NFL Fantasy 2026

RB Fantasy Rankings 2026 — PPR Draft Tiers, Projections & ADP

Running back is the scarcest position in fantasy: true three-down workhorses barely exist any more, committees eat into touches, and the drop-off from the elite tier to a replacement-level back is the steepest on the board. That scarcity is exactly what value over replacement (VOR) measures — and why RBs still dominate the top of most drafts even in PPR, where pass-catching backs stack a reception floor on top of rushing volume. Hit on your early RB picks and the rest of your draft plays from ahead; miss and you're chasing the waiver wire all season.

Scoring:PPR Half-PPR Standard

Biggest ADP values at RB

Players our board ranks meaningfully higher than the market drafts them — the gap between VOR-based rank and public ADP is where draft value lives.

Tyrone Tracy Jr. — market ADP ~#168 overall, our board #57 (+111 picks of value)
Woody Marks — market ADP ~#131 overall, our board #47 (+84 picks of value)
Aaron Jones — market ADP ~#116 overall, our board #65 (+51 picks of value)

Tier breaks (T2, T3, …) mark real drop-offs in projected value — players inside a tier are close; between tiers the gap is big enough to change your pick.

#	Player	Team	Proj pts	VOR	TD%	ADP	’25 finish
1	T1Bijan Robinson	ATL	291	161	41%	2.3	RB3
2	Christian McCaffrey	SF	274	144	37%	6.8	RB2
3	Saquon Barkley	PHI	262	131	38%	12.3	RB14
4	Derrick Henry	BAL	251	120	34%	7.4	RB6
5	De'Von Achane	MIA	238	108	46%	11.6	RB7
6	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	236	105	35%	1.3	RB4
7	T2Kyren Williams	LA	219	88	41%	22.0	RB8
8	Chase Brown	CIN	217	87	31%	15.7	RB11
9	Jonathan Taylor	IND	215	85	38%	4.3	RB1
10	Ashton Jeanty	LV	207	76	31%	23.2	RB15
11	James Cook	BUF	203	72	31%	8.5	RB5
12	Josh Jacobs	GB	187	56	32%	20.3	RB12
13	T3Kenneth Walker III	KC	186	55	33%	20.4	RB21
14	Tony Pollard	TEN	181	51	20%	64.2	RB23
15	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	176	45	23%	61.2	RB25
16	Breece Hall	NYJ	174	43	29%	32.3	RB18
17	Travis Etienne	NO	170	40	29%	38.4	RB9
18	D'Andre Swift	CHI	169	39	36%	41.0	RB13
19	T4Bucky Irving	TB	162	32	34%	46.0	RB35
20	Woody Marks	HOU	160	30	20%	136.5	RB32
21	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	NYG	156	25	20%	158.4	RB30
22	Aaron Jones	MIN	152	21	30%	114.5	RB43
23	RJ Harvey	DEN	151	20	38%	113.8	RB20
24	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	140	9	21%	84.2	RB42
25	T5Javonte Williams	DAL	139	9	26%	27.4	RB10
26	Rico Dowdle	PIT	138	7	23%	75.5	RB16
27	Zach Charbonnet	SEA	137	7	28%	129.9	RB22
28	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	137	7	20%	49.3	RB27
29	David Montgomery	HOU	137	7	37%	52.2	RB26
30	Jaylen Warren	PIT	131	0	17%	66.2	RB17
31	T6Alvin Kamara	NO	130	-0	29%	150.7	RB52
32	Kareem Hunt	KC	123	-8	27%	—	RB29
33	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	120	-10	25%	70.6	RB37
34	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	120	-11	27%	87.7	RB28
35	James Conner	ARI	117	-13	43%	—	RB75
36	Cam Skattebo	NYG	111	-19	42%	37.8	RB39
37	T7Devin Singletary	NYG	105	-26	21%	—	RB45
38	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	104	-26	11%	58.9	RB19
39	Rachaad White	WAS	104	-27	19%	130.1	RB40
40	Omarion Hampton	LAC	96	-35	44%	24.0	RB38
41	Kenneth Gainwell	TB	94	-37	27%	—	RB24
42	Jordan Mason	MIN	92	-38	14%	97.3	RB33
43	T8Tyler Allgeier	ARI	91	-39	17%	152.8	RB36
44	Najee Harris	LAC	88	-43	30%	—	RB103
45	Kyle Monangai	CHI	84	-47	17%	94.7	RB31
46	Dylan Sampson	CLE	84	-47	16%	—	RB57
47	Brian Robinson	ATL	83	-47	14%	163.7	RB58
48	Michael Carter	TEN	82	-49	16%	—	RB55
49	T9Chris Rodriguez Jr.	JAX	81	-50	21%	148.4	RB44
50	Tank Bigsby	PHI	79	-51	13%	155.2	RB59
51	Ty Johnson	BUF	78	-52	17%	—	RB49
52	Isiah Pacheco	DET	78	-52	20%	155.5	RB53
53	Kimani Vidal	LAC	76	-55	15%	157.0	RB41
