2026 RB Fantasy Draft Rankings — Tiers, VOR & ADP Values

Our Running Backs (RB) draft board for 2026: top 20 by value over replacement (VOR), grouped into tiers. Tier breaks mark real drop-offs in projected value over replacement — players inside a tier are close in value; crossing into the next tier is a bigger gap.

Tier 1

• 1. Christian McCaffrey (RB, SF) — 388.6 proj. pts, VOR 251.9, ADP #5
• 2. Bijan Robinson (RB, ATL) — 376.2 proj. pts, VOR 239.5, ADP #1
• 3. De'Von Achane (RB, MIA) — 310.2 proj. pts, VOR 173.6, ADP #9
• 4. Chase Brown (RB, CIN) — 287.8 proj. pts, VOR 151.1, ADP #18
• 5. Jahmyr Gibbs (RB, DET) — 269.8 proj. pts, VOR 133.1, ADP #2
• 6. Ashton Jeanty (RB, LV) — 262.0 proj. pts, VOR 125.3, ADP #12

Tier 2

• 7. Saquon Barkley (RB, PHI) — 253.1 proj. pts, VOR 116.5, ADP #20
• 8. Kyren Williams (RB, LA) — 240.2 proj. pts, VOR 103.5, ADP #34
• 9. Travis Etienne (RB, NO) — 236.0 proj. pts, VOR 99.3, ADP #41
• 10. Jonathan Taylor (RB, IND) — 235.6 proj. pts, VOR 98.9, ADP #8
• 11. Derrick Henry (RB, BAL) — 223.4 proj. pts, VOR 86.7, ADP #16
• 12. Rhamondre Stevenson (RB, NE) — 222.2 proj. pts, VOR 85.5, ADP #71

Tier 3

• 13. Tony Pollard (RB, TEN) — 219.0 proj. pts, VOR 82.3, ADP #75
• 14. Kenneth Walker III (RB, KC) — 213.7 proj. pts, VOR 77.0, ADP #22
• 15. James Cook (RB, BUF) — 208.9 proj. pts, VOR 72.2, ADP #14
• 16. Breece Hall (RB, NYJ) — 204.5 proj. pts, VOR 67.8, ADP #33
• 17. D'Andre Swift (RB, CHI) — 202.5 proj. pts, VOR 65.8, ADP #50
• 18. RJ Harvey (RB, DEN) — 201.1 proj. pts, VOR 64.4, ADP #92

Tier 4

• 19. Kenneth Gainwell (RB, TB) — 193.1 proj. pts, VOR 56.4
• 20. Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB, NYG) — 190.2 proj. pts, VOR 53.5, ADP #150

Draft values

Players the market (ADP) drafts significantly LATER than our board ranks them — that gap is where draft value lives.

• Tyrone Tracy Jr. (RB, NYG) — our rank #37, market ADP #150 (+113 picks)
• Woody Marks (RB, HOU) — our rank #45, market ADP #141 (+96 picks)
• Zach Charbonnet (RB, SEA) — our rank #72, market ADP #156 (+84 picks)
• RJ Harvey (RB, DEN) — our rank #30, market ADP #92 (+62 picks)
• Tony Pollard (RB, TEN) — our rank #18, market ADP #75 (+57 picks)

Reaches

Players the market drafts significantly EARLIER than our board ranks them.

• Bhayshul Tuten (RB, JAX) — our rank #203, market ADP #61 (-142 picks)
• Brian Robinson (RB, ATL) — our rank #236, market ADP #138 (-98 picks)
• Omarion Hampton (RB, LAC) — our rank #103, market ADP #17 (-86 picks)
• Tank Bigsby (RB, PHI) — our rank #223, market ADP #159 (-64 picks)
• Blake Corum (RB, LA) — our rank #176, market ADP #117 (-59 picks)

The full Running Backs (RB) board with every tier.

Other positions: QB, WR, TE.

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