49ers host the Seahawks in the season finale with the division title and top NFC seed on the line

Seattle (13-3) at San Francisco (12-4)

Saturday, 8 p.m. EST, ABC/ESPN.

BetMGM NFL Odds: Seahawks by 1.

Against the spread: Seahawks 11-5; 49ers 11-5.

Series record: Seahawks lead 31-24.

Last meeting: 49ers beat Seahawks 17-13 on Sept. 7, 2025, in Seattle

Last week: Seahawks beat the Panthers 27-10; 49ers beat the Bears 42-38.

Seahawks offense: overall (8th), rush (16th), pass (8th), scoring (2nd).

Seahawks defense: overall (6th), rush (3rd), pass (12th), scoring (2nd).

49ers offense: overall (7th), rush (22nd), pass (4th), scoring (8th).

49ers defense: overall (19th), rush (6th), pass (25th), scoring (13th).

Turnover differential: Seahawks minus-5; 49ers minus-5.

QB Sam Darnold was limited to 147 yards passing in a 27-10 win over Carolina last week, and will likely be asked to do much more through the air considering the Niners' stingy run defense. Darnold started the season strong, but has endured his share of challenges after tossing four interceptions in a 21-19 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Nov. 16. Including the Rams game, Darnold has thrown eight TDs and eight interceptions over his past seven games.

QB Brock Purdy has had back-to-back games with at least five TDs passing and rushing, becoming the seventh player to do that in NFL history. Purdy is 2-2 against Mike Macdonald defenses with six TD passes and seven INTs. He lost when Macdonald was defensive coordinator in Baltimore in 2023, split last season against Seattle and won the season opener against the Seahawks.

Seattle run defense against San Francisco running game. The Seahawks have been stout against the run all season, allowing a league-low 3.7 yards per carry and ranking third best at 94.4 yards allowed per game. After struggling to gain consistent yards on the ground early in the season, the 49ers have hit their stride since returning from the bye week. They are third in the NFL with 161 yards rushing per game the past three weeks.

Seahawks: T Charles Cross (hamstring) will miss his third straight game. His backup Josh Jones (ankle, knee) is questionable. ... WR Rashid Shaheed (concussion) will play. ... S Coby Bryant (knee) is doubtful.

49ers: T Trent Williams didn't practice all week injuring his hamstring on the first play from scrimmage last week and is listed as questionable. ... TE George Kittle said he plans to play after missing last week's game with an ankle injury. He is listed as questionable. ... DL Keion White (groin), WR Ricky Pearsall (knee) and cornerback Upton Stout (concussion) are all questionable.

The 49ers have won seven of the past eight meetings, including a playoff game in the 2022 season. ... Coach Kyle Shanahan lost eight of his first 10 meetings against Seattle before this current stretch for San Francisco. ... This is the second time in the past seven seasons the teams have met with the division title on the line in the season finale with San Francisco winning 26-21 at Seattle in 2019 after a goal-line stand.

The winner of this game earns the top seed, a first-round bye and home-field advantage in the NFC playoffs. The loser will head on the road next week as a wild-card team. This is the fourth time since the start of seeding in 1975 that two teams played in the final week with the winner guaranteed the No. 1 seed. ... Seattle is seeking its first division title since 2020 while San Francisco could earn its fourth in the past seven seasons. ... The Seahawks have 13 wins for the first time since the 2013 season, which is when Seattle won the Super Bowl. The Seahawks have won 13 regular-season games three times in franchise history, including in the 2005 season in which Seattle lost the Super Bowl. Seattle went 10-7 last season and hasn’t had a losing season since 2021 under Pete Carroll. ... The Seahawks are 8-3 against NFC foes this season. ... Zach Charbonnet ran for 110 yards last week for Seattle. It was Charbonnet's first 100-yard rushing game since Dec. 8, 2024, against Arizona. ... Seahawks TE A.J. Barner has set single-season career highs in receptions (50), yards (505) and touchdowns (six). … Seattle WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who leads the NFL in receiving yards this season, has also had 100 or more catches in consecutive seasons. He has 113 catches in the 2025 season. … Ernest Jones IV has five interceptions this season for Seattle, tied for second most in the NFL. … Seahawks K Jason Myers needs six field goals made to pass David Akers (2011) for the most field goals made in a single season in NFL history with 45. ...The 49ers have converted 51% of third downs this season, the highest mark for any team since the Chiefs were at 52.2% in 2021. ... Seattle has the best third down defense in the NFL, allowing conversions on 32.4% of attempts. ... The 49ers have won six straight games and are seeking their longest winning streak in the regular season since winning the final 10 games in 2022. ... San Francisco is 5-0 in prime-time games this season. ... The 49ers have scored at least 42 points in back-to-back games for the third time ever and the first time since 1993. ... Christian McCaffrey has set a franchise record for running backs with 96 this season and needs four catches for the third season for a player with at least 100 catches and 2,000 yards from scrimmage. McCaffrey did it in 2019 and LaDainian Tomlinson in 2003. ... McCaffrey leads the NFL with 118 first downs rushing and receiving, the second most in any season in the past 15 years. .... San Francisco is last in the NFL with 18 sacks and tied for second worst with six INTs. ... The 49ers have scored TDs on 73.3% of red zone drives during their six-game winning streak. They were at 60% the first 10 games of the season. ... San Francisco is 10-1 this season when committing one or fewer turnovers in a game.

