Saquon Barkley
vs Christian McCaffrey
2026 · Week 5 · Half-PPR
The crowd’s lean
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This week
WEEK 5Barkley
at JAX
Oct 11 · 9:30 AM ET
Out
McCaffrey
at SEA
Oct 11 · 4:25 PM ET
—
Live
14.1
Projected
Half-PPR
points
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2026 season, per game
2025 season, per game
Full game log & past seasons +
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | — | 8.5 | RB28 | 15 | 83 | — | 2 | 1 | -3 | — |
2 | — | 2.5 | RB58 | 4 | 9 | — | 2 | 1 | 11 | — |
3 | — | 8.5 | RB26 | 15 | 82 | — | 2 | 1 | -2 | — |
4 | — | 1.5 | RB61 | 2 | 8 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
Earlier seasons (2025, 2024)
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | DAL | 16.4 | RB7 | 18 | 60 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | — |
2 | KC | 16.4 | RB10 | 22 | 88 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — |
3 | LAR | 7.5 | RB31 | 18 | 46 | — | 5 | 4 | 9 | — |
4 | TB | 15.4 | RB17 | 19 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 31 | — |
5 | DEN | 16.3 | RB10 | 6 | 30 | — | 3 | 3 | 58 | 1 |
6 | NYG | 7.7 | RB21 | 12 | 58 | — | 3 | 2 | 9 | — |
7 | MIN | 4.7 | RB38 | 18 | 44 | — | 1 | 1 | -2 | — |
8 | NYG | 31.4 | RB4 | 14 | 150 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 1 |
9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
10 | GB | 11.6 | RB20 | 22 | 60 | — | 3 | 3 | 41 | — |
11 | DET | 9.5 | RB27 | 26 | 83 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | — |
12 | DAL | 8.9 | RB24 | 10 | 22 | — | 8 | 7 | 52 | — |
13 | CHI | 5.6 | RB43 | 13 | 56 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
14 | LAC | 18.2 | RB6 | 20 | 122 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
15 | LV | 16.2 | RB10 | 22 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 14 | — |
16 | WAS | 21.2 | RB10 | 21 | 132 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
17 | BUF | 6.8 | RB29 | 19 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | GB | 32.2 | RB1 | 24 | 109 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 1 |
2 | ATL | 15.6 | RB11 | 22 | 95 | — | 5 | 4 | 21 | — |
3 | NO | 31.6 | RB1 | 17 | 147 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | — |
4 | TB | 12.6 | RB21 | 10 | 84 | — | 4 | 2 | 32 | — |
5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 | CLE | 6.4 | RB32 | 18 | 47 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | — |
7 | NYG | 25.7 | RB3 | 17 | 176 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | — |
8 | CIN | 11.6 | RB25 | 22 | 108 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
9 | JAX | 31.4 | RB1 | 27 | 159 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 40 | 1 |
10 | DAL | 8.3 | RB25 | 14 | 66 | — | 1 | 1 | 12 | — |
11 | WAS | 32.8 | RB2 | 26 | 146 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 52 | — |
12 | LAR | 44.2 | RB1 | 26 | 255 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 47 | — |
13 | BAL | 18.7 | RB7 | 23 | 107 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | — |
14 | CAR | 14.4 | RB16 | 20 | 124 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
15 | PIT | 8.4 | RB30 | 19 | 65 | — | 2 | 2 | 9 | — |
16 | WAS | 27.0 | RB4 | 29 | 150 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
17 | DAL | 17.9 | RB6 | 31 | 167 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — |
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | — | 11.3 | RB22 | 10 | 68 | — | 8 | 5 | 20 | — |
2 | — | 20.6 | RB3 | 10 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 43 | — |
3 | — | 19.6 | RB5 | 15 | 75 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 41 | — |
4 | — | 14.5 | RB19 | 15 | 52 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 18 | — |
Earlier seasons (2025, 2024)
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | SEA | 18.7 | RB5 | 22 | 69 | — | 10 | 9 | 73 | — |
2 | NO | 19.7 | RB5 | 13 | 55 | — | 7 | 6 | 52 | 1 |
3 | ARI | 19.0 | RB8 | 17 | 52 | — | 15 | 10 | 88 | — |
4 | JAX | 23.1 | RB8 | 17 | 49 | — | 11 | 6 | 92 | 1 |
5 | LAR | 23.9 | RB6 | 22 | 57 | — | 9 | 8 | 82 | 1 |
