Christian McCaffrey

RB · CAR/SF · 2017–2026

Born June 7, 1996 · College Stanford · Drafted 2017, round 1, pick 8 (CAR) · 5-11, 210 lb

Offensive Player of the Year (2023) · Comeback Player of the Year (2025) · 1st-team All-Pro ×3 (2019, 2023, 2025) · 2nd-team All-Pro (2018) · Pro Bowl ×4 (2019, 2022, 2023, 2025)

EPA per carry by season

Filled dot: stabilised, with its 90% interval. Ring: the raw season rate.

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2017	CAR	16	117	435	2	3.72	−0.108	−0.128−0.187 to −0.069	34.5	−12.9	−0.23
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	6	16	0	2.67	−0.391		16.7	−2.3	−0.04
2018	CAR	16	219	1,098	7	5.01	+0.015	−0.061−0.116 to −0.006	43.3	+3.3	+0.17
2019	CAR	16	287	1,387	15	4.83	−0.054	−0.074−0.127 to −0.021	38.6	−15.8	−0.27
2020	CAR	3	59	225	5	3.81	+0.042	−0.066−0.127 to −0.004	41.9	+2.6	+0.09
2021	CAR	7	99	442	1	4.46	−0.028	−0.085−0.144 to −0.025	41.3	−2.9	+0.06
2022	SF	17	244	1,139	8	4.67	+0.008	−0.039−0.093 to +0.015	40.2	+2.1	+0.38
2022 playoffs	SF	3	40	238	2	5.95	+0.136		48.8	+5.6	+0.11
2023	SF	16	272	1,459	14	5.36	+0.035	−0.042−0.095 to +0.011	46.3	+9.9	+0.30
2023 playoffs	SF	3	59	268	4	4.54	−0.030		46.7	−1.8	+0.26
2024	SF	4	50	202	0	4.04	−0.096	−0.094−0.155 to −0.032	38.9	−5.2	−0.10
2025	SF	17	311	1,202	10	3.86	−0.074	−0.051−0.103 to +0.002	39.2	−23.3	−0.53
2025 playoffs	SF	2	26	83	0	3.19	−0.189		38.5	−4.9	−0.06
2026	SF	8	102	457	9	4.48	+0.093	−0.082−0.141 to −0.022	49.5	+9.8	+0.37
Career	SF	120	1,760	8,046	71	4.57	−0.018		41.4	−32.4	+0.24

Receiving

Season	Team	G	Targets	Rec	Yds	TD	Catch %	EPA/target	Target share %	aDOT	Rec EPA	Rec WPA (wins)
2017	CAR	16	113	80	651	5	70.8	+0.101	23.0	2.2	+11.4	−0.01
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	8	6	101	1	75.0	+0.799	21.1	3.8	+6.4	+0.09
2018	CAR	16	124	107	867	6	86.3	+0.277	22.8	0.7	+34.3	+1.09
2019	CAR	16	142	116	1,005	4	81.7	+0.356	23.7	0.8	+50.5	+0.76
2020	CAR	3	19	17	146	1	89.5	+0.469	16.1	1.4	+8.9	+0.15
2021	CAR	7	41	37	343	1	90.2	+0.514	18.6	2.2	+21.1	+0.28
2022	SF	17	108	85	741	5	78.7	+0.190	21.5	1.2	+20.6	+0.59
2022 playoffs	SF	3	15	12	61	1	80.0	−0.027	21.7	3.9	−0.4	+0.09
2023	SF	16	83	67	564	7	80.7	+0.078	18.6	1.8	+6.5	+0.16
2023 playoffs	SF	3	25	19	152	1	76.0	+0.053	24.3	1.5	+1.3	+0.03
2024	SF	4	19	15	146	0	78.9	−0.304	18.1	3.2	−5.8	+0.02
2025	SF	17	129	102	904	7	79.1	+0.303	23.5	2.6	+39.0	+0.98
2025 playoffs	SF	2	14	11	105	2	78.6	+0.607	24.6	4.4	+8.5	+0.39
2026	SF	8	45	36	270	1	80.0	+0.112	19.7	2.8	+5.0	+0.10
Career	SF	120	823	662	5,637	37	80.4	+0.233	21.6	1.7	+191.5	+4.13

