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Updated Week 9 Running Back Rankings

David Montgomery - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS Lineup Picks

Our updated Week 9 fantasy football running back rankings for 2021. Follow these fantasy football RB ranks when setting your Week 9 lineups.

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 9 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 9.

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!

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

 

Week 9 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 9 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Saturday 11/6 at 9:00 pm ET:

RB Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Jonathan Taylor RB 2
2 Alvin Kamara RB 3
3 Dalvin Cook RB 5
4 Aaron Jones RB 6
5 Austin Ekeler RB 8
6 Najee Harris RB 10
7 Ezekiel Elliott RB 12
8 Darrell Henderson Jr. RB 16
9 Joe Mixon RB 20
10 Nick Chubb RB 24
11 Elijah Mitchell RB 32
12 Michael Carter RB 33
13 Damien Harris RB 40
14 Devontae Booker RB 41
15 Zack Moss RB 43
16 Darrel Williams RB 46
17 Boston Scott RB 48
18 Chase Edmonds RB 51
19 Myles Gaskin RB 54
20 Josh Jacobs RB 57
21 Christian McCaffrey RB 59
22 Melvin Gordon III RB 62
23 James Conner RB 69
24 Khalil Herbert RB 70
25 Javonte Williams RB 72
26 James Robinson RB 74
27 Jeremy McNichols RB 76
28 Tony Pollard RB 77
29 Devonta Freeman RB 79
30 David Montgomery RB 80
31 Adrian Peterson RB 82
32 Carlos Hyde RB 85
33 AJ Dillon RB 86
34 Devin Singletary RB 94
35 Kenneth Gainwell RB 100
36 Mike Davis RB 101
37 Kenyan Drake RB 104
38 Ty Johnson RB 105
39 D'Ernest Johnson RB 107
40 David Johnson RB 112
41 Jordan Howard RB 119
42 Nyheim Hines RB 122
43 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 123
44 Samaje Perine RB 126
45 Chuba Hubbard RB 127
46 Mark Ingram II RB 129
47 Salvon Ahmed RB 133
48 Derrick Gore RB 134
49 Phillip Lindsay RB 139
50 Sony Michel RB 140
51 Alexander Mattison RB 147
52 Brandon Bolden RB 149
53 Rex Burkhead RB 154
54 JaMycal Hasty RB 156
55 Dontrell Hilliard RB 158
56 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 163
57 Kyle Juszczyk RB 164
58 Jerick McKinnon RB 168
59 Le'Veon Bell RB 171
60 Ty'Son Williams RB 175
61 Marlon Mack RB 176
62 Scottie Phillips RB 184
63 Royce Freeman RB 198
64 Elijhaa Penny RB 200
65 C.J. Ham RB 201
66 Ty Montgomery RB 205
67 Larry Rountree III RB 207
68 Benny Snell Jr. RB 212
69 Ameer Abdullah RB 216
70 La'Mical Perine RB 221
71 Kalen Ballage RB 222
72 Trey Sermon RB 225
73 D'Onta Foreman RB 228
74 Alex Armah Jr. RB 229
75 Keith Smith RB 230
76 Ryan Nall RB 237
77 Wayne Gallman Jr. RB 239
78 Dare Ogunbowale RB 241
79 Johnny Stanton RB 242
80 Patrick Laird RB 244
81 Gary Brightwell RB 245
82 Trayveon Williams RB 246
83 Jakob Johnson RB 247
84 Devine Ozigbo RB 248
85 Trenton Cannon RB 249
86 Anthony McFarland Jr. RB 251
87 John Kelly RB 252
88 Artavis Pierce RB 254
89 Joshua Kelley RB 257
90 Jalen Richard RB 261
91 Alec Ingold RB 265
92 J.J. Taylor RB 266
93 Mike Boone RB 267
94 Patrick Ricard RB 271
95 Reggie Gilliam RB/TE 272
96 Buddy Howell RB 288


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