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2026 season · RB · #23 · 10th season

23Christian McCaffrey

Age 30 · 5'11" · 210 lb · Stanford · Pick 8 overall (2017). Listed RB1 on the 3WR 1TE depth chart. Snap share 69% across 7 games.

No injury listingRB149ers players
SF49ers offense69% of snaps
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Carries
84
12.0 per game
26th of 70
Rush yards
389
4.6 per carry
T-20th of 70
Rush TD
8
22 first downs
T-1st of 70
Targets
42
34 catches · 251 yds
T-3rd of 70
Touches / game
18.0
126 total
T-19th of 70
EPA / touch
+0.11
+13.5 total
7th of 70
Explosive
12
10+ run · 20+ catch
T-13th of 70
Snap share
69%
offensive snaps
10th of 70
The short version
  • How goodMcCaffrey's +13.5 EPA is 5th of 70 backs.
  • Where it comes fromThe biggest share comes after the catch (+19.7, 19th percentile per target).
  • Fantasy15.7 standard points a game, RB6 of 107.18.1 half-PPR points a game, RB3 of 107.20.6 PPR points a game, RB3 of 107.
  • How he's usedMotion is part of the plan: 79% of his touches come with pre-snap movement (league 54%).
  • LatelyTouches are steady: 18 a game over his last three against 18 for the season.
  • This weekWeek 8 is the bye.

How good is hehis line against the league at his position

Scorecard · among 70 backs with 30 touches+League percentiles
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Yards per carry4.616th of 70
78th
Rush EPA per carry+0.143rd of 70
96th
EPA per targetreceiving, 5+ targets+0.0329th of 64
55th
Broken tacklesper touch2%12th of 70
84th
Explosive rate10+ run, 20+ catch per touch10%26th of 70
64th
StatValueRankLeaguePctl
Touches per game18.019th of 70
73rd
Receiving sharetargets per touch33%6th of 70
92nd
Yards per touch5.116th of 70
78th
Success rate54%1st of 70
99th
Total EPA+13.55th of 70
94th
How this is measured

Each bar is the league at his position; the marker is him. Right is better, the dashed line is the median. Ranks are out of the qualifying pool, ties shown as T-, and move every week as the pool changes.

Fantasy · points, rank, range and the next matchup

McCaffrey scores 15.7 standard points a game, RB6 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 13.3 and 18.4; 6 boom weeks (12+) and 0 busts (under 5). Next up, in Week 9, the Raiders allow the 5th-most standard points to RBs, 21.6 a game.

Points a game15.7RB6 of 107
Season110.0RB12 · 7 games
Most weeks13.3–18.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts6 · 012+ · under 5

McCaffrey scores 18.1 half-PPR points a game, RB3 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 14.8 and 20.4; 4 boom weeks (16+) and 0 busts (under 6.5). Next up, in Week 9, the Raiders allow the 7th-most half-PPR points to RBs, 23.4 a game.

Points a game18.1RB3 of 107
Season127.0RB9 · 7 games
Most weeks14.8–20.4his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts4 · 016+ · under 6.5

McCaffrey scores 20.6 PPR points a game, RB3 of 107 RBs with enough games. Most weeks land between 16.3 and 22.5; 4 boom weeks (20+) and 0 busts (under 8). Next up, in Week 9, the Raiders allow the 9th-most PPR points to RBs, 25.3 a game.

Points a game20.6RB3 of 107
Season144.0RB6 · 7 games
Most weeks16.3–22.5his middle 60% of games
Booms · busts4 · 020+ · under 8
How this is measured

Fantasy points are nflverse's standard and full-PPR scoring (6 points for a rushing or receiving touchdown, 4 for a passing touchdown, minus 2 for an interception or a lost fumble); half PPR is the average of the two. Ranks are points a game among players at his position with at least half the most games played. Most weeks is his 20th to 80th percentile game. Bars are green on a boom week and red on a bust; the dashed line is the starter line, the points a game of the RB24 in a 12-team league. The format you pick is remembered on this device.

