Christian McCaffrey or Chuba Hubbard: who should I start in Week 3?

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 9.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Chuba Hubbard: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 16th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 103.

What the sportsbooks price

The books have Christian McCaffrey at 16.7 PPR points a game off 4 markets across 15 books. That is 80 percent of what a running back's price needs, so it is a fragment of one rather than a projection.

The player markets price Chuba Hubbard at 16.0 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 15 books. That is the 36th highest figure of the 186 players the books price.

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

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, Chuba Hubbard has been on the field for 68 percent of CAR snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 8 percent of the targets and had 27 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 3 of the offence's 15 third down targets, had 3 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 7 two minute targets.

His 5 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 1 against CHI he carried 10 times for 49 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 38 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 2 against ATL he carried 12 times for 53 yards, caught 2 of 2 targets for 11 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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, 68 percent against 54 percent.

This season Chuba Hubbard holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 36 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.

What would change the answer

Christian McCaffrey is only part priced, so the books' half of this page is whole for only one of them.