Should I start Jordan Mason or Christian McCaffrey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Jordan Mason, and the board ranks him 36th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 37th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

The market-based projections

No season market is posted for Jordan Mason, so the only market valuing him on this page is the draft room.

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.

This season so far

Through Week 8, Jordan Mason has been on the field for 46 percent of MIN snaps, taken 51 percent of the carries, drawn 3 percent of the targets and had 26 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 0 of the offence's 27 third down targets, had 1 of its 4 chances inside the five and seen 0 of its 2 two minute targets.

His 2 targets have averaged 0.0 air yards.

In Week 1 against GB he carried 15 times for 59 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 7 against IND he carried 15 times for 68 yards, caught 0 of 2 targets for 0 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against DET he carried 8 times for 20 yards and did not score.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Jordan Mason played 16 games and scored 128.9 PPR points, 8.1 a game, finishing RB36.

He carried 159 times for 758 yards and 6 touchdowns, and caught 14 of 16 targets for 51 more yards.

That came to 9.9 carries a game at 4.8 yards a carry and 0.9 catches a game.

He was on the field for 44 percent of the snaps in the games he played.

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.

Christian McCaffrey was available for 1 game more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Jordan Mason 8.1, 16.4 a game between them.

Jordan Mason finished RB36 that year and Christian McCaffrey RB1.

Christian McCaffrey had 152 more carries than Jordan Mason, 311 to 159.

Christian McCaffrey had 88 more catches than Jordan Mason, 102 to 14.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 46 percent.

This season Jordan Mason holds the bigger share of the carries, 51 percent against 46 percent.

Byes and availability

Jordan Mason is off in Week 6 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.