54	Bam Knight	ARI	75	-55	26%	—	RB51
55	T10Tyjae Spears	TEN	74	-57	21%	157.3	RB54
56	Nick Chubb	HOU	72	-59	26%	—	RB50
57	Ray Davis	BUF	71	-59	13%	163.5	RB61
58	Sean Tucker	TB	69	-62	24%	—	RB46
59	Emanuel Wilson	SEA	68	-63	10%	—	RB48
60	Justice Hill	BAL	64	-66	16%	—	RB67
61	T11Samaje Perine	CIN	64	-67	14%	—	RB56
62	Isaiah Davis	NYJ	62	-69	11%	—	RB60
63	Austin Ekeler	WAS	61	-69	27%	—	RB105
64	Blake Corum	LA	59	-71	9%	106.2	RB34
65	Bhayshul Tuten	JAX	57	-74	31%	47.3	RB47
66	Jeremy McNichols	WAS	56	-74	14%	—	RB62
67	T12Keaton Mitchell	LAC	56	-74	12%	156.0	RB65
68	Jerome Ford	WAS	52	-79	14%	—	RB84
69	Devin Neal	NO	51	-79	16%	—	RB68
70	Cam Akers	SEA	49	-81	13%	—	RB109
71	Antonio Gibson	NE	48	-82	19%	—	RB87
72	Emari Demercado	KC	46	-85	11%	—	RB63
73	T13Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	46	-85	9%	—	RB73
74	Ameer Abdullah	JAX	44	-86	12%	—	RB80
75	Audric Estimé	NO	41	-90	16%	—	RB71
76	Chris Brooks	GB	40	-91	8%	—	RB82
77	Jaylen Wright	MIA	40	-91	13%	—	RB66
78	Hunter Luepke	DAL	40	-91	8%	—	RB76
79	T14Ollie Gordon II	MIA	39	-92	15%	—	RB64
80	Raheem Mostert	LV	39	-92	18%	—	RB85
81	Braelon Allen	NYJ	38	-92	12%	142.4	RB91
82	Miles Sanders	DAL	38	-93	18%	—	RB81
83	Brashard Smith	KC	37	-93	9%	—	RB70
84	Isaac Guerendo	SF	35	-95	10%	—	RB142
85	T15Malik Davis	DAL	35	-95	13%	—	RB69
86	Zavier Scott	MIN	34	-97	9%	—	RB74
87	Trey Benson	ARI	33	-98	13%	—	RB79
88	Jawhar Jordan	HOU	32	-98	10%	—	RB77
89	Kendre Miller	NO	31	-100	10%	—	RB72
90	Dare Ogunbowale	HOU	30	-100	10%	—	RB90
91	T16Roschon Johnson	CHI	28	-103	12%	—	RB128
92	Andrew Beck	NYJ	26	-105	9%	—	RB88
93	Dameon Pierce	PHI	25	-105	11%	—	RB120
94	Rasheen Ali	BAL	25	-106	12%	—	RB92
95	Tyler Badie	DEN	24	-107	8%	—	RB89
96	LeQuint Allen Jr.	JAX	22	-109	7%	—	RB93
97	T17Will Shipley	PHI	22	-109	7%	—	RB97
98	Tyler Goodson	ATL	20	-111	8%	—	RB121
99	Trey Sermon	PIT	20	-111	9%	—	RB147
100	Zamir White	LV	19	-111	8%	—	RB114
101	Khalil Herbert	NYJ	19	-112	12%	—	RB113
102	Tahj Brooks	CIN	18	-112	9%	—	RB116
103	T18Jaret Patterson	LAC	18	-113	10%	—	RB78
104	Raheim Sanders	CLE	17	-113	20%	—	RB86
105	Kaleb Johnson	PIT	17	-114	9%	—	RB106
106	Dylan Laube	LV	17	-114	8%	—	RB123
107	Terrell Jennings	NE	16	-114	12%	—	RB95
108	Julius Chestnut	TEN	16	-115	8%	—	RB119
109	T19Hassan Haskins	LAC	16	-115	12%	—	RB110
110	AJ Dillon	CAR	15	-115	11%	—	RB104
111	Ty Chandler	NO	15	-115	10%	—	RB112
112	Jaydon Blue	DAL	15	-115	9%	—	RB83
113	Trayveon Williams	CLE	15	-116	8%	—	RB101
114	George Holani	SEA	14	-116	7%	—	RB94
115	T20DJ Giddens	IND	14	-117	7%	—	RB100
116	D'Ernest Johnson	NE	13	-118	7%	—	RB124
117	Evan Hull	HOU	13	-118	8%	—	RB115
118	Adam Prentice	DEN	13	-118	6%	—	RB99
119	Craig Reynolds	DET	12	-118	7%	—	RB136
120	Kene Nwangwu	NYJ	11	-119	8%	—	RB117
121	T21Corey Kiner	ARI	11	-120	8%	—	RB108
122	Jacob Saylors	DET	10	-120	8%	—	RB130
123	British Brooks	HOU	10	-121	7%	—	RB107
124	Ronnie Rivers	LA	9	-122	7%	—	RB118
125	DeeJay Dallas	JAX	9	-122	12%	—	RB126
126	Travis Homer	PIT	8	-123	8%	—	RB150
127	T22Jordan Mims	SF	8	-123	15%	—	RB139
128	Sione Vaki	DET	8	-123	8%	—	RB135
129	Chase Edmonds	WAS	7	-124	9%	—	RB141
130	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KC	6	-125	16%	—	RB125
131	Trevor Etienne	CAR	6	-125	8%	—	RB96
132	Eric Gray	NYG	6	-125	9%	—	RB144
133	T23Elijah Mitchell	PHI	5	-126	28%	—	RB145
134	Kalel Mullings	TEN	4	-127	8%	—	RB132
135	Nyheim Hines	NO	4	-127	9%	—	RB151
136	Velus Jones Jr.	SEA	4	-127	8%	—	RB122
137	Gary Brightwell	CIN	3	-128	9%	—	RB148
138	Myles Gaskin	SEA	2	-129	19%	—	RB133
139	T24Robbie Ouzts	SEA	2	-129	7%	—	RB140
140	Avery Williams	NYJ	2	-129	10%	—	RB143
	TJeremiyah Love	ARI	—	—	—	30.9	—
	MarShawn Lloyd	GB	—	—	—	157.9	—
	Kaelon Black	SF	—	—	—	154.4	—
	Jonah Coleman	DEN	—	—	—	154.2	—
	Mike Washington Jr.	LV	—	—	—	150.0	—
	Jonathon Brooks	CAR	—	—	—	89.3	—
	Jadarian Price	SEA	—	—	—	68.9	—

