Updated Week 8 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 8 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 8 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Packers Rule Out Aaron Jones For Week 8
• Joe Mixon To Miss Another Game
• Dalvin Cook Good To Go Against Packers
• Carlos Hyde Doubtful For Week 8
• Chris Carson, Travis Homer Questionable Against 49ers
• Devonta Freeman Ruled Out For Week 8
• Broncos Expect Phillip Lindsay To Play Against Chargers
• Miles Sanders Ruled Out Against Cowboys
• Chris Thompson Activated From COVID-19 List
• Mark Ingram II Doubtful To Face Steelers
• Tevin Coleman Returned To Practice And May Return This Week
• Jeff Wilson Jr. Heads To Injured Reserve, Set To Miss One Month

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 8.

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!

Featured Promo: Get any full-season NFL Premium Pass for 50% off and win big in 2022. Exclusive access to our Premium articles, 15 lineup tools, new Team Sync platform, Lineup Optimizer, Premium DFS tools and cheat sheets, and much more! Sign Up Now!

 

Week 8 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 8 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 11/1 at 9:45 am ET:

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Derrick Henry	RB	1
2	Kareem Hunt	RB	3
3	Alvin Kamara	RB	4
4	Dalvin Cook	RB	6
5	Mike Davis	RB	9
6	Todd Gurley II	RB	14
7	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	17
8	Jonathan Taylor	RB	18
9	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	22
10	Josh Jacobs	RB	23
11	Giovani Bernard	RB	24
12	James Conner	RB	28
13	Boston Scott	RB	29
14	Myles Gaskin	RB	34
15	Melvin Gordon III	RB	38
16	Jamaal Williams	RB	41
17	Darrell Henderson	RB	44
18	Ronald Jones II	RB	46
19	D'Andre Swift	RB	47
20	David Montgomery	RB	48
21	Le'Veon Bell	RB	51
22	Leonard Fournette	RB	62
23	JaMycal Hasty	RB	66
24	Justin Jackson	RB	69
25	Devin Singletary	RB	71
26	Damien Harris	RB	75
27	James White	RB	83
28	J.K. Dobbins	RB	84
29	Joshua Kelley	RB	85
30	Lamical Perine	RB	86
31	Jerick McKinnon	RB	90
32	Carlos Hyde	RB	91
33	Latavius Murray	RB	101
34	Malcolm Brown	RB	103
35	Wayne Gallman	RB	109
36	Zack Moss	RB	114
37	Phillip Lindsay	RB	115
38	Gus Edwards	RB	120
39	Adrian Peterson	RB	121
40	Nyheim Hines	RB	123
41	Frank Gore	RB	127
42	DeeJay Dallas	RB	128
43	Rex Burkhead	RB	140
44	Tony Pollard	RB	142
45	Alexander Mattison	RB	144
46	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	150
47	Corey Clement	RB	151
48	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	152
49	Brian Hill	RB	153
50	Travis Homer	RB	158
51	Matt Breida	RB	159
52	Chris Carson	RB	162
53	Jalen Richard	RB	163
54	Dion Lewis	RB	164
55	AJ Dillon	RB	165
56	Ito Smith	RB	171
57	Kerryon Johnson	RB	172
58	Olamide Zaccheaus	RB	178
59	Jeremy McNichols	RB	184
60	Royce Freeman	RB	185
61	Devontae Booker	RB	186
62	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	187
63	Cam Akers	RB	194
64	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	195
65	Samaje Perine	RB	198
66	Tevin Coleman	RB	200
67	Jordan Wilkins	RB	206
68	Dontrell Hilliard	RB	214
69	Mark Ingram II	RB	215
70	LeSean McCoy	RB	221
71	Jason Huntley	RB	223
72	Alec Ingold	RB	229
73	Jaylen Samuels	RB	231
74	Darrel Williams	RB	234
75	Trayveon Williams	RB	240
76	Jakob Johnson	RB	243
77	Trenton Cannon	RB	245
78	DeAndre Washington	RB	250
79	Ty Johnson	RB	251
80	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB	255
81	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	256
82	Anthony Sherman	RB	259
83	Justice Hill	RB	262
84	Elijhaa Penny	RB	270
85	Keith Smith	RB	273
86	T.J. Yeldon	RB	275
87	Troymaine Pope	RB	277
88	Ryan Nall	RB	279
89	Darwin Thompson	RB	284
90	Alex Armah	RB	285
91	Ty Montgomery	RB	286
92	Andy Janovich	RB	287
93	Reggie Gilliam	RB	295
94	Mike Boone	RB	298
95	Michael Burton	RB	304
96	Dexter Williams	RB	306
97	Ameer Abdullah	RB	307
98	Josh Adams	RB	309
99	Rico Dowdle	RB	314
100	Patrick Laird	RB	318
101	C.J. Ham	RB	322
102	J.J. Taylor	RB	323
103	Kalen Ballage	RB	343
104	Khari Blasingame	RB	345

Download Our Free News & Alerts Mobile App

Like what you see? Download our updated fantasy football app for iPhone and Android with 24x7 player news, injury alerts, rankings, starts/sits & more. All free!

Win Big With RotoBaller

Be sure to also check out all of our other daily fantasy football articles and analysis to help you set those winning lineups, including this new RotoBaller YouTube video:

More Weekly Lineup Prep

Check out all of RotoBaller's fantasy football rankings. Staff rankings are updated regularly for all positions and include standard formats, PPR scoring, tiered rankings and dynasty leagues.