Christian McCaffrey or Ashton Jeanty: who should I start in Week 3?

What the sportsbooks price

The player markets price Christian McCaffrey at 21.1 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 5th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

The player markets price Ashton Jeanty at 17.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 21st highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

Where the draft room stands

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian McCaffrey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 3rd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Ashton Jeanty: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 10th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 8; 2QB: ADP 42.

This season through Week 2

Through Week 2, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 54 percent of SF snaps, taken 36 percent of the carries, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 4 of its 8 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 3 two minute targets.

His 12 targets have averaged 0.7 air yards.

In Week 1 against LAR he carried 10 times for 68 yards, caught 5 of 8 targets for 20 yards and did not score.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 10 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 2, Ashton Jeanty has been on the field for 77 percent of LV snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 22 percent of the targets and had 59 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 5 of the offence's 17 third down targets, had 4 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have averaged 1.5 air yards.

In Week 1 against MIA he carried 23 times for 102 yards, caught 6 of 6 targets for 45 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against LAC he carried 21 times for 48 yards, caught 4 of 7 targets for 15 yards and did not score.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey played 17 games and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He carried 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 more yards.

That came to 18.3 carries a game at 3.9 yards a carry and 6.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

In 2025 Ashton Jeanty played 17 games and scored 245.1 PPR points, 14.4 a game, finishing RB11.

He carried 266 times for 975 yards and 5 touchdowns, and caught 55 of 73 targets for 346 more yards.

That came to 15.6 carries a game at 3.7 yards a carry and 3.2 catches a game.

He was on the field for 76 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Ashton Jeanty 14.4, 10.1 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and Ashton Jeanty RB11.

Christian McCaffrey had 45 more carries than Ashton Jeanty, 311 to 266.

Christian McCaffrey had 47 more catches than Ashton Jeanty, 102 to 55.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger snap share, 77 percent against 54 percent.

This season Ashton Jeanty holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 36 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Ashton Jeanty in Week 13, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

4.1 points a game is the entire case. The books restate it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the books when it does.