Should I start Christian McCaffrey or Chuba Hubbard in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 35th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Chuba Hubbard, and the board ranks him 51st overall on the rest of his evidence.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 8.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 1 market source. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The market-based projection for Chuba Hubbard is 5.5 PPR points a game off 1 market across 6 market sources. That is 30 percent of what a running back's projection needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

Christian McCaffrey's projection is not complete, so the two figures are not set against each other here.

This season through Week 9

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 69 percent of SF snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 11 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 14 of its 28 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 45 targets have averaged 2.8 air yards.

In Week 6 against WAS he carried 16 times for 64 yards, caught 9 of 10 targets for 53 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 7 against ATL he carried 7 times for 39 yards, caught 6 of 7 targets for 61 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LV he carried 18 times for 68 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 19 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 9, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 81 percent of CAR snaps, taken 73 percent of the carries, drawn 11 percent of the targets and had 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 6 of the offence's 61 third down targets, had 7 of its 15 chances inside the five and seen 3 of its 37 two minute targets.

His 31 targets have come 0.6 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 7 against TB he carried 7 times for 33 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 27 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against GB he carried 22 times for 81 yards, caught 7 of 8 targets for 38 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against DEN he carried 16 times for 79 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 17 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 Chuba Hubbard played 15 games and scored 125.4 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB38.

He carried 134 times for 511 yards and 1 touchdown, and caught 30 of 39 targets for 223 more yards.

That came to 8.9 carries a game at 3.8 yards a carry and 2.0 catches a game.

He was on the field for 47 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 2 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Chuba Hubbard 8.4, 16.1 a game between them.

Christian McCaffrey finished RB1 that year and Chuba Hubbard RB38.

Christian McCaffrey had 177 more carries than Chuba Hubbard, 311 to 134.

Christian McCaffrey had 72 more catches than Chuba Hubbard, 102 to 30.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger snap share, 81 percent against 69 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 73 percent against 46 percent.

Byes and availability

Christian McCaffrey is off in Week 8 and Chuba Hubbard in Week 5, so either can cover the other's bye.