Key stats from the 49ers’ 37-20 Week 16 win vs. the Commanders

With the Win...

• The 49ers have won 8-consecutive games for the first time since 2019 (Weeks 1-9; Week 4 BYE).
• San Francisco improved to 22-12-1 overall against Washington, including a 13-4-1 mark at home and a 2-0 record at Levi's Stadium.
• The Niners improved to 9-3 in their last 12 home games against the Commanders.
• San Francisco improved to 2-2 versus Washington under head coach Kyle Shanahan.

Brock Purdy

• QB Brock Purdy finished the game completing 15 of 22 passing atts. for 234 yds., 2 TDs and a passer rating of 114.6.
• Purdy is 1 of 8 players since 1950 to register 2-or-more TD passes in each of their first 3 career starts [QB Dan Marino (1983), QB Mark Rypien (1988), QB Rich Gannon (1990), QB Kurt Warner (1999), QB Billy Volek (2003-04), QB Jay Cutler (2006) & QB Marcus Mariota (2015)].
• Purdy joined HOF QB Dan Marino as the only QBs since 1950 with at least 2 touchdown passes and a passer rating of 100-or-higher in each of his first 3 career starts.
• With the win, Purdy became the first QB in franchise history to win his first 3 NFL starts.
• With 2 TD passes, Purdy became the first QB since QB Kurt Warner (1999; Weeks 1-4, Week 2 BYE) to win his first three NFL starts and throw 2-or-more TD passes in each game.
• Purdy is the only rookie QB since 1950 to win his first 3 NFL starts and throw 2-or-more TD passes in each game.
• Purdy is the first NFL player since at least 1970 to register 185-or-more passing yds., 2-or-more passing TDs and a passer rating of 114.0-or-higher in each of his first 3 NFL starts.

Christian McCaffrey

• RB Christian McCaffrey registered 15 carries for 46 yds. and 1 TD as well as 2 recepts. for 12 yds. The rushing TD marked his 7th of the season and the 37th of his career.
• McCaffrey now has 76 recepts. on the season, marking the 4th season of his career with 75-or-more recepts. He is the 4th RB in NFL history with 4-or-more seasons of 75-or-more recepts., joining Larry Centers (5 seasons), Marshall Faulk (5) and Alvin Kamara (4).

Ray-Ray McCloud

• WR Ray-Ray McCloud registered a 71-yd. rushing TD, marking the first rushing TD of his career.
• The rushing TD marked the 49ers longest play of the season and the longest rushing TD by a member of the 49ers since 2020 [RB Raheem Mostert – 80-yd. TD run at NYJ (9/13/20)].
• The run also marked the longest rushing TD by a 49ers WR in franchise history and he became first NFL WR since 2016 to register a rushing TD of 71-or-more rushing yds. [Seattle Seahawks WR Tyler Lockett – 75-yd. rush vs. Car. (12/4/16)].

George Kittle

• TE George Kittle registered 6 recepts. for 120 yds. (20.0 average) and 2 TDs. The 2 rec. TDs gave him 8 on the season and 26 in his career. His 8 rec. TDs on the season mark a single-season career-high. It also marked the 2nd time this season and the 6th time in his career that he has registered back-to-back games with 1-or-more rec. TDs.
• With 120 rec. yds., it marked the 14th game of his career with 100-or-more rec. yds., the 5th most in franchise history.
• With 2 TD recepts. today and 2 TD recepts. last week at Sea. (12/15/22), Kittle became the first 49ers TE since at least 1970 to register 2-or-more rec. TDs in back-to-back games and the first member of the 49ers since 2002 [WR Terrell Owens (Weeks 11-12)] to accomplish the feat.
• Kittle now has 5,202 career rec. yds., as he surpassed HOF Kellen Winslow Sr. (5,176 receiving yards) for the 4th-most rec. yds. by a TE in his first 6 seasons in NFL history [Rob Gronkowski (5,555), Jimmy Graham (5,357) & Travis Kelce (5,236)].

Nick Bosa

• DL Nick Bosa registered 7 tackles, 2.0 sacks and 1 FF of Commanders QB Taylor Heinicke. With 2.0 sacks, it gives him a career and NFL-high 17.5 on the season and 41.0 in his career.
• Bosa now has 11 career games with 1.5-or-more sacks, including 5 in 2022. He has at least 1.0 sack in 12 games this season, as he is 1 of 4 players since 1982 with 12-or-more games with at least 1.0 sack in a single season [LB DeMarcus Ware (14 games in 2008), LB Justin Houston (13 games in 2014) & DL Chandler Jones (13 games in 2017)].
• His 17.5 sacks on the season are tied for the 2nd-most in a single season in franchise history and the most by a member of the 49ers since Aldon Smith (19.5) in 2012.

Jordan Willis

• DL Jordan Willis registered 2 tackles and recovered Taylor Heinicke's fumble. The FR marked the 3rd of his career and his first since 2020 as a member of the New York Jets [at Buf. (9/13/20)].

Fred War­ner

• With a team-high 13 tackles, LB Fred War­ner registered 100-or-more tackles in a single season for the 5th-consecutive season (2018-22) to start his career.
• Warner became the 5th NFL player since 2010 to regis­ter 100-or-more tackles in each of his first 5 seasons [LB Roquan Smith - Chi./Bal. (2018-22), LB Telvin Smith - Jax. (2014-18), LB Bob­by Wagner - Sea. (2012-16) & LB Luke Kuechly - Car. (2012-16)].

Jimmie Ward

• DB Jimmie Ward registered 4 tackles, 1 PD and 1 INT of Heinicke. The INT gave him a single-season career-high 3 on the season and 7 in his career.
• The 49ers now have 15 INTs this season, the 3rd-most in the NFL.

Robbie Gould

• K Robbie Gould connected on 23-yd., 26-yd. and 35-yd. FGs and each of his 3 PATs.
• With 3 FGM, Gould (443) passed K Phil Dawson (441) for the 8th-most FGM in NFL history.

• With 12 pts., Gould (682) passed K Mike Cofer (673) as the 4th all-time scoring leader in franchise history.