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Updated Week 4 Running Back Rankings

Kareem Hunt - Fantasy Football Rankings

Our updated Week 4 fantasy football running back rankings for 2021. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his RB ranks.

Welcome to Week 4 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 4 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick MarianoPierre Camus, Brandon Murchison and Scott Engel - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 4.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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

 

Week 4 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 4 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/3 at 10:30 am ET:

RB Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Derrick Henry RB 1
2 Alvin Kamara RB 2
3 Austin Ekeler RB 7
4 Aaron Jones RB 9
5 Joe Mixon RB 10
6 Nick Chubb RB 16
7 Dalvin Cook RB 19
8 Najee Harris RB 20
9 Ezekiel Elliott RB 21
10 D'Andre Swift RB 24
11 Antonio Gibson RB 26
12 Chris Carson RB 30
13 Jonathan Taylor RB 33
14 David Montgomery RB 37
15 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 38
16 James Robinson RB 39
17 Saquon Barkley RB 42
18 Kareem Hunt RB 46
19 Chuba Hubbard RB 48
20 Zack Moss RB 55
21 Myles Gaskin RB 59
22 Chase Edmonds RB 60
23 Miles Sanders RB 61
24 Leonard Fournette RB 62
25 Darrell Henderson Jr. RB 68
26 Melvin Gordon III RB 71
27 Javonte Williams RB 73
28 Trey Sermon RB 75
29 Jamaal Williams RB 77
30 Nyheim Hines RB 80
31 Mike Davis RB 84
32 Damien Harris RB 89
33 Tony Pollard RB 94
34 Josh Jacobs RB 97
35 Sony Michel RB 99
36 Alexander Mattison RB 107
37 Michael Carter RB 108
38 Devin Singletary RB 110
39 J.D. McKissic RB 114
40 Ty'Son Williams RB 115
41 Latavius Murray RB 117
42 Kenyan Drake RB 119
43 James Conner RB 129
44 Mark Ingram II RB 132
45 Kenneth Gainwell RB 136
46 Peyton Barber RB 137
47 Ronald Jones II RB 142
48 Kyle Juszczyk RB 143
49 AJ Dillon RB 147
50 Ty Johnson RB 152
51 Royce Freeman RB 165
52 Darrel Williams RB 170
53 Tony Jones Jr. RB 171
54 Malcolm Brown RB 174
55 Phillip Lindsay RB 178
56 J.J. Taylor RB 182
57 David Johnson RB 186
58 Brandon Bolden RB 193
59 Damien Williams RB 194
60 Jeremy McNichols RB 196
61 Salvon Ahmed RB 198
62 Larry Rountree III RB 199
63 Devonta Freeman RB 211
64 Travis Homer RB 212
65 Samaje Perine RB 213
66 Justin Jackson RB 215
67 Alex Collins RB 217
68 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 218
69 Jerick McKinnon RB 219
70 Tevin Coleman RB 225
71 Benny Snell Jr. RB 227
72 Ty Montgomery RB 228
73 Alec Ingold RB 230
74 Chris Evans RB 232
75 Ameer Abdullah RB 233
76 Matt Breida RB 236
77 Trenton Cannon RB 239
78 Jordan Wilkins RB 242
79 Kylin Hill RB 244
80 Marlon Mack RB 245
81 Rex Burkhead RB 246
82 DeeJay Dallas RB 247
83 Dare Ogunbowale RB 248
84 Jake Funk RB 249
85 Gary Brightwell RB 250
86 C.J. Ham RB 252
87 Jaret Patterson RB 257
88 Boston Scott RB 258
89 Kalen Ballage RB 260
90 D'Ernest Johnson RB 261
91 Devontae Booker RB 262
92 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB 265
93 Jacques Patrick RB 267
94 Kerryon Johnson RB 271
95 Le'Veon Bell RB 286
96 Keith Smith RB 323
97 Andy Janovich RB 327
98 Elijhaa Penny RB 332
99 Patrick Ricard RB 336


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