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Updated Week 5 Running Back Rankings

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Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 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 5.

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!

Editor's Note: Our incredible team of writers won two writing awards and received 12 award nominations by the Fantasy Sports Writers Association. A big congrats to our very own Byron Lindeque (Golf) and Jordan McAbee (NASCAR) for both winning Writer Of The Year awards! Be sure to follow RotoBaller's analysis and advice all year long, and win more. Win More With RotoBaller!

 

Week 5 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 5 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/10 at 12:00 pm ET:

RB Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Derrick Henry RB 1
2 Aaron Jones RB 6
3 Alvin Kamara RB 8
4 Austin Ekeler RB 11
5 Nick Chubb RB 12
6 Saquon Barkley RB 13
7 Ezekiel Elliott RB 14
8 James Robinson RB 17
9 Najee Harris RB 18
10 Jonathan Taylor RB 19
11 Alexander Mattison RB 20
12 D'Andre Swift RB 21
13 Darrell Henderson Jr. RB 31
14 Kareem Hunt RB 42
15 Damien Harris RB 43
16 Damien Williams RB 46
17 Leonard Fournette RB 48
18 Chuba Hubbard RB 51
19 Antonio Gibson RB 54
20 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 56
21 Josh Jacobs RB 62
22 Alex Collins RB 63
23 Chase Edmonds RB 66
24 Jamaal Williams RB 70
25 Zack Moss RB 71
26 Mike Davis RB 74
27 Melvin Gordon III RB 75
28 Miles Sanders RB 77
29 Latavius Murray RB 80
30 Kenneth Gainwell RB 85
31 Michael Carter RB 88
32 Joe Mixon RB 89
33 James Conner RB 91
34 Tony Pollard RB 95
35 Javonte Williams RB 100
36 Nyheim Hines RB 101
37 J.D. McKissic RB 105
38 Elijah Mitchell RB 107
39 Trey Sermon RB 110
40 Samaje Perine RB 113
41 Myles Gaskin RB 121
42 Devin Singletary RB 129
43 Ronald Jones II RB 130
44 AJ Dillon RB 131
45 Kenyan Drake RB 132
46 Malcolm Brown RB 141
47 Sony Michel RB 151
48 Darrel Williams RB 161
49 Travis Homer RB 163
50 Brandon Bolden RB 166
51 Mark Ingram II RB 172
52 Jeremy McNichols RB 174
53 Larry Rountree III RB 175
54 David Johnson RB 177
55 Ty Johnson RB 178
56 Kyle Juszczyk RB 182
57 Royce Freeman RB 187
58 Khalil Herbert RB 189
59 Chris Evans RB 190
60 Tevin Coleman RB 195
61 Peyton Barber RB 197
62 Salvon Ahmed RB 201
63 Ty Montgomery RB 206
64 Dare Ogunbowale RB 207
65 Phillip Lindsay RB 211
66 Le'Veon Bell RB 213
67 Carlos Hyde RB 214
68 Marlon Mack RB 216
69 Wayne Gallman Jr. RB 223
70 Giovani Bernard RB 224
71 Devonta Freeman RB 227
72 Rodney Smith RB 228
73 Jacques Patrick RB 234
74 DeeJay Dallas RB 241
75 Jaret Patterson RB 242
76 Jerick McKinnon RB 244
77 J.J. Taylor RB 245
78 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 249
79 Ryan Nall RB 253
80 Alec Ingold RB 254
81 Devontae Booker RB 256
82 Devine Ozigbo RB 257
83 Ty'Son Williams RB 259
84 Ameer Abdullah RB 261
85 Dwayne Washington RB 266
86 Benny Snell Jr. RB 269
87 Joshua Kelley RB 272
88 Jake Funk RB 275
89 Keith Smith RB 290
90 Kylin Hill RB 291
91 Gary Brightwell RB 292
92 Patrick Ricard RB 295
93 C.J. Ham RB 296
94 Trayveon Williams RB 299
95 Kalen Ballage RB 303
96 Trenton Cannon RB 307
97 Boston Scott RB 313
98 D'Ernest Johnson RB 315
99 Mike Strachan RB 329
100 Elijhaa Penny RB 333


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