Should I start Rachaad White or Christian McCaffrey in Week 10?

Where the draft room stands

Live drafts hold no current pick on Rachaad White, and the board ranks him 25th overall on the rest of his evidence.

Live drafts hold no current pick on Christian McCaffrey, and the board ranks him 29th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

The market-based projections

Rachaad White's market-based projection is 10.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 14 market sources. That is the 21st highest figure of the 208 players with a market-based projection.

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 8.7 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.

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, Rachaad White has been on the field for 52 percent of WAS snaps, taken 29 percent of the carries, drawn 10 percent of the targets and had 20 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 9 of the offence's 57 third down targets, had 3 of its 11 chances inside the five and seen 2 of its 28 two minute targets.

His 21 targets have averaged 0.2 air yards.

In Week 6 against SF he carried 7 times for 27 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 30 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 8 against PHI he carried 11 times for 55 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 5 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 9 against LAR he carried 7 times for 28 yards, caught 2 of 3 targets for 41 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 Rachaad White played 17 games and scored 143.0 PPR points, 8.4 a game, finishing RB32.

He carried 132 times for 572 yards and 4 touchdowns, and caught 40 of 45 targets for 218 more yards.

That came to 7.8 carries a game at 4.3 yards a carry and 2.4 catches a game.

He was on the field for 51 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.

Both were available for 17 games that season.

Head to head

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

Rachaad White finished RB32 that year and Christian McCaffrey RB1.

Christian McCaffrey had 179 more carries than Rachaad White, 311 to 132.

Christian McCaffrey had 62 more catches than Rachaad White, 102 to 40.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger snap share, 69 percent against 52 percent.

This season Christian McCaffrey holds the bigger share of the carries, 46 percent against 29 percent.

Byes and availability

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

What would change the answer

Christian McCaffrey has only a partial projection, so the market half of this page is whole for only one of them.