6 | TB | 20.6 | RB9 | 17 | 54 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 57 | — |
7 | ATL | 35.6 | RB1 | 24 | 129 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 72 | — |
8 | HOU | 8.3 | RB28 | 8 | 25 | — | 6 | 3 | 43 | — |
9 | NYG | 31.8 | RB1 | 28 | 106 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 67 | 1 |
10 | LAR | 13.6 | RB16 | 12 | 30 | — | 10 | 8 | 66 | — |
11 | ARI | 32.6 | RB2 | 13 | 81 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 1 |
12 | CAR | 23.7 | RB3 | 24 | 89 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 53 | — |
13 | CLE | 15.4 | RB12 | 20 | 53 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 21 | — |
14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
15 | TEN | 15.2 | RB14 | 22 | 73 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 14 | — |
16 | IND | 29.6 | RB3 | 21 | 117 | — | 8 | 6 | 29 | 2 |
17 | CHI | 26.1 | RB4 | 23 | 140 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 41 | — |
18 | SEA | 8.7 | RB23 | 8 | 23 | — | 7 | 6 | 34 | — |
| WK | OPP | FPTS | RANK | ATT | YD | TD | TGT | REC | RYD | RTD |
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10 | TB | 13.7 | RB11 | 13 | 39 | — | 7 | 6 | 68 | — |
11 | SEA | 12.6 | RB16 | 19 | 79 | — | 5 | 4 | 27 | — |
12 | GB | 6.3 | RB31 | 11 | 31 | — | 4 | 3 | 37 | — |
13 | BUF | 7.7 | RB34 | 7 | 53 | — | 3 | 2 | 14 | — |
Expert takes
“Tank Bigsby was placed on IR, and Saquon Barkley was projected to be out and is. Barkley’s timeline isn’t clear, but Shipley has a brutal matchup this week. Jacksonville has allowed the fourth-fewest half-PPR points per game to running backs (14.3) this season, holding them to only 47.5 rushing yards per game and 2.84 yards per carry.”
Josh Shepardson· Oct 10, 2026“Through four games, Barkley has just 182 rushing yards, eight receiving yards and zero touchdowns, good for roughly 23 total PPR points. That’s the kind of production you’d be disappointed to get from your FLEX player, let alone your first-round pick. To make matters worse, Barkley left Sunday’s game with a hamstring injury after just two carries, adding durability to the growing list of concerns.”
Tim Brosnan· Oct 6, 2026“The offense still looks broken.” – Shaun Ireland ( FantasyPros ) “ Saquon Barkley gets a short-week matchup against the Rams, who have allowed only 14.4 half-PPR points per game to running backs so far this year, the 7th stingiest matchup, but the bigger red flag is that Barkley is slumping independent of any matchup… he’s averaging -2.1 fantasy points versus expectation this season. Stacking a tough run defense on top of an already underperforming workload on a team with major offensive struggles in a short week is a quadruple negative, not a single data point that regression can easily fix.”
FantasyPros Staff· Oct 1, 2026
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“News Lamar Jackson and Saquon Barkley are considered week-to-week with lower-body injuries.”
Jordan Pullett· Oct 10, 2026“With a soft schedule for running backs the rest of the way, Barkley is a guy I’d be hunting for. The fantasy points will start flowing soon; he won’t stay down like this for long. If I could turn a receiver like Rashee Rice into Barkley, I’d be a happy camper.” – Wolf Trelles-Heard ( FantasyPros )”
FantasyPros Staff· Sep 23, 2026“Best Bet: Saquon Barkley to Lead the NFL in Rushing Yards (+1000) Saquon Barkley is my value candidate who may be underpriced despite his clear path to volume.”
Curtis Hirsch· Sep 2, 2026“Saquon Barkley had a down season in 2025, but he is still a dynamic workhorse who could easily have a bounce-back season with coordinator Sean Mannion at the helm of the offense.”
Wyatt Bertolone· Sep 2, 2026“Saquon Barkley (RB – PHI) Yes, last season was pretty awful for Saquon Barkley and those who drafted him, but the warning signs were there. Barkley had an absurd number of touches in 2024.”
Tom Strachan· Aug 29, 2026“In a standard scoring league, Saquon Barkley was the smart move, especially since six running backs went in the first nine picks. 2.”
