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Projections last updated: Sep 10, 2023 Rushing Receiving Fantasy
Rank Player Team Bye Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD FPts Value
1 Christian McCaffrey SF 9 207 924 7.4 71 566 3.1 212.0 134.2
2 Bijan Robinson ATL 11 237 1146 8.4 38 331 1.8 208.9 131.1
3 Nick Chubb CLE 5 266 1232 9.3 26 218 1.0 206.7 128.9
4 Derrick Henry TEN 7 287 1247 9.5 22 186 0.5 203.3 125.5
5 Austin Ekeler LAC 5 191 786 6.4 74 586 4.3 201.4 123.6
6 Tony Pollard DAL 7 224 1006 8.1 46 370 2.0 198.2 120.4
7 Josh Jacobs LV 13 236 1103 8.8 33 237 0.7 190.9 113.1
8 Saquon Barkley NYG 13 237 1037 7.9 47 320 1.2 190.3 112.5
9 Najee Harris PIT 6 236 977 7.2 26 180 1.0 164.9 87.1
10 Rhamondre Stevenson NE 11 188 872 5.9 45 327 1.0 161.3 83.5
11 Kenneth Walker III SEA 5 197 943 6.7 27 192 0.3 155.5 77.7
12 Jahmyr Gibbs DET 9 159 721 5.6 46 351 2.2 154.0 76.2
13 Breece Hall NYJ 7 167 782 5.2 39 325 1.8 152.7 74.9
14 Alexander Mattison MIN 13 188 774 7.1 33 231 1.1 149.7 71.9
15 Joe Mixon CIN 7 192 787 6.5 34 237 1.2 148.6 70.8
16 Miles Sanders CAR 7 220 971 6.2 16 109 0.4 147.6 69.8
17 Dameon Pierce HOU 7 200 846 6.5 27 194 0.7 147.3 69.5
18 Travis Etienne Jr. JAC 9 188 822 6.3 30 214 0.9 146.8 69.0
19 Aaron Jones GB 6 155 748 4.9 38 306 1.5 143.8 66.0
20 J.K. Dobbins BAL 13 189 933 5.7 13 90 0.8 141.4 63.6
21 Isiah Pacheco KC 10 166 795 5.7 22 177 1.5 140.3 62.5
22 David Montgomery DET 9 171 775 7.4 17 117 0.4 136.0 58.2
23 Cam Akers LAR 10 193 830 6.0 18 125 0.5 134.4 56.6
24 James Conner ARI 14 173 699 5.6 33 235 0.7 131.2 53.4
25 Khalil Herbert CHI 13 174 825 5.4 17 117 0.4 129.0 51.2
26 Brian Robinson WAS 14 188 819 5.8 12 89 0.3 127.4 49.6
27 Javonte Williams DEN 9 154 677 5.1 30 221 0.8 125.1 47.3
28 AJ Dillon GB 6 166 706 6.3 15 120 0.4 122.9 45.1
29 James Cook BUF 13 119 543 2.3 46 351 2.4 117.6 39.8
30 Rachaad White TB 5 145 607 4.3 34 251 0.8 116.3 38.5
31 D'Andre Swift PHI 10 142 627 4.4 31 233 0.5 115.4 37.6
32 Alvin Kamara NO 11 110 475 2.7 44 343 2.1 110.5 32.7
33 Jonathan Taylor IND 11 142 652 4.1 24 162 0.7 110.2 32.4
34 Dalvin Cook NYJ 7 140 603 3.6 30 216 0.9 108.8 31.0
35 Antonio Gibson WAS 14 94 441 3.4 44 346 1.4 107.5 29.7
36 Zach Charbonnet SEA 5 123 569 3.7 29 223 0.5 104.3 26.5
37 Samaje Perine DEN 9 133 546 3.4 30 213 1.2 103.5 25.7
38 Raheem Mostert MIA 10 124 524 4.3 21 159 0.9 99.5 21.7
39 Tank Bigsby JAC 9 109 454 3.2 29 245 1.4 97.5 19.7
40 Tyler Allgeier ATL 11 134 625 4.4 9 65 0.3 97.2 19.4
41 Elijah Mitchell SF 9 125 580 4.3 13 93 0.3 94.9 17.1
42 Rashaad Penny PHI 10 109 501 6.1 9 64 0.2 94.2 16.4
43 Roschon Johnson CHI 13 119 526 3.0 23 174 0.9 93.4 15.6
44 Devon Achane MIA 10 94 430 2.8 33 247 1.2 91.7 13.9
45 Kyren Williams LAR 10 109 453 2.9 29 219 1.0 90.6 12.8
46 Ezekiel Elliott NE 11 112 466 4.7 21 139 0.3 90.5 12.7
46 Kenneth Gainwell PHI 10 109 488 4.3 19 136 0.4 90.5 12.7
46 Jaylen Warren PIT 6 95 433 2.6 32 244 1.2 90.5 12.7
49 Jerick McKinnon KC 10 71 311 2.3 33 262 2.7 87.4 9.6
50 Devin Singletary HOU 7 110 467 2.7 24 164 0.8 84.0 6.2

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Fantasy Football RB Rankings 2023

Here are our free fantasy football RB rankings for 2023. We list the primary “scoring” categories for the RB position in fantasy football: rushing attempts, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns, along with receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns. If you want to see more detail that includes things like yards per carry, yards per catch, and targets, you can check out our fantasy football RB projections page.

Our data-driven approach is then to rank Running Backs by their predicted fantasy football points scored in the 2023 season. If you want to use these Fantasy Football RB rankings as a draft guide, rather than strictly follow the exact order, you can also see the predicted fantasy points and the differences among players. You could use that information to identify tiers of players for your draft. A 10-point difference in projected fantasy points at the RB position, for example, may be one touchdown and 40 total yards of difference in our projected stats. That’s reasonably close, and a small adjustment could swap those rankings.

Focus on Fantasy Points Differences, Versus Fantasy Football RB Rankings Differences

You should be more concerned with the difference in fantasy points than the difference in the fantasy football RB rankings. The difference between Christian McCaffrey and a running back just a few slots lower may be more than the difference between our 10th-ranked and 20th-ranked running backs.

If you wanted to exchange Breece Hall for Rhamondre Stevenson in the rankings, our projections are close enough that is a reasonable call. However, switching Hall for Kenneth Walker would be a much bigger reach. Anything can happen over the course of the season, but based on what we know now, Hall projects as more likely to score above Walker and thus is ranked higher for a reason.

Using Average Draft Position Data with Our Fantasy Football RB Rankings

You can also use average draft position (ADP) information to decide which player to take and where the right spot to draft a player we have ranked higher than others. If you are looking at two running backs in our fantasy football RB rankings that are very close, you might consider first grabbing the one who is expected to be drafted soon, and see if you can get the other in a few rounds, if we are higher than the consensus on that player. 

Having the best draft involves getting the best player you can, at the point in the draft where you need to take them to insure they are on your roster. So you should try to account for where you think players will go in your draft format.