Fantasy Football 2019: RB Rankings and Auction Prices
Welcome to my 2019 fantasy football positional rankings series. This post has been updated slightly as news has changed. You can also check out my QB, WR, TE and K/DST rankings.
Below you'll see my rankings for the top 70 fantasy running backs. The basis for my rankings are my full-season statistical projections based on 12-team, half-PPR scoring formats with $200 budgets. I've also grouped players into tiers and added auction values.
The first tier of my rankings will be the top four picks in almost every draft this summer, even if the order may vary. On average, eight of the 12 first-round picks will be running backs based on average draft position (ADP) from Fantasy Football Calculator. Below them, you'll see flex players, handcuffs and deep sleepers who may have an impact this year.
For blurbs on each player, and more information to defend my rankings, check out the full post here.
Note: Rankings and blurbs updated on August 27.
Rank | Tier | RB | Team | Bye | Price |
1 | 1 | Saquon Barkley | 11 | $62 | |
2 | 1 | 7 | $59 | ||
3 | 1 | Alvin Kamara | 9 | $55 | |
4 | 1 | Ezekiel Elliott | 8 | $53 | |
5 | 2 | David Johnson | 12 | $49 | |
6 | 2 | Le'Veon Bell | 4 | $45 | |
7 | 2 | Joe Mixon | 9 | $43 | |
8 | 2 | James Conner | 7 | $43 | |
9 | 2 | Todd Gurley | 9 | $38 | |
10 | 3 | Dalvin Cook | 12 | $36 | |
11 | 3 | Leonard Fournette | 10 | $35 | |
12 | 3 | Aaron Jones | 11 | $33 | |
13 | 3 | Nick Chubb | 7 | $33 | |
14 | 3 | Kerryon Johnson | 5 | $33 | |
15 | 3 | Damien Williams | 12 | $33 | |
16 | 3 | Devonta Freeman | 9 | $29 | |
17 | 3 | 11 | $27 | ||
18 | 3 | Marlon Mack | 6 | $26 | |
19 | 3 | Melvin Gordon | 12 | $25 | |
20 | 4 | Mark Ingram | 8 | $24 | |
21 | 4 | Chris Carson | 11 | $23 | |
22 | 4 | Josh Jacobs | Oakland Raiders | 6 | $22 |
23 | 4 | Phillip Lindsay | 10 | $20 | |
24 | 4 | James White | 10 | $19 | |
25 | 5 | Sony Michel | New England Patriots | 10 | $17 |
26 | 5 | Tevin Coleman | 4 | $17 | |
27 | 5 | 6 | $17 | ||
28 | 5 | Tarik Cohen | Chicago Bears | 6 | $15 |
29 | 5 | Kenyan Drake | 5 | $13 | |
30 | 5 | Duke Johnson | 10 | $12 | |
31 | 5 | Austin Ekeler | Los Angeles Chargers | 12 | $12 |
32 | 6 | Miles Sanders | 10 | $10 | |
33 | 6 | Latavius Murray | New Orleans Saints | 9 | $9 |
34 | 6 | Derrius Guice | Washington Redskins | 10 | $8 |
35 | 6 | Royce Freeman | Denver Broncos | 10 | $8 |
36 | 6 | Rashaad Penny | Seattle Seahawks | 11 | $8 |
37 | 6 | Jordan Howard | Philadelphia Eagles | 10 | $8 |
38 | 6 | Ronald Jones | 7 | $7 | |
39 | 6 | Darrell Henderson | Los Angeles Rams | 9 | $7 |
40 | 6 | Kalen Ballage | Miami Dolphins | 5 | $7 |
41 | 6 | LeSean McCoy | 6 | $5 | |
42 | 7 | Peyton Barber | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7 | $5 |
43 | 7 | Dion Lewis | Tennessee Titans | 11 | $4 |
44 | 7 | Matt Breida | San Francisco 49ers | 4 | $4 |
45 | 7 | Nyheim Hines | Indianapolis Colts | 6 | $4 |
46 | 7 | Adrian Peterson | Washington Redskins | 10 | $4 |
47 | 8 | Justin Jackson | Los Angeles Chargers | 12 | $4 |
48 | 8 | Darwin Thompson | Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | $4 |
49 | 8 | C.J. Anderson | Detroit Lions | 5 | $3 |
50 | 8 | Jaylen Samuels | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7 | $3 |
51 | 8 | Devin Singletary | Buffalo Bills | 6 | $2 |
52 | 8 | Giovani Bernard | Cincinnati Bengals | 9 | $2 |
53 | 8 | Alexander Mattison | Minnesota Vikings | 12 | $2 |
54 | 8 | Damien Harris | New England Patriots | 10 | $2 |
55 | 8 | Carlos Hyde | Kansas City Chiefs | 12 | $2 |
56 | 8 | Kareem Hunt | Cleveland Browns | 7 | $2 |
57 | 8 | Damarea Crockett | Houston Texans | 10 | $1 |
58 | 8 | Tony Pollard | Dallas Cowboys | 8 | $1 |
59 | 8 | Chris Thompson | Washington Redskins | 10 | $1 |
60 | 8 | Justice Hill | Baltimore Ravens | 8 | $1 |
61 | 8 | Jalen Richard | Oakland Raiders | 6 | $1 |
62 | 8 | Jerick McKinnon | San Francisco 49ers | 4 | $1 |
63 | 8 | Mike Davis | Chicago Bears | 6 | $1 |
64 | 8 | Jamaal Williams | Green Bay Packers | 11 | $1 |
65 | 9 | Gus Edwards | Baltimore Ravens | 8 | $1 |
66 | 9 | Ito Smith | Atlanta Falcons | 9 | $0 |
67 | 9 | Chase Edmonds | Arizona Cardinals | 12 | $0 |
68 | 9 | Frank Gore | Buffalo Bills | 6 | $0 |
69 | 9 | Ty Montgomery | New York Jets | 4 | $0 |
70 | 9 | Malcolm Brown | Los Angeles Rams | 9 | $0 |
Kevin Hanson joins SI for the 2019 season. His fantasy rankings have placed him in the Top 20 in each of the past two seasons among all the industry experts tracked by FantasyPros.com, and he has been in the Top 25 in six of the past eight years.
