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Week 1 Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Breece Hall, Cam Akers, Alexander Mattison, Antonio Gibson, Raheem Mostert

Alexander Mattison - Fantasy Football Rankings, Draft Sleepers, Waiver Wire Pickups

Week 1 fantasy football running back rankings, as of September 7th. Set winning lineups with our Week 1 rankings for fantasy football and the 2023 NFL season.

Welcome RotoBallers! It's officially Week 1 of the NFL season! We are back with our weekly fantasy football rankings and articles to help you crush your leagues in 2023! Below you'll see our NFL team's updated Week 1 fantasy football running back rankings as of September 7th. Let's see where key players like Jahmyr Gibbs, Javonte Williams, D'Andre Swift, Breece Hall, Dameon Pierce, David Montgomery, and Raheem Mostert, Alexander Mattison, Antonio Gibson, James Cook rank, among others.

Our running back fantasy football rankings for Week 1 are put together by Nick Mariano. 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.

Be sure to bookmark our fantasy football rankings portal and check back regularly for updates. Most importantly, our free mobile app is a must-have - download it and configure your push notifications. We deliver all the top NFL news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts... all for free!

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

 

Week 1 Running Backs Fantasy Football News and Injuries

 

Week 1 Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Top-75

Be sure to also check out our Week 1 Half-PPR rankings and Standard rankings

Last updated on Thursday 9/7 at 2:30 pm ET:

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Tier
RB
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Christian McCaffrey RB 4
1 2 Austin Ekeler RB 5
1 3 Saquon Barkley RB 8
1 4 Tony Pollard RB 10
1 5 Bijan Robinson RB 11
1 6 Nick Chubb RB 12
2 7 Derrick Henry RB 16
2 8 Josh Jacobs RB 17
2 9 Joe Mixon RB 21
3 10 Travis Etienne Jr. RB 24
3 11 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 26
3 12 Jahmyr Gibbs RB 28
3 13 Aaron Jones RB 32
3 14 Kenneth Walker III RB 34
3 15 Rachaad White RB 35
3 16 Najee Harris RB 38
3 17 Alexander Mattison RB 45
4 18 Cam Akers RB 46
4 19 J.K. Dobbins RB 47
4 20 Dameon Pierce RB 50
4 21 Miles Sanders RB 51
4 22 Isiah Pacheco RB 55
5 23 James Cook RB 57
5 24 James Conner RB 58
5 25 Jamaal Williams RB 60
5 26 David Montgomery RB 61
5 27 Brian Robinson Jr. RB 62
5 28 Khalil Herbert RB 65
5 29 D'Andre Swift RB 69
5 30 Javonte Williams RB 70
6 31 Antonio Gibson RB 73
6 32 Breece Hall RB 75
6 33 AJ Dillon RB 78
6 34 Raheem Mostert RB 81
7 35 Dalvin Cook RB 83
7 36 Damien Harris RB 96
8 37 Deon Jackson RB 101
8 38 Samaje Perine RB 108
8 39 Zach Charbonnet RB 112
8 40 Jerick McKinnon RB 123
8 41 Tyler Allgeier RB 131
8 42 De'Von Achane RB 135
8 43 Kenneth Gainwell RB 136
9 44 Jaylen Warren RB 139
9 45 Rashaad Penny RB 144
9 46 Elijah Mitchell RB 147
9 47 Tank Bigsby RB 149
9 48 Devin Singletary RB 157
9 49 D'Onta Foreman RB 165
10 50 Gus Edwards RB 168
10 51 Chuba Hubbard RB 172
10 52 Kendre Miller RB 173
10 53 Ezekiel Elliott RB 174
11 54 Evan Hull RB 176
11 55 Roschon Johnson RB 181
11 56 Michael Carter RB 182
11 57 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 184
11 58 Joshua Kelley RB 189
11 59 Tyjae Spears RB 191
12 60 Deuce Vaughn RB 202
12 61 Cordarrelle Patterson RB 204
12 62 Malik Davis RB 210
12 63 Chase Brown RB 211
13 64 Jerome Ford RB 212
13 65 Latavius Murray RB 214
13 66 Ty Chandler RB 217
13 67 Sean Tucker RB 221
13 68 Zamir White RB 224
13 69 Kyren Williams RB 225
13 70 Israel Abanikanda RB 228
13 71 Zack Moss RB 233
14 72 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 234
14 73 Matt Breida RB 235
15 74 Chase Edmonds RB 236
15 75 Boston Scott RB 240
15 76 Chris Evans RB 243
15 77 JaMycal Hasty RB 249
15 78 Zach Evans RB 253
15 79 Isaiah Spiller RB 266
15 80 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 270
15 81 Rico Dowdle RB 272
15 82 DeeJay Dallas RB 274
15 83 Jordan Mason RB 275
15 84 Keaontay Ingram RB 281
15 85 Myles Gaskin RB 287
15 86 Trayveon Williams RB 290
15 87 Justice Hill RB 297
15 88 Eric Gray RB 301
15 89 Kenny McIntosh RB 306
15 90 Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB 309
15 91 Ameer Abdullah RB 314
15 92 DeWayne McBride RB 318
15 93 Raheem Blackshear RB 319
15 94 Kyle Juszczyk RB 320
15 95 D'Ernest Johnson RB 323
16 96 Salvon Ahmed RB 328
16 97 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB 331

 



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