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Updated Week 7 Running Back Rankings

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Our updated Week 7 fantasy football running back rankings for 2021. Follow these fantasy football RB ranks when setting your Week 7 lineups.

Welcome to Week 7 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 7 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 7.

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!

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Week 7 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 7 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/24 at 11:00 am ET:

RB Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Derrick Henry RB 1
2 Alvin Kamara RB 3
3 Jonathan Taylor RB 8
4 Darrell Henderson Jr. RB 10
5 Aaron Jones RB 11
6 Chuba Hubbard RB 16
7 Leonard Fournette RB 21
8 Darrel Williams RB 22
9 Joe Mixon RB 23
10 D'Andre Swift RB 28
11 Josh Jacobs RB 29
12 Damien Harris RB 32
13 James Conner RB 35
14 Elijah Mitchell RB 36
15 Devontae Booker RB 40
16 Mike Davis RB 41
17 J.D. McKissic RB 46
18 Antonio Gibson RB 50
19 Miles Sanders RB 51
20 Melvin Gordon III RB 53
21 Chase Edmonds RB 56
22 Devonta Freeman RB 58
23 D'Ernest Johnson RB 64
24 Javonte Williams RB 66
25 Myles Gaskin RB 73
26 Khalil Herbert RB 74
27 Michael Carter RB 75
28 Alex Collins RB 84
29 Kenyan Drake RB 86
30 Damien Williams RB 88
31 AJ Dillon RB 91
32 Jamaal Williams RB 97
33 Nyheim Hines RB 103
34 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 105
35 Mark Ingram II RB 107
36 Kenneth Gainwell RB 108
37 David Johnson RB 111
38 Trey Sermon RB 125
39 Rashaad Penny RB 129
40 Le'Veon Bell RB 132
41 Sony Michel RB 133
42 Giovani Bernard RB 134
43 Chris Evans RB 138
44 Ronald Jones II RB 140
45 Ty Johnson RB 141
46 DeeJay Dallas RB 143
47 Ty'Son Williams RB 147
48 Salvon Ahmed RB 151
49 Jerick McKinnon RB 152
50 Marlon Mack RB 154
51 Kyle Juszczyk RB 155
52 Jeremy McNichols RB 157
53 Samaje Perine RB 159
54 Phillip Lindsay RB 160
55 Travis Homer RB 162
56 Jaret Patterson RB 166
57 Tevin Coleman RB 169
58 Malcolm Brown RB 180
59 Royce Freeman RB 181
60 Darrynton Evans RB 193
61 Elijhaa Penny RB 194
62 Peyton Barber RB 200
63 Alec Ingold RB 201
64 Ty Montgomery RB 203
65 Brandon Bolden RB 204
66 Gary Brightwell RB 208
67 Kylin Hill RB 210
68 Devine Ozigbo RB 221
69 Patrick Ricard RB 222
70 Boston Scott RB 224
71 Jalen Richard RB 230
72 John Kelly RB 232
73 JaMycal Hasty RB 233
74 Jonathan Ward RB 238
75 Wayne Gallman Jr. RB 239
76 Khari Blasingame RB 242
77 J.J. Taylor RB 247
78 Artavis Pierce RB 266


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