SF · RB
Christian McCaffrey
Christian McCaffrey is a running back for the San Francisco 49ers. Depth chart: RB1.
Scouting report
Christian McCaffrey: the full picture
Christian McCaffrey at a glance
Christian McCaffrey is a 30-year-old running back for the San Francisco 49ers, listed at 5'11" and 210 pounds. The Carolina Panthers drafted McCaffrey 8th overall in the first round in 2017, out of Stanford; this is year ten in the league.
2026 projection
Our season projection has McCaffrey at 332.3 PPR points for 2026, which ranks RB3 at the position and works out to 24.5 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 2 games of 2026, McCaffrey has scored 36.4 PPR points, or 18.2 per game. That is 11.0% of the full-season projection; at the current rate McCaffrey would finish with about 309 points, behind the 332.3 projected. It is a small sample, so expect that pace to settle. The best week so far is 22.6 points in Week 2 against MIA, the RB4 finish that week. McCaffrey has cleared the 12-point mark we count as a usable RB start in 2 of 2 games, a 100% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 59 qualified running backs of 2026, McCaffrey ranks in the 92nd percentile in rush TDs, the 91st percentile in receptions and the 88th percentile in receiving yards. Four of the 6 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 55th percentile in rush yards.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, McCaffrey has finished as RB54 in 2020, RB38 in 2021, RB2 in 2022, RB1 in 2023, RB68 in 2024 and RB1 in 2025. That is five top-five positional finishes in 9 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 471.2 PPR points in 2019. Across 114 regular-season games on record, the totals read 7,680 rushing yards, 64 rushing touchdowns, 635 receptions and 5,453 receiving yards.
Christian McCaffrey by the numbers
McCaffrey has been the highest-scoring running back of the week 12 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 51 times and finished in the top twelve 78 times. The career high is 48.7 PPR points, set in Week 4 of 2023 against ARI, the top RB score of that week. The game log also shows 22 games of 30 or more PPR points, 26 100-yard rushing games, 5 100-yard receiving games and 7 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, McCaffrey has reached 20 points in 70 games, 61% of career appearances.
Contract
McCaffrey is playing on a two-year, $38 million contract signed with the San Francisco 49ers in 2024, an average of $19 million per year with $24 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2025 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats McCaffrey carries a GV stock price of 4,746, which ranks 96th overall and RB15 among running backs out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks McCaffrey 24th overall. Value has moved down 5.9 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Javonte Williams, D'Andre Swift and Jonathan Taylor. See where McCaffrey sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
2 news items linked to McCaffrey in the past two weeks, the most recent on September 18, 2026. Read the latest Christian McCaffrey news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 332.3
- PPR / game
- 24.5
Christian McCaffrey fantasy outlook
Christian McCaffrey enters the 2026 season with SF and ranks RB3 and #8 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 332.3 PPR points across 13.6 games, or 24.5 points per game, placing the expected outcome in an elite fantasy tier. The preseason depth chart lists Christian McCaffrey as RB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Christian McCaffrey produced 416.6 PPR points in 17 games (24.5 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 60%, with a 95% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Christian McCaffrey is projected for 19.8 PPR points on the road at LA in week 1, with a likely range of 2.0 to 37.1.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is down 5.9 since the previous model run (falling).
- Redraft
- 83.0
- Dynasty
- 46.0
- Superflex redraft
- 79.6
- Superflex dynasty
- 59.4
- TE premium dynasty
- 27.7
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Car | Rush yds | Rush TD | Tgt | Rec | Rec yds | Rec TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SF | 2 | 20 | 91 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 63 | 0 | 36.4 |
| 2025 | SF | 17 | 311 | 1,202 | 10 | 129 | 102 | 924 | 7 | 416.6 |
| 2024 | SF | 4 | 50 | 202 | 0 | 19 | 15 | 146 | 0 | 47.8 |
| 2023 | SF | 16 | 272 | 1,459 | 14 | 83 | 67 | 564 | 7 | 391.3 |
| 2022 | SF | 17 | 244 | 1,139 | 8 | 108 | 85 | 741 | 5 | 356.4 |
| 2021 | CAR | 7 | 99 | 442 | 1 | 41 | 37 | 343 | 1 | 127.5 |
| 2020 | CAR | 3 | 59 | 225 | 5 | 19 | 17 | 149 | 1 | 90.4 |
| 2019 | CAR | 16 | 287 | 1,387 | 15 | 142 | 116 | 1,005 | 4 | 471.2 |
| 2018 | CAR | 16 | 219 | 1,098 | 7 | 124 | 107 | 867 | 6 | 385.5 |
| 2017 | CAR | 16 | 117 | 435 | 2 | 113 | 80 | 651 | 5 | 228.6 |
Running backs ranked near Christian McCaffrey
- Bijan Robinson RB1 · 353.7 PPR
- Jahmyr Gibbs RB2 · 349.0 PPR
- De'Von Achane RB4 · 318.6 PPR
- Jonathan Taylor RB5 · 307.0 PPR
- James Cook RB6 · 294.6 PPR
San Francisco 49ers fantasy players
- Brock Purdy QB · 270.5 PPR
- George Kittle TE · 180.9 PPR
- Mike Evans WR · 158.2 PPR
- Deebo Samuel Sr. WR · 153.4 PPR
- Kaelon Black RB · 116.5 PPR
- Demarcus Robinson WR · 77.4 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-09-24.