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Week 17 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: RJ Harvey Into The Top 10

Denver Broncos running back RJ Harvey faces the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17.
Denver Broncos running back RJ Harvey faces the Kansas City Chiefs in Week 17. | Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images

Welcome to Week 17 and the fantasy football championship! If you survived past the first two rounds, congratulations! Now, let’s win that league title (and bragging rights)!

The NFL slate is broken up into four days this week due to the Christmas holiday. On Thursday, the Cowboys will face the Commanders, the Vikings will host the Lions, and the Broncos will face the Chiefs in Kansas City. 

Saturday includes two games, starting with the Texans and the Chargers and finishing with the Ravens at the Packers at Lambeau Field. There will be 10 games on Sunday, including the Sunday night contest, and the week ends as normal on Monday night. 

This week’s biggest running back ranking risers are RJ Harvey, Jaylen Warren, and Kenneth Gainwell, all of whom have great matchups or are playing at an exceedingly high level lately. On the flip side, backs like Breece Hall and Tony Polllard 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 17 of the NFL season!  Be sure to check back daily for updates!

All Positions: QBs | WRs | TEs | FLEX | Ks | DEFs

Week 17 Fantasy Running Back Rankings

RK

Player

TM

Opponent

1

Christian McCaffrey

SF

vs. SEA

2

Bijan Robinson

ATL

vs. NO

3

Jahmyr Gibbs

DET

at CHI

4

Chase Brown

CIN

vs. CLE

5

De'Von Achane

MIA

at NE

6

Travis Etienne Jr.

JAC

vs. TEN

7

Derrick Henry

BAL

at PIT

8

Jonathan Taylor

IND

at HOU

9

Ashton Jeanty

LV

vs. KC

10

RJ Harvey

DEN

vs. LAC

11

Kyren Williams

LAR

vs. ARI

12

James Cook

BUF

vs. NYJ

13

TreVeyon Henderson

NE

vs. MIA

14

Jaylen Warren

PIT

vs. BAL

15

Kenneth Gainwell

PIT

vs. BAL

16

Bucky Irving

TB

vs. CAR

17

Tank Bigsby

PHI

vs. WAS

18

Aaron Jones Sr.

MIN

vs. GB

19

D'Andre Swift

CHI

vs. DET

20

Rico Dowdle

CAR

at TB

21

Breece Hall

NYJ

at BUF

22

Tyrone Tracy Jr.

NYG

vs. DAL

23

Rhamondre Stevenson

NE

vs. MIA

24

Dylan Sampson

CLE

at CIN

25

Woody Marks

HOU

vs. IND

26

Jaydon Blue

DAL

at NYG

27

Tony Pollard

TEN

at JAC

28

Audric Estime

NO

at ATL

29

Kenneth Walker III

SEA

at SF

30

Kyle Monangai

CHI

vs. DET

31

Zach Charbonnet

SEA

at SF

32

Michael Carter

ARI

at LAR

33

Omarion Hampton

LAC

at DEN

34

Jacory Croskey-Merritt

WAS

at PHI

35

Emanuel Wilson

GB

at MIN

36

Isiah Pacheco

KC

at LV

37

Tyjae Spears

TEN

at JAC

38

Blake Corum

LAR

vs. ARI

39

Tyler Allgeier

ATL

vs. NO

40

Chris Rodriguez Jr.

WAS

at PHI

41

Chuba Hubbard

CAR

at TB

42

Kareem Hunt

KC

at LV

43

David Montgomery

DET

at CHI

44

Devin Singletary

NYG

vs. DAL

45

Will Shipley

PHI

vs. WAS

46

Emari Demercado

ARI

at LAR

47

Ray Davis

BUF

vs. NYJ

48

Keaton Mitchell

BAL

at PIT

49

Chris Brooks

GB

at MIN

50

Ty Johnson

BUF

vs. NYJ

51

Samaje Perine

CIN

vs. CLE

52

Rachaad White

TB

vs. CAR

53

Kimani Vidal

LAC

at DEN

54

Raheim Sanders

CLE

at CIN

55

Jaleel McLaughlin

DEN

vs. LAC

56

Jaylen Wright

MIA

at NE

57

Sean Tucker

TB

vs. CAR

58

Jawhar Jordan

HOU

vs. IND

59

Brian Robinson Jr.

SF

vs. SEA

60

Phil Mafah

DAL

at NYG


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Michael Fabiano
MICHAEL FABIANO

Michael Fabiano is a fantasy football analyst for Sports Illustrated. His weekly rankings and Start 'Em, Sit 'Em articles are must-reads for fantasy players. He is also the co-host of the Fantasy Dirt Podcast on SI. Before joining SI in August 2020, he worked for CBS Sports, NFL Network and SiriusXM. He also contributes to Westwood One Radio. Fabiano was the first fantasy analyst to appear on one of the four major TV networks and is a member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hall of Fame.

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