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QB Week is in the books. Rankings, strength of schedule analysis, staff targets, staff avoids, bold predictions, and late-round targets. And this week we’ll do it all over again, except with running backs!
What follows is our first pass at running back rankings for the coming NFL season. Be sure to shred us in the comments! And for this week and every other moving forward, assume 1⁄2 PPR is the default.
Top 50 Running Backs
| NAME | TEAM | HEATH | MARK | SKYLER | AVERAGE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAME | TEAM | HEATH | MARK | SKYLER | AVERAGE |
| Christian McCaffrey | CAR | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
| Derrick Henry | TEN | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2.33 |
| Dalvin Cook | MIN | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3.33 |
| Alvin Kamara | NO | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4.67 |
| Ezekiel Elliott | DAL | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4.67 |
| Nick Chubb | CLE | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5.33 |
| Aaron Jones | GB | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7.00 |
| Austin Ekeler | LAC | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8.33 |
| Jonathan Taylor | IND | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9.33 |
| Joe Mixon | CIN | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10.00 |
| Saquon Barkley | NYG | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11.33 |
| Clyde Edwards-Helaire | KC | 13 | 9 | 12 | 11.33 |
| Najee Harris | PIT | 11 | 15 | 16 | 14.00 |
| Antonio Gibson | WAS | 14 | 17 | 14 | 15.00 |
| Chris Carson | SEA | 15 | 14 | 17 | 15.33 |
| D'Andre Swift | DET | 16 | 23 | 13 | 17.33 |
| J.K. Dobbins | BAL | 19 | 18 | 15 | 17.33 |
| Josh Jacobs | LV | 20 | 13 | 19 | 17.33 |
| Miles Sanders | PHI | 17 | 19 | 20 | 18.67 |
| David Montgomery | CHI | 18 | 24 | 18 | 20.00 |
| Kareem Hunt | CLE | 22 | 20 | 23 | 21.67 |
| Travis Etienne | JAX | 24 | 21 | 26 | 23.67 |
| Darrell Henderson | LAR | 21 | 30 | 21 | 24.00 |
| Mike Davis | ATL | 23 | 25 | 25 | 24.33 |
| Myles Gaskin | MIA | 26 | 26 | 22 | 24.67 |
| Chase Edmonds | ARI | 27 | 27 | 24 | 26.00 |
| Raheem Mostert | SF | 28 | 22 | 32 | 27.33 |
| Javonte Williams | DEN | 29 | 29 | 27 | 28.33 |
| James Robinson | JAX | 30 | 28 | 29 | 29.00 |
| Ronald Jones | TB | 25 | 33 | 33 | 30.33 |
| Melvin Gordon | DEN | 31 | 32 | 30 | 31.00 |
| Trey Sermon | SF | 33 | 31 | 31 | 31.67 |
| Damien Harris | NE | 32 | 41 | 28 | 33.67 |
| Michael Carter | NYJ | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35.00 |
| Leonard Fournette | TB | 37 | 34 | 34 | 35.00 |
| David Johnson | HOU | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36.00 |
| Kenyan Drake | LV | 34 | 39 | 37 | 36.67 |
| James Conner | ARI | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38.33 |
| Devin Singletary | BUF | 40 | 37 | 44 | 40.33 |
| Latavius Murray | NO | 38 | 40 | 45 | 41.00 |
| Jamaal Williams | DET | 43 | 45 | 41 | 43.00 |
| Tony Pollard | DAL | 42 | 42 | 46 | 43.33 |
| Gus Edwards | BAL | 46 | 44 | 40 | 43.33 |
| Nyheim Hines | IND | 45 | 43 | 43 | 43.67 |
| Zack Moss | BUF | 41 | 50 | 42 | 44.33 |
| A.J. Dillon | GB | 52 | 39 | 45.50 | |
| Phillip Lindsay | HOU | 44 | 46 | 50 | 46.67 |
| J.D. McKissic | WAS | 47 | 49 | 48 | 48.00 |
| Tevin Coleman | NYJ | 48 | 49 | 48.50 | |
| James White | NE | 51 | 48 | 47 | 48.67 |
| Alexander Mattison | MIN | 49 | 51 | 50.00 | |
| Chuba Hubbard | CAR | 53 | 47 | 52 | 50.67 |
| Darrel Williams | KC | 50 | 55 | 52.50 | |
| Marlon Mack | IND | 54 | 54 | 54.00 | |
| Tarik Cohen | CHI | 55 | 53 | 54.00 |
Okay, so we went a little deeper than 50 runners...lucky you!