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Week 15 Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Leonard Fournette, Najee Harris, Jerick McKinnon, Rex Burkhead, Pierre Strong Jr.

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Updated Week 15 fantasy football running back rankings as of December 18th, 2022. Set your winning lineups with our Week 15 NFL rankings for fantasy football.

The running back position has been tough to navigate this season thanks to injuries, role changes, and early fantasy draft picks becoming busts. The fantasy football playoffs are here, so there's still time to make the right choice in lineups at the position. See below for our updated Week 15 fantasy football running back rankings as of December 18th. Our goal is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see where key running backs like Leonard Fournette, Najee Harris, Jerick McKinnon, Rex Burkhead, and Pierre Strong Jr. rank, among others.

Our running back fantasy football rankings are put together by Nick Mariano, Brandon Murchison, and Andersen Pickard. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff.

You should also bookmark our fantasy football rankings portal and check back regularly for updates. In addition to these RB rankings, read our fantasy football articles and analysis - our NFL team discusses lineup sleepers, busts, NFL players to start and sit, waiver wire pickups, and so much more. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must-have - download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top NFL news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

Week 15 Running Backs Fantasy Football News and Injuries

 

Week 15 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also check out our Week 15 Half-PPR rankings and Standard rankings. A big congrats to our very own Nick Mariano who once again finished as a top-10 ranker in 2021 across the entire fantasy football industry!

Last updated on Sunday 12/18 at 11:00 am ET:

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Tier
RB
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Christian McCaffrey RB 1
1 2 Derrick Henry RB 2
1 3 Jonathan Taylor RB 4
1 4 Austin Ekeler RB 7
1 5 Josh Jacobs RB 10
2 6 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 15
2 7 Tony Pollard RB 16
2 8 Dalvin Cook RB 17
2 9 Miles Sanders RB 18
3 10 Nick Chubb RB 19
3 11 Saquon Barkley RB 22
3 12 Joe Mixon RB 25
3 13 Aaron Jones RB 28
3 14 Alvin Kamara RB 31
3 15 Isiah Pacheco RB 32
3 16 James Conner RB 39
3 17 Ezekiel Elliott RB 41
3 18 Travis Etienne Jr. RB 43
3 19 Najee Harris RB 45
3 20 Zonovan Knight RB 48
4 21 Brian Robinson Jr. RB 50
4 22 David Montgomery RB 52
4 23 J.K. Dobbins RB 53
5 24 Rachaad White RB 54
5 25 Jamaal Williams RB 55
5 26 D'Andre Swift RB 57
5 27 Kenneth Walker III RB 59
5 28 D'Onta Foreman RB 63
5 29 Jerick McKinnon RB 69
5 30 Cordarrelle Patterson RB 72
5 31 AJ Dillon RB 73
5 32 Latavius Murray RB 74
5 33 Raheem Mostert RB 79
5 34 Leonard Fournette RB 80
6 35 Cam Akers RB 84
6 36 Antonio Gibson RB 88
6 37 Devin Singletary RB 93
6 38 James Cook RB 98
7 39 Samaje Perine RB 100
7 40 Chuba Hubbard RB 104
7 41 Tyler Allgeier RB 115
8 42 Rex Burkhead RB 116
8 43 Dare Ogunbowale RB 120
8 44 Michael Carter RB 124
8 45 Kareem Hunt RB 127
8 46 Gus Edwards RB 133
9 47 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 134
9 48 Travis Homer RB 142
9 49 Jordan Mason RB 153
9 50 Jaylen Warren RB 169
10 51 Alexander Mattison RB 171
11 52 Kyren Williams RB 172
11 53 Marlon Mack RB 182
11 54 Matt Breida RB 183
11 55 Kenneth Gainwell RB 186
11 56 Ameer Abdullah RB 193
11 57 Joshua Kelley RB 199
11 58 Kenyan Drake RB 206
11 59 Kevin Harris RB 211
12 60 Boston Scott RB 212
12 61 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 213
12 62 Caleb Huntley RB 214
12 63 JaMycal Hasty RB 215
12 64 Tony Jones Jr. RB 216
13 65 Raheem Blackshear RB 220
13 66 Keaontay Ingram RB 222
13 67 Nyheim Hines RB 225
13 68 Gary Brightwell RB 228
13 69 Deon Jackson RB 232
13 70 Chris Evans RB 234
13 71 Ty Johnson RB 235
13 72 Kyle Juszczyk RB 237
13 73 Justin Jackson RB 238
13 74 Zamir White RB 239
13 75 Benny Snell Jr. RB 242
13 76 Darrynton Evans RB 243
13 77 Hassan Haskins RB 248
13 78 Isaiah Spiller RB 250
14 79 David Johnson RB 256
14 80 Salvon Ahmed RB 259
14 81 Malcolm Brown RB 262
14 82 Myles Gaskin RB 264
14 83 Alec Ingold RB 265
14 84 Zack Moss RB 266
14 85 Justice Hill RB 267
14 86 Ronald Jones II RB 271
14 87 Trestan Ebner RB 273
14 88 Julius Chestnut RB 275
14 89 Melvin Gordon III RB 277
14 90 Dwayne Washington RB 278
14 91 James Robinson RB 282
14 92 Corey Clement RB 284
14 93 Patrick Ricard RB 287
14 94 C.J. Ham RB 288
14 95 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB 290
14 96 Snoop Conner RB 292
14 97 Jakob Johnson RB 294
14 98 Trayveon Williams RB 295
14 99 Derek Watt RB 303
14 100 Zander Horvath RB 306
14 101 Michael Burton RB 310
14 102 Devine Ozigbo RB 314
14 103 Malik Davis RB 315


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