Trey McBride or Christian McCaffrey: who should I start in Week 5?

What the player markets price

The player markets price Trey McBride at 19.3 PPR points a game, built from 3 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 10th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

The player markets price Christian McCaffrey at 18.4 PPR points a game, built from 5 markets across 16 market sources. That is the 13th highest figure of the 183 players the market prices.

Where the draft room stands

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

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 32.

Drafters have formed no consensus on Christian McCaffrey: he carries no ADP, and the board ranks him 9th overall on the rest of his evidence.

In 2QB drafts he goes at ADP 7.

This season through Week 4

Through Week 4, Trey McBride has been on the field for 89 percent of ARI snaps, drawn 31 percent of the targets and had 19 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 12 of the offence's 37 third down targets, had 4 of its 16 chances inside the five and seen 13 of its 33 two minute targets.

His 46 targets have averaged 5.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against SEA he caught 8 of 10 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 3 against SF he caught 9 of 11 targets for 75 yards and did not score.

In Week 4 against NYG he caught 7 of 12 targets for 31 yards and did not score.

Through Week 4, Christian McCaffrey has been on the field for 66 percent of SF snaps, taken 45 percent of the carries, drawn 20 percent of the targets and had 35 percent of the red zone chances.

He has taken 7 of the offence's 28 third down targets, had 8 of its 13 chances inside the five and seen 4 of its 18 two minute targets.

His 22 targets have averaged 2.5 air yards.

In Week 2 against MIA he carried 10 times for 23 yards, caught 4 of 4 targets for 43 yards and scored 2 touchdowns.

In Week 3 against ARI he carried 15 times for 75 yards, caught 4 of 5 targets for 41 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

In Week 4 against DEN he carried 15 times for 52 yards, caught 3 of 5 targets for 18 yards and scored 1 touchdown.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025 Trey McBride played 17 games and scored 315.9 PPR points, 18.6 a game, finishing TE1.

He caught 126 of 169 targets for 1239 yards and 11 touchdowns, with 32 red zone targets.

That came to 9.9 targets a game, a 75 percent catch rate and 9.8 yards a catch.

He was on the field for 91 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.

Side by side

In 2025 Christian McCaffrey scored 24.5 PPR points a game and Trey McBride 18.6, 5.9 a game between them.

Trey McBride finished TE1 and Christian McCaffrey RB1, which are two different ladders.

Trey McBride is a tight end and Christian McCaffrey a running back, so the question is which slot you fill first rather than which of them is better.

Byes and availability

Trey McBride is off in Week 14 and Christian McCaffrey in Week 8, so either can cover the other's bye.

What would change the answer

0.9 points a game is the entire case. The market restates it every week, and a line that moves moves the order with it.

The draft market is the half that is missing: when the consensus sample holds these two again it can order them differently from the price, and this page will follow the sample rather than the market price when it does.