Should I start Omarion Hampton or Christian McCaffrey in Week 9?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Omarion Hampton, and the board ranks him 40th overall on the rest of his evidence.

By format he goes standard: ADP 7; 2QB: ADP 22.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 42nd overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

The market-based projections

The market-based projection for Omarion Hampton is 7.2 PPR points a game off 2 markets across 4 market sources. That is 70 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 Christian McCaffrey is 7.0 PPR points a game off 1 market across 5 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.

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

This season so far

Through Week 8, Omarion Hampton has been on the field for 44 percent of LAC snaps, taken 46 percent of the carries, drawn 6 percent of the targets and had 31 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 1 of the offence's 68 third down targets, had 4 of its 7 chances inside the five and seen 1 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 13 targets have come 0.8 yards behind the line of scrimmage on average.

In Week 5 against DEN he carried 14 times for 33 yards, caught 1 of 1 target for 6 yards and did not score.

In Week 6 against KC he carried 7 times for 18 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 21 yards and did not score.

In Week 8 against LAR he carried 9 times for 20 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 7 yards and did not score.

Through Week 7, 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 36 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 50 third down targets, had 12 of its 24 chances inside the five and seen 5 of its 30 two minute targets.

His 42 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 5 against SEA he carried 11 times for 68 yards, caught 3 of 3 targets for 15 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

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.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Omarion Hampton played 9 games and scored 135.7 PPR points, 15.1 a game, finishing RB35.

He carried 124 times for 545 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 32 of 35 targets for 192 more yards.

That came to 13.8 carries a game at 4.4 yards a carry and 3.6 catches a game.

He was on the field for 63 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 8 games more.

Head to head

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Omarion Hampton 15.1, 9.4 a game between them.

Omarion Hampton finished RB35 that year and Christian McCaffrey RB1.

Christian McCaffrey had 187 more carries than Omarion Hampton, 311 to 124.

Christian McCaffrey had 70 more catches than Omarion Hampton, 102 to 32.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 44 percent.

Their share of the carries this season is the same, 46 percent each.

Byes and availability

Omarion Hampton is off in Week 7 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

Christian McCaffrey is listed as questionable on the injury report.