Age: 27
Free Agency: 2026 (Void)
Accrued Seasons: 6
- Height: 5'11"
- Weight: 202
- College: Stanford
- Entry: 2017 Draft, Round 1, #8 overall (Panthers)
- 2023 Salary Cap Charge: $3,424,000 (1.44% of cap)
- 2023 Cash Payout: $12,000,000 (4.61% of spending)
- 2023 Cash to Cap Ratio: 3.50
- Contract Value: $64,063,412 ($16,015,853 APY)
- Fully Guaranteed Money: $30,062,500
- Contract Ranking: 1/167 at RB
Current Contract
(Extension, signed 2020)
(📝: indicates contract trigger occuring during that year)Year | Age | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Workout Bonus | Cap Number | Cap % | Dead Money & Cap Savings | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | 26 | $1,035,000 | $0 | $0 | $690,000 | 0.3% | ||||
2023 | 27 | $1,080,000 | $2,144,000 | $200,000 | $3,424,000 | 1.4% | ||||
2024 | 28 | $11,800,000 | $2,144,000 | $200,000 | $14,144,000 | 4.8% | ||||
2025 | 29 | $12,000,000 | $2,144,000 | $200,000 | $14,344,000 | 5.1% | ||||
2026 | 30 | Void | $2,144,000 | Void | $4,288,000 | 1.4% | ||||
2027 | 31 | Void | $2,144,000 | Void | $0 | -- | ||||
Total | $25,915,000 | $10,720,000 | $600,000 | $36,890,000 |
Contract Notes
Christian McCaffrey signed a 4 year, $64 million contract extension with the Panthers on April 16, 2020. Contract details come from a report via Mike Florio of PFT. Per Florio, $30.0625 million of the contract is fully guaranteed at signing including a $21.5 million signing bonus. If McCaffrey is on the roster on the fifth day of the 2021 league year he will earn a guarantee of $8.1 million on his 2022 base salary. There is also a $1 million guarantee for injury in 2023.
Cash Flows
Old Money | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cash Due | $27,173,412 | $690,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,000,000 | $12,200,000 |
Running Cash | $27,863,412 | $39,863,412 | $51,863,412 | $64,063,412 |
Career Earnings: $53,587,716
Career APY: $8,931,286
Contract History
Team | Contract Type | Status | Year Signed | Yrs | Total | APY | Guarantees | Amount Earned | % Earned | Effective APY |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panthers | Drafted | Extended | 2017 | 4 | $17,241,304 | $4,310,326 | $17,241,304 | $14,425,216 | 83.7% | $4,808,405 |
Panthers | Extension | Traded | 2020 | 4 | $64,063,412 | $16,015,853 | $30,062,500 | $30,562,500 | 47.7% | $15,281,250 |
49ers | Extension | Active | 2020 | 4 | $64,063,412 | $16,015,853 | $30,062,500 | $690,000 | 1.1% | $690,000 |
Earnings By Team
Team | Yrs | Salary | APY | Paid on Cap | % Paid on Cap | Paid as Dead Money | % Paid as Dead Money |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Panthers | 5 | $52,897,716 | $10,579,543 | $26,449,716 | 0.0% | $26,448,000 | 0.0% |
49ers | 1 | $690,000 | $690,000 | $690,000 | 0.0% | $0 | 0.0% |
Season History
Year | Team | Base Salary | Prorated Bonus | Workout Bonus | Guaranteed Salary | Cap Number | Cap % | Cash Paid | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | Panthers | $465,000 | $2,669,782 | $0 | $465,000 | $3,134,782 | 1.7% | $11,144,128 | ||
2018 | Panthers | $1,248,696 | $2,669,782 | $0 | $1,248,696 | $3,918,478 | 2.1% | $1,248,696 | ||
2019 | Panthers | $2,032,392 | $2,669,782 | $0 | $2,032,392 | $4,702,174 | 2.4% | $2,032,392 | ||
2020 | Panthers | $825,000 | $6,969,782 | $0 | $825,000 | $7,794,782 | 3.7% | $22,325,000 | ||
2021 | Panthers | $990,000 | $5,709,500 | $200,000 | $990,000 | $6,899,500 | 3.7% | $8,237,500 | ||
2022 | 49ers | $1,035,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $690,000 | 0.3% | $690,000 | ||
2023 | 49ers | $1,080,000 | $2,144,000 | $200,000 | $0 | $3,424,000 | 1.4% | $12,000,000 | ||
2024 | 49ers | $11,800,000 | $2,144,000 | $200,000 | $0 | $14,144,000 | 4.8% | $12,000,000 | ||
2025 | 49ers | $12,000,000 | $2,144,000 | $200,000 | $0 | $14,344,000 | 5.1% | $12,200,000 | ||
2026 | 49ers | $0 | $2,144,000 | $0 | $0 | $4,288,000 | 1.4% | $0 | ||
2027 | 49ers | $0 | $2,144,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | -- | $0 | ||
Total | $31,476,088 | $31,408,628 | $800,000 | $5,561,088 | $63,339,716 | $81,877,716 |
Statistics
Year | Games Played | Games Inactive | Snaps | Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Injured | Healthy | Offense | Special | Att | Yards | Avg | TD | Rec | Yards | Avg | TD | Total | Lost | ||
2017 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 70.2% | 10.9% | 111 | 421 | 3.8 | 2 | 75 | 611 | 8.1 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
2018 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 91.3% | 0.2% | 219 | 1098 | 5.0 | 7 | 107 | 867 | 8.1 | 6 | 4 | 1 |
2019 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 93.4% | 0.0% | 287 | 1387 | 4.8 | 15 | 116 | 1005 | 8.7 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
2020 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 16.5% | 0.2% | 59 | 225 | 3.8 | 5 | 17 | 149 | 8.8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23.7% | 0.4% | 99 | 442 | 4.5 | 1 | 37 | 343 | 9.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 72.7% | 0.6% | 244 | 1139 | 4.7 | 8 | 85 | 741 | 8.7 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 81.2% | 0.3% | 210 | 1032 | 4.9 | 12 | 51 | 429 | 8.4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Valuation Diamond
The diamond is a scatterplot graph that visualizes the relation of the player's APY (in green) and performance (in blue, as measured by OTC's Valuations) to the rest of the league at his position. To understand how to read the diamond, read this explainer.
OTC Valuation | APY | |
---|---|---|
Regular | $16,496,000 | $16,015,853 |
Injury Adjusted | $16,496,000 | $16,015,853 |
Weekly Valuation Trends
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