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles
2017	CAR	16	4
2018	CAR	16	2
2019	CAR	16	2
2020	CAR	3	2
2021	CAR	7	1
2023	SF	16	2
2025	SF	17	4
Career	SF	120	17

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
2018	2nd-team All-Pro
2019	1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2022	Pro Bowl
2023	Offensive Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2025	Comeback Player of the Year, 1st-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl

Playing time

Scrimmage snaps from 2016, in the games he played (share: of his team’s snaps in those games). A season’s snaps appear after its playoffs, when the data is published. Who was on the field: NFL Next Gen Stats via nflverse (2016–22) and FTN Data via nflverse (2023 on), CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Team	G	Offensive snaps	Share of the offence’s snaps	Defensive snaps	Share of the defence’s snaps
2017	CAR	16	738	70.6	–	–
2017 playoffs	CAR	1	59	79.7	–	–
2018	CAR	16	945	91.2	–	–
2019	CAR	16	1,033	93.6	–	–
2020	CAR	3	170	76.2	–	–
2021	CAR	7	266	59.8	–	–
2022	CAR/SF	17	768	73.8	–	–
2022 playoffs	SF	3	136	77.7	–	–
2023	SF	16	807	82.4	–	–
2023 playoffs	SF	3	192	96.0	–	–
2024	SF	4	165	75.0	–	–
2025	SF	17	922	84.2	–	–
2025 playoffs	SF	2	83	71.6	–	–

Hands and contested catches

Regular season, 2022 on. Charting: FTN Data via nflverse, CC BY-SA 4.0. Aggregated by Red Zone Math; this table is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

Season	Targets charted	Catchable %	Drops	Drop % of catchable	Contested targets	Contested catch %
2022	108	88.9	4	4.2	14	64.3
2023	83	84.3	2	2.9	5	40.0
2024	19	78.9	0	0.0	2	0.0
2025	129	85.3	7	6.4	9	55.6
2026	45	86.7	0	0.0	3	100.0

Game logs

2026 game log (8 games)

2026 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2026-09-10	@ LA	W 27–7	10	68	0	+2.7	8	5	20	0	−4.9
2	2026-09-20	vs MIA	W 35–13	10	23	2	−0.6	4	4	43	0	+5.5
3	2026-09-27	vs ARI	W 36–30	15	75	1	−1.1	5	4	41	0	+2.4
4	2026-10-04	vs DEN	W 24–14	15	52	1	−2.6	5	3	18	0	−0.3
5	2026-10-11	@ SEA	W 32–29	11	68	1	+2.7	3	3	15	0	+0.2
6	2026-10-19	vs WAS	W 23–17	16	64	2	+4.0	10	9	53	0	−6.0
7	2026-10-25	@ ATL	L 20–29	7	39	1	+3.4	7	6	61	0	+4.5
9	2026-11-08	vs LV	W 38–17	18	68	1	+1.1	3	2	19	1	+3.6

2025 game log (19 games)

2025 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2025-09-07	@ SEA	W 17–13	22	69	0	−6.8	10	9	73	0	+4.8	1
2	2025-09-14	@ NO	W 26–21	13	55	0	+0.9	7	6	52	1	+5.9	0
3	2025-09-21	vs ARI	W 16–15	17	52	0	−6.0	15	10	88	0	−2.2	0
4	2025-09-28	vs JAX	L 21–26	17	49	0	−4.3	11	6	72	1	−0.4	1
5	2025-10-02	@ LA	W 26–23 OT	22	57	0	−6.8	9	8	82	1	+5.9	0
6	2025-10-12	@ TB	L 19–30	17	54	1	−0.6	8	7	57	0	+1.9	0
7	2025-10-19	vs ATL	W 20–10	24	129	2	+3.6	8	7	72	0	+9.8	0
8	2025-10-26	@ HOU	L 15–26	8	25	0	−0.7	6	3	43	0	+0.1	0
9	2025-11-02	@ NYG	W 34–24	28	106	1	+2.2	6	5	67	1	+4.0	0
10	2025-11-09	vs LA	L 26–42	12	30	0	−6.0	10	8	66	0	+1.1	0
11	2025-11-16	@ ARI	W 41–22	13	81	2	+4.4	6	5	40	1	+3.5	0
12	2025-11-24	vs CAR	W 20–9	24	89	1	−1.6	7	7	53	0	+2.2	0
13	2025-11-30	@ CLE	W 26–8	20	53	1	−1.4	4	4	21	0	+2.6	0
15	2025-12-14	vs TEN	W 37–24	22	73	1	−2.3	1	1	14	0	+0.9	1
16	2025-12-22	@ IND	W 48–27	21	117	0	+2.9	8	6	29	2	+3.2	0
17	2025-12-28	vs CHI	W 42–38	23	140	1	+1.1	6	4	41	0	+0.3	0
18	2026-01-03	vs SEA	L 3–13	8	23	0	−2.2	7	6	34	0	−4.3	1
P19	2026-01-11	@ PHI	W 23–19	15	48	0	−2.3	8	6	66	2	+6.5	0
P20	2026-01-17	@ SEA	L 6–41	11	35	0	−2.6	6	5	39	0	+2.0	0

