Updated Week 16 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 16 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 16 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• James Robinson Will Not Play
• James Conner Returns To Full Practice
• Ronald Jones II Officially Ruled Out
• Ezekiel Elliott Thinks He'll Play Against Eagles
• Julio Jones Expected To Be Game-Time Decision
• Antonio Gibson Practicing Again, Expected To Play
• Myles Gaskin Activated From COVID-19 List
• Ito Smith Named #1 RB Over Todd Gurley II
• Joe Mixon Won't Play In Week 16
• Christian McCaffrey Doubtful For Week 16
• Clyde Edwards-Helaire Out For Remainder Of Regular Season
• Raheem Mostert's Season Likely Over
• Cam Akers To Miss Week 16

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 16.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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Week 16 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 16 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 12/27 at 9:30 am ET:

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Derrick Henry	RB	1
2	Alvin Kamara	RB	4
3	Dalvin Cook	RB	5
4	David Montgomery	RB	7
5	Aaron Jones	RB	9
6	Nick Chubb	RB	10
7	Austin Ekeler	RB	12
8	Miles Sanders	RB	17
9	Jonathan Taylor	RB	18
10	D'Andre Swift	RB	20
11	Josh Jacobs	RB	24
12	David Johnson	RB	25
13	J.K. Dobbins	RB	26
14	Chris Carson	RB	33
15	Melvin Gordon III	RB	35
16	Leonard Fournette	RB	36
17	Le'Veon Bell	RB	39
18	Kenyan Drake	RB	42
19	Antonio Gibson	RB	44
20	Mike Davis	RB	45
21	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	46
22	Kareem Hunt	RB	47
23	Tony Pollard	RB	51
24	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	52
25	Darrell Henderson	RB	54
26	Giovani Bernard	RB	57
27	J.D. McKissic	RB	65
28	Wayne Gallman	RB	68
29	Myles Gaskin	RB	69
30	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	77
31	Chase Edmonds	RB	82
32	Sony Michel	RB	87
33	Nyheim Hines	RB	90
34	Salvon Ahmed	RB	91
35	Devin Singletary	RB	92
36	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB	93
37	Ito Smith	RB	94
38	James Conner	RB	97
39	Gus Edwards	RB	102
40	Zack Moss	RB	104
41	James White	RB	111
42	Latavius Murray	RB	115
43	Frank Gore	RB	117
44	Malcolm Brown	RB	120
45	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	121
46	Phillip Lindsay	RB	127
47	Ty Johnson	RB	136
48	Carlos Hyde	RB	137
49	Kalen Ballage	RB	141
50	Darrel Williams	RB	143
51	Peyton Barber	RB	147
52	Devine Ozigbo	RB	149
53	Matt Breida	RB	155
54	Boston Scott	RB	156
55	Todd Gurley II	RB	161
56	Devontae Booker	RB	171
57	Adrian Peterson	RB	176
58	LeSean McCoy	RB	179
59	Kerryon Johnson	RB	184
60	Jamaal Williams	RB	185
61	Jerick McKinnon	RB	188
62	Tevin Coleman	RB	196
63	AJ Dillon	RB	197
64	Joshua Kelley	RB	199
65	Trayveon Williams	RB	201
66	Alfred Morris	RB	202
67	Jaylen Samuels	RB	204
68	Alexander Mattison	RB	206
69	Rodney Smith	RB	207
70	Samaje Perine	RB	208
71	Brian Hill	RB	213
72	Rashaad Penny	RB	216
73	Dion Lewis	RB	217
74	Damien Harris	RB	225
75	Jordan Wilkins	RB	226
76	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	227
77	Jeremy McNichols	RB	231
78	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	232
79	La'Mical Perine	RB	236
80	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	238
81	Jalen Richard	RB	239
82	Rico Dowdle	RB	241
83	Darrynton Evans	RB	244
84	Darwin Thompson	RB	248
85	Ameer Abdullah	RB	257
86	Buddy Howell	RB	263
87	Patrick Laird	RB	266
88	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	268
89	Justice Hill	RB	279
90	Royce Freeman	RB	287
91	Devonta Freeman	RB	292
92	Josh Adams	RB	295
93	Mike Boone	RB	298
94	Theo Riddick	RB	305
95	J.J. Taylor	RB	312
96	Jordan Howard	RB	319
97	DeAndre Washington	RB	320
98	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	321
99	C.J. Ham	RB	324
100	Corey Clement	RB	329
101	Alec Ingold	RB	343
102	Jakob Johnson	RB	357
103	Scottie Phillips	RB	365
104	Michael Warren II	RB	366
105	Patrick Ricard	RB	368
106	Alex Armah	RB	370

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