a target · 19th
After the catch+97.8+0.76 a target · 35th+40.4+1.16 a target · 92nd
Incompletionstargets not caught−18.8−0.15 a target · 54th−2.7−0.08 a target · 83rd
Interceptionswhen targeted−11.4−0.09 a target · 15th0.00.00 a target · 59th
Designed runs−21.1−0.07 a carry · 46th−35.6−0.21 a carry · 12th
Total+18.0440 touches−26.8208 touches

Every play is split by what happened: completions at the catch into air yards and yards after the catch (nflverse's air EPA), the cost of the ones that fell incomplete or were picked, and his designed runs. Bars share one scale, gains right of the line and losses left. The rate is per carry for runs and per target for catches, with its percentile among the league's qualifying backs; the best rate in each row is green.

Where the ball finds them · same scale, same fieldloading plays

Christian McCaffrey

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Bucky Irving

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Designed carries by gap, from each team's play file.

On one field · every target, same fieldFilled is caught, a ring is not
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Depth butterfly · C.McCaffrey and B.IrvingSolid is caught
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Back to back by depth band. The widest band is where the offense goes to him; the gap between solid and faded is where it misses.

The race · cumulative yardsFlat steps are byes
Week by week · groupedSame Sunday, side by side
The shape of their seasons · each one's last 3 games, week by weekWeeks 1 to 18
Christian McCaffreyBucky Irving

Toucheslast 3 games

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Christian 24.3Bucky 20.7

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

1678
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Christian 128Bucky 67.3

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.15
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Christian +0.03Bucky -0.18

Targetslast 3 games

13
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Christian 7Bucky 2.7

Each line is a player's trailing 3 games (rates are pooled over the games, not averaged); the faint dots are single games. The shaded band is the league's middle half of single games at the position, the dashed line its median. A line that climbs out of the band is a role getting bigger.

Floor and ceiling · boom, solid or dud, week by weekBoom 78+ · dud under 16
C.McCaffrey
142Wk 1107Wk 2140Wk 3141Wk 4139Wk 5111Wk 6201Wk 768Wk 8173Wk 996Wk 10121Wk 11142Wk 1274Wk 1314Wk 1487Wk 15146Wk 16181Wk 1757Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
125 ± 39
B.Irving
45Wk 1121Wk 299Wk 3165Wk 45Wk 56Wk 67Wk 78Wk 89Wk 910Wk 1011Wk 1112Wk 1281Wk 1381Wk 1471Wk 1571Wk 1633Wk 1798Wk 1819Wk 1920Wk 2021Wk 2122Wk 22
87 ± 36

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (1253 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardC.McCaffreyB.Irving
Points a game18.5RB210.9RB18
Season314.6RB2108.5RB36
Most weeks13.5–26.17.1–14.1
Booms · busts14 · 012+ · under 54 · 112+ · under 5
Half PPRC.McCaffreyB.Irving
Points a game21.5RB112.4RB17
Season365.6RB1123.5RB33
Most weeks15.2–28.97.5–15.1
Booms · busts12 · 016+ · under 6.51 · 116+ · under 6.5
PPRC.McCaffreyB.Irving
Points a game24.5RB113.9RB17
Season416.6RB1138.5RB34
Most weeks17.4–31.78.3–16.5
Booms · busts12 · 020+ · under 81 · 120+ · under 8

Ranks are among players at each one's own position. A missing bar is a week he did not score: a bye or a missed game. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

Week by week · aligned
WeekC.McCaffreyB.Irving
Wk 16937
Wk 25571
Wk 35266
Wk 44963
Wk 557·
Wk 654·
Wk 7129·
Wk 825·
Wk 9106·
Wk 1030·
Wk 1181·
Wk 1289·
Wk 135361
Wk 14·55
Wk 157360
Wk 1611771
Wk 1714019
Wk 182385
Season1202588

Rows are league weeks, so byes and missed games show as gaps. The best value each week is marked green.

Season stats · side by side, with league rank
SeasonC.McCaffreyB.Irving
Carries311173
Rush yards1202588
Rush TD101
Targets12935
Yards per carry3.963rd3.480th
Rush EPA per carry-0.0749th-0.2179th
EPA per target+0.307th+0.2512th
Broken tackles3%26th3%18th
Explosive rate8%54th8%55th
Touches per game25.91st20.84th
Receiving share29%21st17%48th
Yards per touch4.833rd4.268th
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Christian McCaffreyBucky Irving
50100150
20172019202120232025*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Christian McCaffrey2017 to 2025 · 9 seasons1121,65812,97998115.92019: 2,392149.5 a game125.1above his career rate
Bucky Irving2024 to 2025 · 2 seasons273802,3791288.12024: 1,51489.1 a game86.5below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2025 is through Week 22; its dot is hollow because the season is not over. "This season" compares this year's rate with his earlier seasons. Hover a dot for the season's line.