2024 game log (4 games)

2024 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec EPA
10	2024-11-10	@ TB	W 23–20	13	39	−3.3	7	6	68	+4.6
11	2024-11-17	vs SEA	L 17–20	19	79	−1.2	5	4	27	−4.6
12	2024-11-24	@ GB	L 10–38	11	31	−3.4	4	3	37	−5.0
13	2024-12-01	@ BUF	L 10–35	7	53	+2.7	3	2	14	−0.8

2023 game log (19 games)

2023 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2023-09-10	@ PIT	W 30–7	22	152	1	+1.4	5	3	17	0	−0.8	0
2	2023-09-17	@ LA	W 30–23	20	116	1	−1.6	3	3	19	0	+0.7	0
3	2023-09-21	vs NYG	W 30–12	18	85	1	+1.9	5	5	34	0	+4.0	0
4	2023-10-01	vs ARI	W 35–16	20	106	3	+3.0	8	7	71	1	+7.4	0
5	2023-10-08	vs DAL	W 42–10	19	51	1	−5.3	3	2	27	0	+0.4	0
6	2023-10-15	@ CLE	L 17–19	11	43	0	−0.4	3	3	9	1	−0.0	0
7	2023-10-23	@ MIN	L 17–22	15	45	1	−6.0	3	3	51	1	+4.0	0
8	2023-10-29	vs CIN	L 17–31	12	54	1	−3.1	7	6	64	1	+2.1	0
10	2023-11-12	@ JAX	W 34–3	16	95	0	+3.4	10	6	47	0	−1.9	0
11	2023-11-19	vs TB	W 27–14	21	78	0	−5.4	5	5	25	1	+2.3	0
12	2023-11-23	@ SEA	W 31–13	19	114	2	+4.8	6	5	25	0	−7.4	0
13	2023-12-03	@ PHI	W 42–19	17	93	1	+5.6	4	3	40	0	+1.4	0
14	2023-12-10	vs SEA	W 28–16	16	145	0	+2.8	1	1	8	0	−0.2	1
15	2023-12-17	@ ARI	W 45–29	18	115	1	+3.6	5	5	72	2	+5.2	0
16	2023-12-25	vs BAL	L 19–33	14	103	1	+2.4	10	6	28	0	−11.0	1
17	2023-12-31	@ WAS	W 27–10	14	64	0	+2.7	5	4	27	0	+0.3	0
P20	2024-01-20	vs GB	W 24–21	17	98	2	+4.4	12	7	30	0	−3.5	0
P21	2024-01-28	vs DET	W 34–31	20	90	2	+3.4	5	4	42	0	+0.5	0
P22	2024-02-11	@ KC	L 22–25 OT	22	80	0	−9.7	8	8	80	1	+4.3	0

2022 game log (20 games)

