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2026

2026 season · compare · backs

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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.

69 in the league pool
Who · up to three, same position groupStart over
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Christian McCaffreyRB · 49ers · graded
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28
Jonathan TaylorRB · Colts · graded
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This week · each one's next game and the defense at his positionHalf PPR
Week 9 · Sunday · Christian vs RaidersRaiders allow the 7th-most RB points
Week 9 · Sunday · Jonathan vs CowboysCowboys allow the 5th-most RB points
Where they rank · among 69 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
Christian McCaffreyJonathan Taylor
Yards per carry
4.679th
4.154th
Rush EPA per carry
+0.1496th
-0.0657th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets
+0.0356th
-0.1039th
Broken tacklesper touch
2%82nd
2%78th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch
10%63rd
11%78th
Touches per game
18.073rd
22.493rd
Receiving sharetargets per touch
33%92nd
17%46th
Yards per touch
5.178th
4.562nd

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 69 backs
Christian McCaffreyJonathan Taylor
ChristianPass-catching backMotion manThird-down back
JonathanRed-zone backThird-down backShort-yardage back
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
46%36th
59%78th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
23%15th
39%63rd
Receiving sharetargets per touch
33%92nd
17%46th
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
24%89th
20%82nd
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
37%82nd
48%95th
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
32%73rd
39%82nd
RPOcarries on run-pass options
1%12th
11%63rd
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
79%92nd
59%41st

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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Jonathan Taylor
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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 (+12.1 EPA), Jonathan Taylor gets the most after the catch (+24.4 EPA), and Christian also gives the most back on targets he does not catch (−8.4).

Christian McCaffrey+13.5
Jonathan Taylor−11.9
Air yardsAfter the catchIncompletionsInterceptionsDesigned runs
PartChristianJonathan
Air yardson catches−9.9−0.24 a target · 95th−22.4−0.72 a target · 28th
After the catch+19.7+0.47 a target · 18th+24.4+0.79 a target · 51st
Incompletionstargets not caught−8.4−0.20 a target · 30th−5.1−0.17 a target · 38th
Interceptionswhen targeted0.00.00 a target · 54th0.00.00 a target · 54th
Designed runs+12.1+0.14 a carry · 96th−8.7−0.06 a carry · 57th
Total+13.5126 touches−11.9179 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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Jonathan Taylor

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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 J.TaylorSolid 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 8
Christian McCaffreyJonathan Taylor

Toucheslast 3 games

719
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Christian 18Jonathan 19.7

Scrimmage ydslast 3 games

2584
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Christian 100Jonathan 102.7

EPA / touchlast 3 games

-0.27+0.11
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Christian +0.21Jonathan -0.18

Targetslast 3 games

14
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Christian 6.7Jonathan 4

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 84+ · dud under 25
C.McCaffrey
88Wk 166Wk 2116Wk 370Wk 483Wk 5117Wk 6100Wk 78Wk 89Wk 9
91 ± 19
J.Taylor
121Wk 1132Wk 272Wk 397Wk 482Wk 5151Wk 6110Wk 747Wk 89Wk 9
102 ± 32

Thresholds are the quartiles of every game week by qualified backs this season (458 player weeks). The right column is the average week and its swing.

Fantasy · points, rank and range, week by week
StandardC.McCaffreyJ.Taylor
Points a game15.7RB715.4RB8
Season110.0RB14123.2RB6
Most weeks13.3–18.47.6–21.9
Booms · busts6 · 012+ · under 55 · 112+ · under 5
Half PPRC.McCaffreyJ.Taylor
Points a game18.1RB316.7RB8
Season127.0RB10133.7RB6
Most weeks14.8–20.48.8–23.0
Booms · busts4 · 016+ · under 6.55 · 116+ · under 6.5
PPRC.McCaffreyJ.Taylor
Points a game20.6RB318.0RB9
Season144.0RB7144.2RB6
Most weeks16.3–22.510.0–24.1
Booms · busts4 · 020+ · under 84 · 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.McCaffreyJ.Taylor
Wk 16898
Wk 22392
Wk 37568
Wk 45295
Wk 56845
Wk 66494
Wk 73995
Wk 8·23
Season389610

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.McCaffreyJ.Taylor
Carries84148
Rush yards389610
Rush TD88
Targets4231
Yards per carry4.615th4.132nd
Rush EPA per carry+0.143rd-0.0630th
EPA per target+0.0329th-0.1040th
Broken tackles2%13th2%16th
Explosive rate10%26th11%16th
Touches per game18.019th22.45th
Receiving share33%6th17%38th
Yards per touch5.116th4.527th
Careers · scrimmage yards a game, season by seasonRegular season
Christian McCaffreyJonathan Taylor
50100150
20172019202120232026*
PlayerGCarYdsTDYds/gBest seasonThis season
Christian McCaffrey2017 to 2026 · 10 seasons1191,74213,619106114.42019: 2,392149.5 a game91.4below his career rate
Jonathan Taylor2020 to 2026 · 7 seasons921,6999,87984107.42021: 2,171127.7 a game101.5below his career rate

Regular season only, from each player's career file. * 2026 is through Week 9; 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.