Week 18 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings: Derrick Henry In The Top 10

Michael Fabiano | 2 Hours Ago

Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry faces the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 18. / Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images

Welcome to Week 18 and the fantasy football championship (for those of you who are bold enough to make this your final week). Let’s talk about the challenges ahead. 

The NFL slate doesn’t include a Thursday night game. Instead, it features two games on Saturday. The Carolina Panthers face the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 4:30 p.m. ET with the winner taking the NFC South title (unless Atlanta wins on Sunday, then the Panthers win the division either way) and the No. 4 seed in the conference. At 8 p.m. ET, the San Francisco 49ers host the Seattle Seahawks in a battle for the NFC West championship and the No. 1 seed in that conference. Obviously, these games are huge.

The difficulty in playing in Week 18, of course, is the number of players who won’t play. We already know that Justin Herbert and some other Chargers starters (maybe Omarion Hampton) won’t play this week, and the Packers are likely to rest players too, including Josh Jacobs, since they are locked into the No. 7 seed in the NFC. 

Other teams will do the same thing, and some of those players won’t even be known until Sunday. Again, this is the challenge of playing fantasy in the NFL’s final week.

With that said, here are my complete fantasy football running back rankings for Week 18 of the NFL season!  Be sure to check back daily for updates!

Week 18 Fantasy Running Back Rankings

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