Start Christian McCaffrey or Kenneth Walker? Week 10

Our Week 10 call

Start Christian McCaffrey over Kenneth Walker in Week 10.

Market-based projections have Christian McCaffrey at 21.9 points and Kenneth Walker at 18.4, a gap of 3.4. No player market is posted for Kenneth Walker this week yet, so his 18.4 is the average of his market-based projections in Weeks 7 and 8 (17.9 and 19.0); the call is rebuilt when his market posts. Drafters take Christian McCaffrey at ADP 6 and Kenneth Walker at 17.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 21.9 fantasy points for Christian McCaffrey, with 100 percent of the markets a RB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Christian McCaffrey is 62 rushing yards, 32 receiving yards, 4-5 receptions and 1.4 touchdowns (5, 4, 5 and 7 market sources).

No Week 10 player market is posted for Kenneth Walker yet. His market-based projections were 17.9 and 19.0 points in Weeks 7 and 8, an average of 18.5, which stands in until his Week 10 market posts.

That puts Christian McCaffrey 3.4 points ahead of Kenneth Walker on these projections.

Week 10 matchups

Christian McCaffrey and SF visit DAL on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

DAL allowed 26.5 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 4th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 116 yards and a touchdown a game against DAL and caught passes for 29 more yards.

Kenneth Walker and KC visit ATL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

ATL allowed 25.9 fantasy points a game to RBs this season over 8 games, the 5th most in the league.

Running backs ran for 110 yards and a touchdown a game against ATL and caught passes for 34 more yards.

By points allowed to the position, Christian McCaffrey has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Christian McCaffrey is not on the injury report.

Kenneth Walker is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 10

Through Week 9, Christian McCaffrey played 69 percent of SF snaps, took 46 percent of the carries, drew 20 percent of the targets and had 37 percent of the red zone chances.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 5 against SEA: 49 of 60 snaps, 11 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 3 catches for 15 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 6 against WAS: 53 of 62 snaps, 16 carries for 64 yards, 10 targets and 9 catches for 53 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 7 against ATL: 34 of 66 snaps, 7 carries for 39 yards, 7 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards, 1 touchdown.

Christian McCaffrey, Week 9 against LV: 50 of 73 snaps, 18 carries for 68 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 19 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Through Week 6, Kenneth Walker played 75 percent of KC snaps, took 76 percent of the carries, drew 15 percent of the targets and had 58 percent of the red zone chances.

Kenneth Walker, Week 2 against IND: 66 of 80 snaps, 24 carries for 117 yards, 10 targets and 6 catches for 61 yards.

Kenneth Walker, Week 3 against MIA: 38 of 52 snaps, 18 carries for 70 yards, 2 targets and 2 catches for 3 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 4 against LV: 45 of 60 snaps, 22 carries for 177 yards, 1 target and 1 catch for 2 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Kenneth Walker, Week 6 against LAC: 45 of 61 snaps, 19 carries for 128 yards, 3 targets and 2 catches for 11 yards, 2 touchdowns.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Christian McCaffrey played 17 games for SF and scored 416.6 PPR points, 24.5 a game, finishing RB1.

He ran 311 times for 1202 yards and 10 touchdowns, and caught 102 of 129 targets for 924 yards.

He was on the field for 83 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Their other Week 10 calls

• Start Bijan Robinson over Christian McCaffrey.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Chase Brown.
• Start Christian McCaffrey over Chuba Hubbard.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Ashton Jeanty.
• Start Bijan Robinson over Kenneth Walker.
• Start Kenneth Walker over Chase Brown.