Week 16 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Ashton Jeanty Falls Out Of Top 15

Michael Fabiano | 2 Hours Ago

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty (2) faces the Houston Texans in Week 16. / Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

Welcome to Week 16 and the second week of the fantasy football playoffs! If you survived the first round and have advanced, congratulations! Now, let’s go win that league championship!

The NFL schedule no longer has bye weeks, so we’ll get all 32 teams and all our players (at least the healthy ones) who have helped us reach this point in the season. I would also not be afraid to sit a “big name” running back who has struggled, like Ashton Jeanty or Omarion Hampton, if you have a respectable pivot on your fantasy roster.

This week’s biggest running back ranking risers are TreVeyon Henderson, Rico Dowdle, and Aaron Jones Sr., all of whom have great matchups or are playing at an exceeding high level lately. On the flip side, backs like Jeanty, Hampton and Jaylen Warren have either seen their fantasy stats decline in recent weeks or could struggle against a tough opponent.

With that said, here are my complete fantasy football running back rankings for Week 16 of the NFL season!  Be sure to check back daily for updates!

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Week 16 Fantasy Running Back Rankings

RK	Player	TM	Opponent
1	Christian McCaffrey	SF	at IND
2	Bijan Robinson	ATL	at ARI
3	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	vs. PIT
4	De'Von Achane	MIA	vs. CIN
5	Jonathan Taylor	IND	vs. SF
6	James Cook	BUF	at CLE
7	Saquon Barkley	PHI	at WAS
8	Josh Jacobs	GB	at CHI
9	Chase Brown	CIN	at MIA
10	Bucky Irving	TB	at CAR
11	Javonte Williams	DAL	vs. LAC
12	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	at BAL
13	Kyren Williams	LAR	at SEA
14	Travis Etienne Jr.	JAC	at DEN
15	Derrick Henry	BAL	vs. NE
16	Rico Dowdle	CAR	vs. TB
17	RJ Harvey	DEN	vs. JAC
18	D'Andre Swift	CHI	vs. GB
19	Breece Hall	NYJ	at NO
20	Ashton Jeanty	LV	at HOU
21	Woody Marks	HOU	vs. LV
22	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	vs. BUF
23	Aaron Jones Sr.	MIN	at NYG
24	Jaylen Warren	PIT	at DET
25	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	NYG	vs. MIN
26	Tony Pollard	TEN	vs. KC
27	Devin Neal	NO	vs. NYJ
28	Omarion Hampton	LAC	at DAL
29	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	vs. LAR
30	Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	at DET
31	Kyle Monangai	CHI	vs. GB
32	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	vs. TB
33	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	at BAL
34	David Montgomery	DET	vs. PIT
35	Kareem Hunt	KC	at TEN
36	Michael Carter	ARI	vs. ATL
37	Kimani Vidal	LAC	at DAL
38	Blake Corum	LAR	at SEA
39	Isiah Pacheco	KC	at TEN
40	Jordan Mason	MIN	at DAL
41	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	vs. PHI
42	Zach Charbonnet	SEA	vs. LAR
43	Tyler Allgeier	ATL	at ARI
44	Tyjae Spears	TEN	vs. KC
45	Rachaad White	TB	at CAR
46	Devin Singletary	NYG	vs. MIN
47	Sean Tucker	TB	at CAR
48	Emari Demercado	ARI	vs. ATL
49	Emanuel Wilson	GB	at CHI
50	Jeremy McNichols	WAS	vs. PHI
51	Jaylen Wright	MIA	vs. CIN
52	Brian Robinson Jr.	SF	at IND
53	Nick Chubb	HOU	vs. LV
54	Jaleel McLaughlin	DEN	vs. JAC
55	Ollie Gordon II	MIA	vs. CIN
56	Evan Hull	NO	vs. NYJ
57	Ty Johnson	BUF	at CLE
58	Samaje Perine	CIN	at MIA
59	LeQuint Allen	JAC	at DEN
60	Audric Estime	NO	vs. NYJ