Data baseline from the projection models · refreshed 30 Aug 2026.

Per-game projections from prior-season form, usage and opponent strength — a data baseline, not a betting edge. Rookies without NFL production are placed by market ADP, not model-projected. For entertainment / draft research — 18+.

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RB fantasy rankings — FAQ

Should I still draft RBs early in PPR leagues?

Usually yes — but for a different reason than in Standard. PPR softens pure rushing volume, yet the backs at the top of this board catch passes too, so their projected points barely drop while their scarcity stays extreme. VOR, not raw points, is what makes an elite RB a first-round pick: the gap to a replacement back is the biggest positional gap in fantasy. From the mid-rounds on, the position flattens fast and WRs typically offer better value per pick.

What is an RB handcuff and should I draft one?

A handcuff is the direct backup to a workhorse back — the player who inherits a bell-cow role if the starter goes down. Because RB value is so concentrated in volume, a good handcuff is one injury away from RB2-or-better production. Late in drafts, handcuffs to fragile or aging workhorses (especially your own) are among the highest-upside picks available; our tiers help spot which backfields have a clear next man up.

Why does the RB table show a TD% column?

It's the model's anytime-touchdown probability for a typical game. Touchdowns are the most volatile part of RB scoring — two backs with similar yardage projections can differ by several points per game purely on goal-line role. A high TD% flags backs whose teams give them the valuable short-yardage and red-zone work, which is stickier than it looks year over year.