Kurt Blakeway· Aug 23, 2026“I think Barkley could have a bounce-back year, and he is being underrated. After he was going 1.01 in drafts, most fantasy owners will rightfully feel burned by him this year.”
Jason Kamlowsky· Aug 11, 2026“After an insane 2024 season, Saquon Barkley was poised to come back down to earth some in 2025.”
FantasyPros Staff· Aug 7, 2026“Saquon Barkley (RB – PHI) After running laps around the position in 2024, Saquon Barkley’s finish of RB14 was a shock. Despite only missing one game, he scored 214 fantasy points compared to the 339 points he scored in 2024.”
Ellis Johnson· Jul 17, 2026“Given the season he had in 2024 and the expectations created for gamers, Barkley may have produced the most disappointing 1,413-yard, 9-touchdown season in history. Regression was certainly expected coming off his historic run the year before, and a lot went wrong for this offense.”
Rich Hribar· Jul 7, 2026
“Year 2 post-tibia fracture: • 4.1 YPC → 3.5 YPC • 3.04 yards after contact per attempt → 2.78 • 0.217 missed tackles forced per attempt → 0.161 Christian McCaffrey does not appear to have the same league-winning upside as last season (18.5 FPG) - 1 top-5 weekly RB finish through four games, compared to 11 in 17 games last season.”
The FF Newsletter· Oct 8, 2026“Christian McCaffrey finished as RB3 despite only recording 23 rushing yards, thanks to two rushing TDs.”
Jordan Pullett· Sep 25, 2026“Christian McCaffrey – 8 targets, 5 rec McCaffrey has hit triple-digit targets in five different seasons. He’s arguably the best pass-catching RB in NFL history. If CMC is healthy, he is in your lineup, but it is nice to see that he is still very involved in the passing game.”
Aaron Larson· Sep 15, 2026
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“If we could turn injuries off like in the Madden video game, McCaffrey would be the clear-cut 1.01 pick in every non-superflex draft.”
FantasyPros Staff· Sep 5, 2026“Andrew Erickson’s Draft Landmines of 2026 Christian McCaffrey (RB – SF) Christian McCaffrey led the NFL with 413 touches in 2025 and reached 450 when including the playoffs.”
FantasyPros Staff· Sep 4, 2026“Going as the RB3, roughly the eighth overall pick, McCaffrey is coming off a season that led all players in total touches. Historically, that’s a dangerous signal: over the last 13 years, only one running back who saw 400-plus touches in a season finished as a top-five back the next year, and running backs age 27 or older who led the league in touches have never finished top five the following season across six such occurrences.”
FantasyPros Staff· Aug 23, 2026“He’s entering his age-30 season with a lot of miles on the tread. McCaffrey is absolutely capable of smashing, but he could also miss some games. Since 2020, he’s missed half the season or more three times.”
Kyle Zeigler· Aug 18, 2026“In a full PPR format, CMC represents one of the few RBs in the league who really benefits from the extra bump per reception. McCaffrey had a whopping 102 receptions last season and could very well be one of the main receiving weapons in San Francisco again in 2026.”
Kurt Mullen· Aug 14, 2026“Christian McCaffrey | RB, San Francisco 49ers Heading into what will be his 10th season in the NFL, Christian McCaffrey is coming off another season of monstrous volume.”
Kyle Lesti· Aug 11, 2026“McCaffrey is coming off a season where he touched the ball 400+ times and finished all but one week of the season as a top-24 RB. The biggest “if” with CMC is his health, but when he is on the field, he is a fantasy league winner.”
Kurt Mullen· Aug 7, 2026“2 Something to note is that while Christian McCaffrey did not reach the total rushing attempts needed to hit this criterion last season, he did have 311 carries, along with 102 receptions, putting his total workload at a similar number.”
Jordan Pullett· Jul 29, 2026“The last time McCaffrey had over 400 touches in a year, the superstar missed 69.7% of the games over the next two seasons because of injury.”
Mike Fanelli· Jul 28, 2026“McCaffrey was the RB1 in points per game, scoring 2.5 points more than the RB2. Once again, the 49ers did very little to persuade us that they don’t believe in McCaffrey’s ability to be a workhorse, instead continuing their habit of talking up a later-round dart throw at the position, who’ll likely struggle to see any involvement.”
Tom Strachan· Jul 27, 2026
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