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Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football PPR Drafts - Dalvin Cook, Breece Hall, Raheem Mostert, Jonathan Taylor, Alvin Kamara, more

Jonathan Taylor - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Updated fantasy football running back (RB) rankings for fantasy football drafts as of August 31, 2023. Check out the latest RB draft rankings and tiers.

Welcome back RotoBallers, to another edition of our fantasy football draft rankings series! Today we'll be looking at our updated 2023 fantasy football running back rankings for PPR leagues. The NFL season is rapidly approaching, and the fantasy football draft season is in full swing. Let's see where players like Dalvin Cook, Breece Hall, Ezekiel Elliott, Bijan Robinson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Rachaad White, Javonte Williams, Raheem Mostert, De'Von Achane, and Khalil Herbert rank.

Our running back fantasy football rankings are put together by NFL lead analysts Nick Mariano, Brandon Murchinson, Scott Engel, Andersen Pickard, and Biggie Libson. Below you will also see recent fantasy football news and NFL headlines for running backs, which are accounted for within these updated PPR draft rankings.

These PPR running back rankings are updated constantly - 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 notifications. We deliver all the top NFL news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

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Updated Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

The rankings table below last updated on August 31, 2023. You can also find our updated PPR Rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Non-PPR (Standard) rankings, Best Ball rankingsDynasty League rankings, and 2023 NFL Rookie Rankings.

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Tier
RB
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Christian McCaffrey RB 3
1 2 Austin Ekeler RB 6
1 3 Saquon Barkley RB 8
1 4 Bijan Robinson RB 11
1 5 Tony Pollard RB 12
1 6 Nick Chubb RB 16
2 7 Derrick Henry RB 18
2 8 Josh Jacobs RB 20
2 9 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 22
3 10 Joe Mixon RB 24
3 11 Travis Etienne Jr. RB 31
3 12 Jahmyr Gibbs RB 32
3 13 Najee Harris RB 33
3 14 Aaron Jones RB 38
3 15 Dameon Pierce RB 44
3 16 Breece Hall RB 46
3 17 Kenneth Walker III RB 47
4 18 Rachaad White RB 49
4 19 J.K. Dobbins RB 50
4 20 Alexander Mattison RB 51
4 21 James Conner RB 55
4 22 Miles Sanders RB 57
5 23 Cam Akers RB 58
5 24 Javonte Williams RB 69
5 25 James Cook RB 70
5 26 Alvin Kamara RB 72
5 27 D'Andre Swift RB 73
5 28 Isiah Pacheco RB 74
5 29 David Montgomery RB 75
5 30 Dalvin Cook RB 81
6 31 Brian Robinson Jr. RB 83
6 32 Jonathan Taylor RB 84
6 33 Khalil Herbert RB 86
6 34 Raheem Mostert RB 88
7 35 AJ Dillon RB 89
7 36 Antonio Gibson RB 90
8 37 Jamaal Williams RB 109
8 38 Samaje Perine RB 113
8 39 Zach Charbonnet RB 115
8 40 Jerick McKinnon RB 118
8 41 Rashaad Penny RB 121
8 42 De'Von Achane RB 123
8 43 Kenneth Gainwell RB 125
9 44 Damien Harris RB 127
9 45 Jaylen Warren RB 129
9 46 Ezekiel Elliott RB 136
9 47 Tyler Allgeier RB 138
9 48 Tank Bigsby RB 141
9 49 Elijah Mitchell RB 145
10 50 Devin Singletary RB 148
10 51 Zack Moss RB 149
10 52 D'Onta Foreman RB 155
10 53 Evan Hull RB 158
11 54 Joshua Kelley RB 160
11 55 Kendre Miller RB 168
11 56 Roschon Johnson RB 169
11 57 Chuba Hubbard RB 172
11 58 Gus Edwards RB 181
11 59 Cordarrelle Patterson RB 182
12 60 Leonard Fournette RB 191
12 61 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 195
12 62 Ty Chandler RB 200
12 63 Deon Jackson RB 204
13 64 Rico Dowdle RB 208
13 65 Tyjae Spears RB 209
13 66 Zamir White RB 223
13 67 Jerome Ford RB 229
13 68 Malik Davis RB 233
13 69 Deuce Vaughn RB 235
13 70 Eric Gray RB 254
13 71 Israel Abanikanda RB 257
14 72 Latavius Murray RB 268
14 73 Kyren Williams RB 269
15 74 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 273
15 75 Kareem Hunt RB 274
15 76 Salvon Ahmed RB 276
15 77 Chase Edmonds RB 280
15 78 Chase Brown RB 283
15 79 Chris Evans RB 287
15 80 Sean Tucker RB 300
15 81 Isaiah Spiller RB 302
15 82 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 303
15 83 Michael Carter RB 305
15 84 Keaontay Ingram RB 307
15 85 Matt Breida RB 318
15 86 Zach Evans RB 326
15 87 Boston Scott RB 327
15 88 Jordan Mason RB 332
15 89 Raheem Blackshear RB 338
15 90 Zonovan Knight RB 343
15 91 JaMycal Hasty RB 346
15 92 DeWayne McBride RB 352
15 93 D'Ernest Johnson RB 353
15 94 Tyrion Davis-Price RB 365
15 95 Hassan Haskins RB 366
15 96 DeeJay Dallas RB 367

 



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