Updated Week 2 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 2 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 2 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Phillip Lindsay Out Two-To-Four Weeks
• La'Mical Perine Questionable To Make NFL Debut
• Phillip Lindsay Won't Play In Week 2
• James Conner Good To Go Against Broncos
• Miles Sanders Expected To Play In Week 2

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 2.

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 2 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 2 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 9/20 at 10:30 am ET

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	1
2	Alvin Kamara	RB	2
3	Derrick Henry	RB	4
4	Christian McCaffrey	RB	5
5	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	8
6	Dalvin Cook	RB	9
7	Saquon Barkley	RB	11
8	Aaron Jones	RB	14
9	Joe Mixon	RB	15
10	Austin Ekeler	RB	17
11	Josh Jacobs	RB	21
12	Jonathan Taylor	RB	22
13	Nick Chubb	RB	26
14	Kenyan Drake	RB	27
15	Miles Sanders	RB	29
16	Raheem Mostert	RB	31
17	Todd Gurley II	RB	33
18	Chris Carson	RB	34
19	Kareem Hunt	RB	37
20	Ronald Jones II	RB	51
21	David Johnson	RB	52
22	Melvin Gordon III	RB	56
23	David Montgomery	RB	62
24	Nyheim Hines	RB	63
25	Zack Moss	RB	67
26	J.K. Dobbins	RB	69
27	Mark Ingram II	RB	72
28	James White	RB	76
29	Malcolm Brown	RB	77
30	James Robinson	RB	79
31	Devin Singletary	RB	85
32	Antonio Gibson	RB	96
33	James Conner	RB	99
34	Joshua Kelley	RB	100
35	Tarik Cohen	RB	101
36	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	105
37	Sony Michel	RB	111
38	Latavius Murray	RB	117
39	Leonard Fournette	RB	120
40	D'Andre Swift	RB	122
41	Cam Akers	RB	128
42	Adrian Peterson	RB	132
43	Frank Gore	RB	134
44	Jerick McKinnon	RB	137
45	Chase Edmonds	RB	139
46	Alexander Mattison	RB	140
47	Jordan Howard	RB	141
48	Tevin Coleman	RB	142
49	Darrel Williams	RB	144
50	Boston Scott	RB	146
51	Myles Gaskin	RB	147
52	Peyton Barber	RB	148
53	Tony Pollard	RB	151
54	Chris Thompson	RB	159
55	Kerryon Johnson	RB	163
56	Matt Breida	RB	165
57	Carlos Hyde	RB	170
58	Giovani Bernard	RB	173
59	J.D. McKissic	RB	174
60	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	175
61	Royce Freeman	RB	177
62	Jamaal Williams	RB	182
63	Rex Burkhead	RB	184
64	Josh Adams	RB	189
65	Brian Hill	RB	197
66	Corey Clement	RB	201
67	Jalen Richard	RB	207
68	LeSean McCoy	RB	215
69	Darrell Henderson	RB	220
70	Jaylen Samuels	RB	224
71	AJ Dillon	RB	225
72	Gus Edwards	RB	227
73	Ito Smith	RB	231
74	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	232
75	Jordan Wilkins	RB	235
76	Dion Lewis	RB	236
77	Ryquell Armstead	RB	237
78	Justin Jackson	RB	238
79	Devontae Booker	RB	239
80	Travis Homer	RB	241
81	Mike Davis	RB	244
82	Ryan Nall	RB	246
83	Patrick Laird	RB	249
84	J.J. Taylor	RB	252
85	Darwin Thompson	RB	253
86	Lamical Perine	RB	255
87	Mike Boone	RB	263
88	Wayne Gallman	RB	266
89	Jason Huntley	RB	268
90	Bryce Love	RB	269
91	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	271
92	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	276
93	Eno Benjamin	RB	279
94	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	280
95	Qadree Ollison	RB	282
96	Buddy Howell	RB	289
97	Darrynton Evans	RB	292
98	T.J. Yeldon	RB	294
99	Justice Hill	RB	295
100	Trayveon Williams	RB	338
101	Ty Montgomery	RB	339
102	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	340
103	DeeJay Dallas	RB	341

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