2022 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA
1	2022-09-11	vs CLE	L 24–26	10	33	1	+0.9	5	4	24	0	+1.4
2	2022-09-18	@ NYG	L 16–19	15	102	0	+7.5	5	4	26	0	−0.3
3	2022-09-25	vs NO	W 22–14	25	108	0	−4.7	4	2	7	0	−1.8
4	2022-10-02	vs ARI	L 16–26	8	27	0	−3.7	9	9	81	1	+4.3
5	2022-10-09	vs SF	L 15–37	14	54	1	+1.0	12	7	50	0	−9.2
6	2022-10-16	@ LA	L 10–24	13	69	0	−1.4	8	7	89	0	+2.5
7	2022-10-23	vs KC	L 23–44	8	38	0	−0.3	2	2	24	0	+1.4
8	2022-10-30	@ LA	W 31–14	18	94	1	−0.6	9	8	55	1	+6.1
10	2022-11-13	vs LAC	W 22–16	14	38	1	−3.7	6	4	39	0	+0.4
11	2022-11-21	@ ARI	W 38–10	7	39	0	+1.2	7	7	67	0	+4.4
12	2022-11-27	vs NO	W 13–0	11	32	0	−0.2	6	4	17	0	−2.3
13	2022-12-04	vs MIA	W 33–17	17	66	0	−2.8	10	8	80	1	+6.1
14	2022-12-11	vs TB	W 35–7	14	119	1	+5.6	3	2	34	1	+3.3
15	2022-12-15	@ SEA	W 21–13	26	108	1	+0.8	8	6	30	0	−2.5
16	2022-12-24	vs WAS	W 37–20	15	46	1	−4.5	2	2	12	0	−0.3
17	2023-01-01	@ LV	W 37–34 OT	19	121	1	+5.5	9	6	72	0	+2.4
18	2023-01-08	vs ARI	W 38–13	10	45	0	+1.3	3	3	34	1	+4.5
P19	2023-01-14	vs SEA	W 41–23	15	119	0	+4.7	2	2	17	1	+2.0
P20	2023-01-22	vs DAL	W 19–12	10	35	1	+0.6	8	6	22	0	−1.9
P21	2023-01-29	@ PHI	L 7–31	15	84	1	+0.3	5	4	22	0	−0.5

2021 game log (7 games)

2021 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2021-09-12	vs NYJ	W 19–14	21	98	0	−2.6	9	9	89	0	+5.5	0
2	2021-09-19	vs NO	W 26–7	24	72	1	−3.1	6	5	65	0	+7.5	0
3	2021-09-23	@ HOU	W 24–9	7	31	0	−0.1	2	2	9	0	+0.4	0
9	2021-11-07	vs NE	L 6–24	14	52	0	−2.0	5	4	54	0	+3.9	0
10	2021-11-14	@ ARI	W 34–10	13	95	0	+3.0	10	10	66	0	+4.6	1
11	2021-11-21	vs WAS	L 21–27	10	59	0	+3.8	8	7	60	1	−0.1	0
12	2021-11-28	@ MIA	L 10–33	10	35	0	−1.9	1	0	0	0	−0.8	0

2020 game log (3 games)

2020 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2020-09-13	vs LV	L 30–34	23	97	2	+3.1	4	3	38	0	+2.8	0
2	2020-09-20	@ TB	L 17–31	18	59	2	+0.3	5	4	29	0	−4.2	2
9	2020-11-08	@ KC	L 31–33	18	69	1	−0.7	10	10	79	1	+10.3	0

2019 game log (16 games)

2019 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2019-09-08	vs LA	L 27–30	19	128	2	+4.6	11	10	81	0	+3.6	0
2	2019-09-12	vs TB	L 14–20	16	37	0	−9.3	6	2	16	0	−0.3	0
3	2019-09-22	@ ARI	W 38–20	24	153	1	+2.9	4	3	35	0	+0.6	0
4	2019-09-29	@ HOU	W 16–10	27	93	1	−5.5	10	10	86	0	+9.1	1
5	2019-10-06	vs JAX	W 34–27	19	176	2	+4.5	8	6	61	1	+5.1	0
6	2019-10-13	@ TB	W 37–26	22	31	1	−7.2	5	4	26	1	+1.5	0
8	2019-10-27	@ SF	L 13–51	14	117	1	+2.4	5	4	38	0	+1.2	0
9	2019-11-03	vs TEN	W 30–20	24	146	2	+4.5	3	3	20	1	+5.6	0
10	2019-11-10	@ GB	L 16–24	20	108	1	+1.5	7	6	33	0	+1.0	0
11	2019-11-17	vs ATL	L 3–29	14	70	0	−4.3	15	11	121	0	+1.7	0
12	2019-11-24	@ NO	L 31–34	22	64	1	−7.4	9	9	69	1	+8.3	0
13	2019-12-01	vs WAS	L 21–29	14	44	0	−3.8	12	7	58	0	+1.0	0
14	2019-12-08	@ ATL	L 20–40	11	53	0	+3.0	12	11	82	0	+3.9	0
15	2019-12-15	vs SEA	L 24–30	19	87	2	+0.0	10	8	88	0	−1.4	0
16	2019-12-22	@ IND	L 6–38	13	54	0	−1.0	15	15	119	0	+8.8	0
17	2019-12-29	vs NO	L 10–42	9	26	1	−0.8	10	7	72	0	+0.8	1

