Christian McCaffrey Fantasy Football Outlook (2026)

By Andrew Erickson (FantasyPros), Tue, Jan 20th 2026, 3:49pm EST

Christian McCaffery led the NFL in touches in 2025 with 450. As I cited heading into the 2025 season regarding Saquon Barkley, chasing these RBs the year after they post monster touch totals is not a good bet to make. Barkley finished 2025 as the RB13. In the last 13 years, only one of those RBs was a top-5 fantasy RB the next year. after seeing 400-plus touches. One. Fade CMC in 2026.
As I cited heading into the 2025 season regarding Saquon Barkley, chasing these RBs the year after they post monster touch totals is not a good bet to make. Barkley finished 2025 as the RB13.
In the last 13 years, only one of those RBs was a top-5 fantasy RB the next year...after seeing 400-plus touches. One. Fade CMC as a top-3 pick in 2026.