Draft the tier break—not only the next name.
Running back scarcity matters most when the next usable workload is likely to disappear before your following pick.
Running Back rankings that price role, range, and replacement value.
Workload security, receiving involvement, age, current depth-chart role, expected games, and the approaching replacement cliff drive the running back model.
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Full-PPR median projection · Updated weekly2026 RB rankings
RB RKPLAYEROVRLEVELPROJ.RANGECONF.
RB1Bijan RobinsonATL · 17 expected games#1LEVEL 1364307–42091%
RB2Jahmyr GibbsDET · 17 expected games#3LEVEL 1345289–40289%
RB3De'Von AchaneMIA · 16.8 expected games#5LEVEL 1324275–37392%
RB4Christian McCaffreySF · 16.5 expected games#6LEVEL 1321272–37092%
RB5Jonathan TaylorIND · 16.8 expected games#7LEVEL 2312262–36290%
RB6James CookBUF · 17 expected games#11LEVEL 3283240–32692%
RB7Kyren WilliamsLA · 16.9 expected games#13LEVEL 3268228–30992%
RB8Chase BrownCIN · 16.9 expected games#14LEVEL 3263223–30392%
RB9Saquon BarkleyPHI · 16.8 expected games#16LEVEL 3258219–29792%
RB10Ashton JeantyLV · 17 expected games#20LEVEL 4250204–29684%
RB11Derrick HenryBAL · 17 expected games#21LEVEL 4248209–28791%
RB12Cam SkatteboNYG · 15.4 expected games#25LEVEL 4245187–30470%
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