Updated Week 6 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 6 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 6 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Leonard Fournette Expected To Be Active But Limited
• Melvin Gordon III (Illness) Is Out For Week 6
• Dalvin Cook Ruled Out Against Falcons
• Christian McCaffrey Likely Out Until Week 8
• Phillip Lindsay Could Be Lead Back In Week 6
• Zack Moss Expected To Suit Up Against Chiefs

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 6.

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 6 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 6 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/18 at 9:00 am ET:

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	1
2	Derrick Henry	RB	4
3	Mike Davis	RB	7
4	Alexander Mattison	RB	8
5	James Robinson	RB	9
6	Aaron Jones	RB	10
7	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	11
8	Jonathan Taylor	RB	13
9	Kareem Hunt	RB	16
10	Miles Sanders	RB	18
11	James Conner	RB	19
12	David Montgomery	RB	20
13	Todd Gurley II	RB	23
14	Raheem Mostert	RB	26
15	Joe Mixon	RB	27
16	Ronald Jones II	RB	31
17	Antonio Gibson	RB	34
18	Myles Gaskin	RB	40
19	Devin Singletary	RB	43
20	David Johnson	RB	45
21	Kenyan Drake	RB	49
22	Devonta Freeman	RB	60
23	Chase Edmonds	RB	62
24	Darrell Henderson	RB	63
25	Mark Ingram II	RB	67
26	Phillip Lindsay	RB	71
27	Adrian Peterson	RB	83
28	James White	RB	89
29	Nyheim Hines	RB	91
30	Damien Harris	RB	98
31	Cam Akers	RB	99
32	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	107
33	J.K. Dobbins	RB	108
34	Frank Gore	RB	110
35	Jerick McKinnon	RB	113
36	J.D. McKissic	RB	117
37	Rex Burkhead	RB	121
38	D'Andre Swift	RB	123
39	Olamide Zaccheaus	RB	124
40	Malcolm Brown	RB	128
41	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	131
42	Leonard Fournette	RB	140
43	Zack Moss	RB	142
44	Gus Edwards	RB	143
45	Brian Hill	RB	145
46	Tony Pollard	RB	147
47	Jamaal Williams	RB	149
48	Chris Thompson	RB	150
49	Lamical Perine	RB	151
50	Giovani Bernard	RB	153
51	Wayne Gallman	RB	164
52	Dion Lewis	RB	166
53	Darrel Williams	RB	168
54	Matt Breida	RB	171
55	Boston Scott	RB	174
56	Mike Boone	RB	177
57	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	179
58	Ito Smith	RB	188
59	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	189
60	Royce Freeman	RB	191
61	Jordan Wilkins	RB	193
62	Kerryon Johnson	RB	194
63	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	195
64	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	197
65	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	199
66	Peyton Barber	RB	209
67	T.J. Yeldon	RB	211
68	Darrynton Evans	RB	214
69	Darwin Thompson	RB	215
70	Jeremy McNichols	RB	216
71	Dontrell Hilliard	RB	224
72	Tyler Ervin	RB	225
73	Trenton Cannon	RB	227
74	Jaylen Samuels	RB	232
75	C.J. Ham	RB	234
76	AJ Dillon	RB	235
77	Ty Johnson	RB	236
78	Corey Clement	RB	238
79	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	242
80	Alex Armah	RB	243
81	Jordan Howard	RB	244
82	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB	247
83	Ryan Nall	RB	248
84	Ameer Abdullah	RB	250
85	Ryquell Armstead	RB	252
86	JaMycal Hasty	RB	255
87	Josh Adams	RB	257
88	Patrick Laird	RB	258
89	Jason Huntley	RB	259
90	DeAndre Washington	RB	260
91	Buddy Howell	RB	262
92	Eno Benjamin	RB	263
93	Andy Janovich	RB	265
94	Patrick Ricard	RB	267
95	C.J. Prosise	RB	268
96	J.J. Taylor	RB	270
97	Jakob Johnson	RB	272
98	Justice Hill	RB	273
99	Qadree Ollison	RB	275
100	Trayveon Williams	RB	281
101	Trayveon Williams	RB	280

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