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Christian McCaffrey

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Christian McCaffrey is the starting RB for the San Francisco 49ers.

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Christian McCaffrey this week

The San Francisco 49ers play next in Week 6, at home against the Washington Commanders on Mon, Oct 19 (ESPN/ABC). Christian McCaffrey is listed as the starter at RB going into that game.

At RB for the San Francisco 49ers, Kaelon Black and Jordan James are next in line behind him.

Christian McCaffrey's 2026 game log, most recent 3 games: W 32-29 at SEA (Oct 11); W 24-14 vs DEN (Oct 4); W 36-30 vs ARI (Sep 27).

Christian McCaffrey wears No. 23, is 30 years old, is listed at 5' 11", 210 lbs, has 10 years of NFL experience, came out of Stanford.

Is Christian McCaffrey playing this week?

Christian McCaffrey is expected to start at RB for San Francisco 49ers. No injury listed (updated Oct 15, ESPN).

SF RB Depth

1Christian McCaffreyStarter
2Kaelon Black
3Jordan James
4Isaac Guerendo

San Francisco 49ers Starting Lineup

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Age
30
Height
5' 11"
Weight
210
Experience
10 yrs

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    Season Stats

    SeasonTeamGCarRush YdsRush TDRecTgtRec YdsRec TD
    2026SF561286519251370
    2025SF173111202101021299247
    2024SF450202015191460
    2023SF1627214591467835647
    2022SF1724411398851087415
    2021CAR799442137413431
    2020CAR359225517191491
    2019CAR1628713871511614210054
    2018CAR16219109871071248676
    2017CAR161174352801136515
    Career10 yrs1171719787567645803552736

    Season stats from nflverse, a public NFL statistics project. Last refreshed Oct 15, 2026.

    2026 vs. 2025

    Rush Yds
    286
    -13.5/gm vs 2025
    Rush TD
    5
    +0.4/gm vs 2025
    Rec Yds
    137
    -27.0/gm vs 2025

    Career Totals

    Seasons
    10
    Games
    117
    Rush Yds
    7875

    #17 of 124 at RB in Rushing Yards (2026)

    Advanced

    SeasonRushing First DownsRushing EPAReceiving Air YardsReceiving YACReceiving First DownsReceiving EPARACRTarget ShareAir Yards ShareWOPR
    2026153.255011272.942.7418.2%4.5%0.31
    202571-21.053357204839.032.7623.5%7.8%0.41
    202412-2.8960986-5.782.433.7%1.3%0.06
    20238314.39153461316.453.6917.6%3.8%0.29
    2022592.001336953620.575.5725.3%4.0%0.41
    2021201.78912582121.083.777.1%2.1%0.12
    2020143.932712388.915.523.6%0.7%0.06
    201957-14.251119875850.489.0523.7%2.1%0.37
    2018537.45848594133.3510.3222.8%2.0%0.36
    201721-12.902455933611.402.6623.0%5.8%0.38
    Career405—12894906292—————

    Rate/share stats (target share, air yards share, WOPR, RACR/PACR, CPOE, EPA) are per-season only — never summed into a career total.

    WHY THIS RATING

    Christian McCaffrey is rated 90 (Elite): production, role and draft slot rank 7th of 83 qualifying running backs (outperforms 92% of them). 2026 games count fully, 2025 games half. Same 40-99 scale as college ratings; compare within the NFL.

    Rating basis
    Production + draft
    On-field production
    88th percentile
    Beats 88% of 83
    Sample
    5 + 17 games
    2026 + 2025 · 1,221 snaps
    Draft slot
    5% of rating
    Pick 8 · 2017 draft
    Updated
    Through week 5

    Production per game depends partly on the offense or scheme around a player, so a player on a weak team can rate lower. Not a betting line. How we rank

    Home / Road Split

    Home · 3 games

    Carries
    40
    Rush Yds
    150
    TD
    4
    Yds/Car
    3.8

    Road · 1 game

    Carries
    11
    Rush Yds
    68
    TD
    1
    Yds/Car
    6.2

    2026 Game Log

    Oct 11W@ SEAYDS 68
    CAR
    11
    YDS
    68
    TD
    1
    REC
    3
    TGT
    3
    YDS
    15
    TD
    0

    Final W 32-29

    Oct 4Wvs DENYDS 52
    CAR
    15
    YDS
    52
    TD
    1
    REC
    3
    TGT
    5
    YDS
    18
    TD
    0

    Final W 24-14

    Sep 27Wvs ARIYDS 75
    CAR
    15
    YDS
    75
    TD
    1
    REC
    4
    TGT
    5
    YDS
    41
    TD
    0

    Final W 36-30

    Sep 20Wvs MIAYDS 43
    CAR
    10
    YDS
    23
    TD
    2
    REC
    4
    TGT
    4
    YDS
    43
    TD
    0

    Final W 35-13

    Sep 10LARYDS 68
    CAR
    10
    YDS
    68
    TD
    0
    REC
    5
    TGT
    8
    YDS
    20
    TD
    0

    Christian McCaffrey's 2026 game-by-game stat log.

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    Team Role

    Starter
    Christian McCaffrey plays 69% of his team's offensive snaps in games he appears in (2026, 5 games).
    Snap share69%

    College

    Stanford

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