2018 game log (16 games)

2018 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2018-09-09	vs DAL	W 16–8	10	50	0	−4.4	9	6	45	0	+1.5	0
2	2018-09-16	@ ATL	L 24–31	8	37	0	−0.2	15	14	102	0	+3.4	0
3	2018-09-23	vs CIN	W 31–21	28	184	0	+3.9	2	2	10	0	−0.6	0
5	2018-10-07	vs NYG	W 33–31	17	58	0	−6.4	6	5	35	1	+1.7	0
6	2018-10-14	@ WAS	L 17–23	8	20	0	−2.4	8	7	46	0	+0.8	1
7	2018-10-21	@ PHI	W 21–17	7	29	0	+0.0	6	6	51	0	+2.5	0
8	2018-10-28	vs BAL	W 36–21	14	45	1	+1.0	6	4	11	1	−0.7	0
9	2018-11-04	vs TB	W 42–28	17	79	2	+2.3	6	5	78	0	+4.0	0
10	2018-11-08	@ PIT	L 21–52	14	77	1	+3.0	5	5	61	2	+5.4	0
11	2018-11-18	@ DET	L 19–20	13	53	0	+0.4	8	6	57	0	+0.9	0
12	2018-11-25	vs SEA	L 27–30	17	125	1	+1.1	11	11	112	1	+7.8	0
13	2018-12-02	@ TB	L 17–24	10	106	0	+3.5	10	9	55	1	+3.0	1
14	2018-12-09	@ CLE	L 20–26	16	63	2	−0.2	7	6	38	0	+1.8	0
15	2018-12-17	vs NO	L 9–12	15	53	0	−0.8	11	8	67	0	+0.6	0
16	2018-12-23	vs ATL	L 10–24	21	101	0	+1.2	13	12	77	0	−0.1	0
17	2018-12-30	@ NO	W 33–14	4	18	0	+1.3	1	1	22	0	+2.2	0

2017 game log (17 games)

2017 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Targets	Rec	Rec yds	Rec TD	Rec EPA	Tackles
1	2017-09-10	@ SF	W 23–3	13	47	0	−2.7	7	5	38	0	+0.6	0
2	2017-09-17	vs BUF	W 9–3	8	10	0	−3.7	5	4	34	0	+1.2	0
3	2017-09-24	vs NO	L 13–34	4	16	0	+0.8	11	9	101	0	+1.6	0
4	2017-10-01	@ NE	W 33–30	6	16	0	−1.6	6	4	33	0	+1.1	0
5	2017-10-08	@ DET	W 27–24	3	7	0	−0.2	7	5	31	1	+0.8	0
6	2017-10-12	vs PHI	L 23–28	4	8	0	−1.2	14	10	56	1	+0.7	1
7	2017-10-22	@ CHI	L 3–17	7	10	0	−2.3	9	7	36	0	−4.4	1
8	2017-10-29	@ TB	W 17–3	4	3	0	−2.4	7	5	49	0	+1.8	1
9	2017-11-05	vs ATL	W 20–17	15	66	1	+0.3	6	5	28	0	+2.2	0
10	2017-11-13	vs MIA	W 45–21	5	23	1	+1.4	7	3	27	1	+0.9	0
12	2017-11-26	@ NYJ	W 35–27	7	62	0	+2.1	5	2	35	0	+3.1	0
13	2017-12-03	@ NO	L 21–31	6	16	0	−1.4	6	5	33	1	+0.8	0
14	2017-12-10	vs MIN	W 31–24	8	35	0	−0.8	4	3	18	0	−1.5	0
15	2017-12-17	vs GB	W 31–24	12	63	0	−0.2	7	6	73	1	+5.5	0
16	2017-12-24	vs TB	W 22–19	9	39	0	+0.2	4	2	19	0	−0.4	1
17	2017-12-31	@ ATL	L 10–22	6	14	0	−1.1	8	5	40	0	−2.6	0
P18	2018-01-07	@ NO	L 26–31	6	16	0	−2.3	8	6	101	1	+6.4	0