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Updated Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football Playoff Leagues: Leonard Fournette, Joe Mixon, Sony Michel, Devin Singletary

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Our updated Playoff League fantasy football running back rankings. Set your winning lineups with our fantasy football RB rankings for NFL postseason contests.

Welcome RotoBaller to the NFL playoffs. Below are our fantasy football running back rankings for playoff leagues. There are all sorts of fantasy football leagues and contests geared towards the NFL playoffs, and this article will help you set those winning lineups.

Playoff leagues are a fun way to kick off a fresh new fantasy football contest for the NFL postseason. For most of us, we've been left with a void and that weekly excitement with season-long fantasy football leagues all wrapped up. There will be DFS contests all through the Super Bowl, but playoff league formats are really fun and replicate that season-long feel. Most of these contests will require you to choose only a single player from each NFL team, and to fill out a certain amount of rosters spots at each position. There are many different contests out there, but our friends at FFPC of course hold the biggest and best Playoff Challenge tournament with a $500K grand prize to the first place winner.

Our rankings below are geared towards playoff league formats, and take into account how far we think each team will get in the NFL playoffs. The goal is to choose the best combination of players that will play the most games, and score the most points. In addition to our staff RB rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for running backs this week. There are many key injuries and COVID-19 situations to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff. Good luck RotoBallers!

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

 

NFL Playoffs Injury Updates for Fantasy Football

 

Playoff League Fantasy Football Running Back 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 Friday 1/14 at 4:00 pm ET:

RB Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Leonard Fournette RB 2
2 Joe Mixon RB 3
3 Devin Singletary RB 11
4 Aaron Jones RB 12
5 James Conner RB 13
6 Ezekiel Elliott RB 14
7 Josh Jacobs RB 16
8 Sony Michel RB 18
9 AJ Dillon RB 19
10 Najee Harris RB 22
11 Damien Harris RB 26
12 Elijah Mitchell RB 27
13 Chase Edmonds RB 29
14 Darrel Williams RB 31
15 Miles Sanders RB 41
16 Tony Pollard RB 43
17 Cam Akers RB 48
18 D'Onta Foreman RB 50
19 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 51
20 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB 52
21 Jordan Howard RB 54
22 Zack Moss RB 56
23 Boston Scott RB 57
24 Brandon Bolden RB 61
25 Derrick Gore RB 63
26 Dontrell Hilliard RB 67
27 Samaje Perine RB 70
28 Kenneth Gainwell RB 73
29 Le'Veon Bell RB 74
30 Benny Snell Jr. RB 76
31 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 79
32 Jalen Richard RB 82
33 Eno Benjamin RB 85
34 Trey Sermon RB 87
35 Jerick McKinnon RB 90
36 Anthony McFarland Jr. RB 95
37 Kyle Juszczyk RB 97
38 Chris Evans RB 99
39 Matt Breida RB 100
40 JaMycal Hasty RB 101
41 Jake Funk RB 105
42 Corey Clement RB 109
43 Peyton Barber RB 110
44 Kalen Ballage RB 112



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