How he's usedhis fingerprint, where the ball finds him and when

Playstylehow he is used, against the league at his positionamong 70 backs

Motion is part of the plan: 79% of his touches come with pre-snap movement (league 54%). He is a pass-catching back: 33% of his touches are targets (league 18%). His share of the team's touches is 34%: on third down it falls to 24%; inside the 20 it holds at 37%. He runs from under center: 23% of his carries come from shotgun (league 34%).

Motion manMotion 79% · 98th pctlPass-catching backReceiving share 33% · 92nd pctlNot the third-down back24% on third down · 34% overallUnder centerShotgun runs 23% · 16th pctl
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Inside runscarries at guard or tackle
46%
35th
Shotgun runscarries from the gun
23%
16th
Receiving sharetargets per touch
33%
92nd
Third-down shareof team touches on 3rd down
24%
89th
TraitLeague · line is the medianHimPctl
Red-zone shareof team touches inside the 20
37%
82nd
Short-yardage shareof team touches, 2 or fewer to go
32%
74th
RPOcarries on run-pass options
1%
19th
Motiontouches with pre-snap motion
79%
98th
How this is measured

Every trait is a share of his own touches, so volume does not move it. The marker is him among the league's qualifying backs; the dashed line is the median. Styles are not grades: a high or low percentile is a description, not a verdict. Play action, screen, RPO, motion and blitz flags come from FTN charting and read low in a week it has not published.

Week by weekthe shape of his season, the game log and the defenses behind it

Next upWeek 9 · vs RaidersWeek 8: bye
The game
LVvs Raiders
Sun Nov 8 · 4:05 PM EST
Levi's Stadium
SF −10 · O/U 51.5
The defense vs the run
24th vs the run
allow -0.03 EPA per designed carry, league -0.08
a soft matchup
His history
vs bottom-10 defenses: 1 game, 20.0 touches a game, 70 yards a game
First meeting this season
His status
No listing
Snap share, last 3: 73%

Week 8 is the bye. A soft matchup: the Raiders rank 24th vs the run, allowing -0.03 EPA per designed carry. He has averaged 70 yards a game against bottom-10 defenses this season.

Careerseason by season, back to his rookie year

Career · regular season10 seasons
119Games
1,742Carries
7,978Rush yards
106TD
660Receptions
2017 to 2026 · 10 seasons · 2 teams

His best year was 2019, 2,392 scrimmage yards in 16 games with CAR. This season's 91.4 a game puts him on pace for 1,554 over 17, short of it.

01,3002,60017·CAR18·CAR★19·CAR20·CAR21·CAR2223242526
SeasonTeamGCarYdsYPCTDTgtRecRec ydsEPA/touch
2017CAR161174353.7711380651-0.01
2018CAR162191,0985.013124107867+0.12
2019CAR162871,3874.8191421161,005+0.08
2020CAR3592253.861917149+0.16
2021CAR7994424.524137343+0.16
2022SF172441,1394.71310885741+0.06
2023SF162721,4595.4218367564+0.06
2024SF4502024.001915146-0.13
2025SF173111,2023.917129102924+0.04
2026SF7843894.684234251+0.11
Career2 tm1191,7427,9784.61068206605,641+0.07
Career highsRush yards 1,459 · 2023TD 21 · 2023Carries 311 · 2025
How this is measured

Regular season only, from nflverse weekly stats back to 1999. This season is partial and drawn hollow; the pace is his per-game rate over 17 games. Bold cells are career highs.

Intel & playsthe report, his best snaps, his teammates

IntelWeek 8
Depth chart
RB1 · 3WR 1TE
Injury report
clean
Red zone touches
…
Third down
…
Explosive plays
…
Drops
0 on 42 targets
Broken tackles
3
Passer rating when targeted
89.3
Play action
…
Contested
…
Best plays · by EPA
    Teammates · share of the ball
    PlayerTouchesYdsEPA
    26Kaelon BlackRB63237 · 1 TD-10.7
    85George KittleTE46425 · 5 TD+16.1
    5Mike EvansWR39420 · 3 TD+40.9
    13Brock PurdyQB32161 · 1 TD+14.4
    19Deebo Samuel Sr.WR29284 · 3 TD+5.2
    4Jacob CowingWR1259-4.2
    44Kyle JuszczykRB1176 · 2 TD+4.1
    17Jordan WatkinsWR9138+5.1