San Francisco WR Jauan Jennings has TD catches in five straight games as he has become one of Purdy's most trusted options. The previous Niners player with a TD catch in six straight games was Terrell Owens in 2000.

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Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba celebrates during the second half of an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)

San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey (23) runs against Chicago Bears safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson, bottom, during the second half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard)

Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold passes against the Carolina Panthers during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Rusty Jones)

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (13) passes against the Chicago Bears during the first half of an NFL football game in Santa Clara, Calif., Sunday, Dec. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jed Jacobsohn)

NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics, expiring U.S. tax breaks for buyers and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row.

Tesla said that it delivered 1.64 million vehicles in 2025, down 9% from a year earlier.

Chinese rival BYD, which sold 2.26 million vehicles last year, is now the biggest EV maker.

It's a stunning reversal for a car company whose rise once seemed unstoppable as it overtook traditional automakers with far more resources and helped make Musk the world's richest man. The sales drop came despite President Donald Trump's marketing effort early last year when he called a press conference to praise Musk as a “patriot” in front of Teslas lined up on the White House driveway, then announced he would be buying one, bucking presidential precedent to not endorse private company products.

For the fourth quarter, Tesla sales totaled 418,227, falling short of even the much reduced 440,000 target that analysts recently polled by FactSet had expected. Sales were hit hard by the expiration of a $7,500 tax credit for electric vehicle purchases that was phased out by the Trump administration at the end of September.

Tesla stock fell 2.6% to $438.07 on Friday.

Even with multiple issues buffeting the company, investors are betting that Tesla CEO Musk can deliver on his ambitions to make Tesla a leader in robotaxi services and get consumers to embrace humanoid robots that can perform basic tasks in homes and offices. Reflecting that optimism, the stock finished 2025 with a gain of approximately 11%.

The latest quarter was the first with sales of stripped-down versions of the Model Y and Model 3 that Musk unveiled in early October as part of an effort to revive sales. The new Model Y costs just under $40,000 while customers can buy the cheaper Model 3 for under $37,000. Those versions are expected to help Tesla compete with Chinese models in Europe and Asia.

For fourth-quarter earnings coming out in late January, analysts are expecting the company to post a 3% drop in sales and a nearly 40% drop in earnings per share, according to FactSet. Analysts expect the downward trend in sales and profits to eventually reverse itself as 2026 rolls along.

Musk said earlier last year that a “major rebound” in sales was underway, but investors were unruffled when that didn't pan out, choosing instead to focus on Musk's pivot to different parts of business. He has has been saying the future of the company lies with its driverless robotaxis service, its energy storage business and building robots for the home and factory — and much less with car sales.

Tesla started rolling out its robotaxi service in Austin in June, first with safety monitors in the cars to take over in case of trouble, then testing without them. The company hopes to roll out the service in several cities this year.

To do that successfully, it needs to take on rival Waymo, which has been operating autonomous taxis for years and has far more customers. It also will also have to contend with regulatory challenges. The company is under several federal safety investigations and other probes. In California, Tesla is at risk of temporarily losing its license to sell cars in the state after a judge there ruled it had misled customers about their safety.

“Regulatory is going to be a big issue,” said Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives, a well-known bull on the stock. “We're dealing with people's lives.”

Still, Ives said he expects Tesla's autonomous offerings will soon overcome any setbacks.

Musk has said he hopes software updates to his cars will enable hundreds of thousands of Tesla vehicles to operate autonomously with zero human intervention by the end of this year. The company is also planning to begin production of its AI-powered Cybercab with no steering wheel or pedals in 2026.

To keep Musk focused on the company, Tesla’s directors awarded Musk a potentially enormous new pay package that shareholders backed at the annual meeting in November.

Musk scored another huge windfall two weeks ago when the Delaware Supreme Court reversed a decision that deprived him of a $55 billion pay package that Tesla doled out in 2018.

This story has been corrected to show that BYD sold 2.26 million vehicles last year, not 2.26.

AP video journalist Mustakim Hasnath contributed to this report from London.

FILE - The Tesla logo is displayed at a Tesla dealership Thursday, Mar. 13, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)