RB · San Francisco 49ers · #23

Christian McCaffrey

RB1

College: Stanford
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 210 lb
Experience: 10th season

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Season

EPA / carry

+0.14▲ 0.21 vs '25

1st of 27 RBs

Success rate

53.6%▲ 14.3 vs '25

1st of 27 RBs

RYOE / carry

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12th of 27 RBs

Yards per carry

4.63▲ 0.77 vs '25

9th of 27 RBs

Receiving

251 yds+0.03 EPA/TGT

34 rec · 42 tgt · 0 td

Ranks compare against the 27 qualifying running backs on the 2026 leaderboard.

Week-by-week

EPA per carry by game, dashed line = 2025 season mark

Where the value came from

Total EPA, 2026

Rushing+12.1

Receiving+1.4

Net+13.5

Best game · Wk 7 @ ATL

Carries

Rush yds

Total TD

+3.4

Rush EPA

+0.48

EPA/carry

Rec yds

2026 game log

	Rushing							Receiving
Game	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	Rushing EPAExpected points added on carries (quarterback scrambles included).	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
Wk 1 @ LAW	10	68	6.80	0	+2.7	+0.27	60.0	8	5	20	0	−0.61
Wk 2 vs MIAW	10	23	2.30	2	−0.6	−0.06	40.0	4	4	43	0	+1.38
Wk 3 vs ARIW	15	75	5.00	1	−0.4	−0.03	53.3	5	4	41	0	+0.49
Wk 4 vs DENW	15	52	3.47	1	−2.6	−0.17	26.7	5	3	18	0	−0.07
Wk 5 @ SEAW	11	68	6.18	1	+4.0	+0.37	63.6	3	3	15	0	+0.08
Wk 6 vs WASW	16	64	4.00	2	+5.4	+0.34	68.8	10	9	53	0	−0.60
Wk 7 @ ATLL	7	39	5.57	1	+3.4	+0.48	71.4	7	6	61	0	+0.65
Season	84	389	4.63	8	+12.1	+0.14	53.6	42	34	251	0	+0.03

How he compares

2026 running backs who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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Contract

signed 2024 with 49ers

$38Mover 2 years

Avg. per year: $19M
Guaranteed: $24M 63%
2026 cap hit: $10.9M 3.2% of the cap
Signed: 2024
Runs through: 2025

2024

2025

Career by season

Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Rushing						Receiving
Season	GamesGames played.	Total EPAExpected points added across dropbacks, runs and targets combined (each scramble counted once).	Scrimmage yardsRushing plus receiving yards.	CarriesRushing attempts.	Rushing yardsRushing yards.	Yards per carryRushing yards divided by carries.	Rushing touchdownsRushing touchdowns.	EPA per carryExpected points added per carry. Most running backs land below zero; anything positive is strong.	Rushing success rateShare of designed runs with positive EPA.	TargetsPasses thrown to the player.	ReceptionsCatches.	Receiving yardsReceiving yards.	Receiving touchdownsReceiving touchdowns.	EPA per targetExpected points added per target, including incompletions and interceptions.
2026	7	+13.5	640	84	389	4.63	8	+0.14	53.6	42	34	251	0	+0.03
2025	17	+17.2	2,126	311	1,202	3.86	10	−0.07	39.2	129	102	924	7	+0.30
2024	4	−8.7	348	50	202	4.04	0	−0.06	40.0	19	15	146	0	−0.30
2023	16	+20.8	2,023	272	1,459	5.36	14	+0.05	46.7	83	67	564	7	+0.08
2022	17	+26.3	1,880	244	1,139	4.67	8	+0.01	40.2	108	85	741	5	+0.19
2021	7	+22.9	785	99	442	4.46	1	+0.02	43.4	41	37	343	1	+0.51
2020	3	+12.8	374	59	225	3.81	5	+0.07	42.4	19	17	149	1	+0.47
2019	16	+34.3	2,392	287	1,387	4.83	15	−0.05	38.3	142	116	1,005	4	+0.36
2018	16	+47.4	1,965	219	1,098	5.01	7	+0.03	43.8	124	107	867	6	+0.28
2017	16	−1.5	1,086	117	435	3.72	2	−0.11	34.2	113	80	651	5	+0.10
Career	119	+185.1	13,619	1,742	7,978	4.58	70	−0.01	41.7	820	660	5,641	36	+0.23