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Early 2025 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: De'Von Achane, Christian McCaffrey, Ashton Jeanty, Derrick Henry, Bucky Irving, Alvin Kamara

De'Von Achane - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL DFS Picks, Injury News

RotoBaller's early 2025 fantasy football running back rankings for redraft leagues. These are pre-NFL Draft rankings for fantasy football RBs.

Running backs are back as the stars of fantasy football rosters after several boomed in 2024. It's time to take a look at next year's fantasy football landscape, so let's get things started with our early 2025 fantasy football running back rankings for redraft leagues. Let's dive into the rankings below to identify where key ball carriers such as De'Von Achane, Christian McCaffrey, Ashton Jeanty, Derrick Henry, Bucky Irving, and Alvin Kamara stand for the next fantasy football season.

We're cranking away all year with fantasy football content -- so be sure to also check out our 2025 best ball fantasy football rankings, 2025 dynasty fantasy football rankings, and 2025 NFL rookie fantasy football rankings. Whatever you're interested in, we've got you covered.

RotoBaller's lead NFL analyst Nick Mariano has put together these initial 2025 rankings, which will of course be updated regularly throughout the NFL off-season -- after the NFL scouting combine, after the NFL Draft, after NFL free agency, and all through the start of the 2025 fantasy football season.

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

 

Early 2025 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

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Tier
RB
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Saquon Barkley RB 1
1 2 Bijan Robinson RB 3
1 3 Jahmyr Gibbs RB 7
1 4 De'Von Achane RB 12
1 5 Breece Hall RB 14
1 6 Chase Brown RB 15
2 7 Josh Jacobs RB 16
2 8 Bucky Irving RB 17
2 9 Christian McCaffrey RB 18
3 10 Derrick Henry RB 19
3 11 Ashton Jeanty RB 21
3 12 Kyren Williams RB 22
3 13 Jonathan Taylor RB 24
3 14 James Cook RB 29
3 15 Joe Mixon RB 34
3 16 Alvin Kamara RB 36
3 17 Chuba Hubbard RB 37
4 18 David Montgomery RB 42
4 19 James Conner RB 44
4 20 Kenneth Walker III RB 45
4 21 Jaylen Warren RB 46
4 22 Brian Robinson Jr. RB 47
5 23 Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB 51
5 24 Tony Pollard RB 54
5 25 Isiah Pacheco RB 58
5 26 Aaron Jones RB 60
5 27 J.K. Dobbins RB 68
5 28 D'Andre Swift RB 79
5 29 Rico Dowdle RB 82
5 30 Nick Chubb RB 90
5 31 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 101
5 32 Najee Harris RB 102
5 33 Travis Etienne Jr. RB 107
5 34 Tank Bigsby RB 116
5 35 Zach Charbonnet RB 117
6 36 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 120
6 37 Rachaad White RB 121
6 38 Tyjae Spears RB 124
6 39 Blake Corum RB 125
6 40 Austin Ekeler RB 129
6 41 Omarion Hampton RB 130
6 42 Jerome Ford RB 133
6 43 Trey Benson RB 134
6 44 Javonte Williams RB 136
6 45 Jordan Mason RB 137
7 46 Kareem Hunt RB 140
7 47 Raheem Mostert RB 146
7 48 Audric Estime RB 148
7 49 Tyler Allgeier RB 152
7 50 Antonio Gibson RB 153
7 51 Ray Davis RB 156
7 52 Devin Singletary RB 159
7 53 Khalil Herbert RB 170
7 54 Braelon Allen RB 171
7 55 Roschon Johnson RB 172
7 56 MarShawn Lloyd RB 178
7 57 Sincere McCormick RB 179
7 58 Kendre Miller RB 190
7 59 Jaylen Wright RB 193
7 60 Isaac Guerendo RB 195
8 61 TreVeyon Henderson RB 201
8 62 Kaleb Johnson RB 205
8 63 Kimani Vidal RB 208
8 64 Quinshon Judkins RB 210
8 65 Gus Edwards RB 214
8 66 Samaje Perine RB 218
8 67 Justice Hill RB 221
8 68 Trevor Etienne RB 223
8 69 Dylan Sampson RB 227
8 70 Kenneth Gainwell RB 229
8 71 Will Shipley RB 245
8 72 Dylan Laube RB 248
8 73 Dameon Pierce RB 257
8 74 Miles Sanders RB 259
8 75 Alexander Mattison RB 265
9 76 Trey Sermon RB 267
9 77 Keaton Mitchell RB 276
9 78 D'Onta Foreman RB 277
9 79 Ollie Gordon II RB 282
9 80 RJ Harvey RB 284
9 81 Tahj Brooks RB 287
9 82 Damien Martinez RB 292
9 83 Ty Chandler RB 299
9 84 Jamaal Williams RB 301
9 85 Cam Akers RB 302
9 86 Zack Moss RB 303
9 87 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 308
9 88 Cordarrelle Patterson RB 310
9 89 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 312
9 90 Ameer Abdullah RB 314
10 91 Jaydn Ott RB 317
10 92 Kalel Mullings RB 318
10 93 Donovan Edwards RB 321
10 94 Jarquez Hunter RB 322
10 95 Raheim Sanders RB 324
10 96 Zamir White RB 326
10 97 Emanuel Wilson RB 327
10 98 Sean Tucker RB 330
10 99 Carson Steele RB 332
10 100 Jeremy McNichols RB 333
10 101 Isaiah Davis RB 335
10 102 D'Ernest Johnson RB 337
10 103 Tyler Badie RB 339
10 104 Emari Demercado RB 342
10 105 Rasheen Ali RB 344
10 106 Michael Carter RB 347
10 107 Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB 355
10 108 Ty Johnson RB 357
10 109 Elijah Mitchell RB 358
10 110 Craig Reynolds RB 359
11 111 Raheem Blackshear RB 360
11 112 Eric Gray RB 363
11 113 Patrick Taylor Jr. RB 365
11 114 Deuce Vaughn RB 368
11 115 Tyler Goodson RB 372


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