Updated Week 9 Running Back Rankings

Welcome to Week 9 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 9 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Ezekiel Elliott Now Has A Good Chance To Play
• Josh Jacobs Is Expected To Suit Up
• Christian McCaffrey Activated From Injured Reserve
• Alvin Kamara Taken Off Injury Report
• Matt Breida Ruled Out Against Cardinals
• Chris Carson, Carlos Hyde Ruled Out For Week 9
• Kenyan Drake Won't Play In Week 9
• Devonta Freeman Won't Play Against Washington
• Dexter Williams Out At Least Three Weeks
• Aaron Jones Officially Back This Week
• Myles Gaskin Expected To Miss Three Games

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 9.

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 9 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 9 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 11/8 at 10:00 am ET:

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Dalvin Cook	RB	1
2	Alvin Kamara	RB	3
3	Derrick Henry	RB	5
4	James Conner	RB	6
5	Christian McCaffrey	RB	8
6	Chase Edmonds	RB	13
7	Josh Jacobs	RB	16
8	James Robinson	RB	19
9	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	23
10	Antonio Gibson	RB	24
11	David Johnson	RB	26
12	David Montgomery	RB	32
13	Justin Jackson	RB	36
14	Todd Gurley II	RB	38
15	Damien Harris	RB	39
16	J.K. Dobbins	RB	40
17	Melvin Gordon III	RB	41
18	D'Andre Swift	RB	42
19	Leonard Fournette	RB	43
20	Aaron Jones	RB	45
21	JaMycal Hasty	RB	52
22	DeeJay Dallas	RB	59
23	Zack Moss	RB	63
24	Jerick McKinnon	RB	75
25	Jonathan Taylor	RB	79
26	Phillip Lindsay	RB	83
27	Ronald Jones II	RB	86
28	James White	RB	87
29	Devin Singletary	RB	88
30	Wayne Gallman	RB	94
31	Gus Edwards	RB	98
32	Tony Pollard	RB	99
33	Le'Veon Bell	RB	102
34	Jordan Wilkins	RB	104
35	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	107
36	Tyler Ervin	RB	111
37	Nyheim Hines	RB	113
38	Jordan Howard	RB	120
39	Lamical Perine	RB	122
40	Adrian Peterson	RB	124
41	Joshua Kelley	RB	126
42	J.D. McKissic	RB	127
43	Mike Davis	RB	128
44	Latavius Murray	RB	129
45	Brian Hill	RB	131
46	Rex Burkhead	RB	134
47	Frank Gore	RB	136
48	Alexander Mattison	RB	148
49	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	157
50	Dion Lewis	RB	160
51	Kerryon Johnson	RB	161
52	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	163
53	Travis Homer	RB	168
54	Dexter Williams	RB	172
55	Jalen Richard	RB	173
56	Olamide Zaccheaus	RB	175
57	Troymaine Pope	RB	180
58	Patrick Laird	RB	188
59	Devontae Booker	RB	189
60	Jeremy McNichols	RB	190
61	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	196
62	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	197
63	Royce Freeman	RB	204
64	Eno Benjamin	RB	208
65	Alfred Morris	RB	209
66	D.J. Foster	RB	216
67	D'Onta Foreman	RB	217
68	Chris Thompson	RB	218
69	Darrel Williams	RB	219
70	Jaylen Samuels	RB	221
71	T.J. Yeldon	RB	225
72	Alec Ingold	RB	228
73	Ty Johnson	RB	229
74	Darwin Thompson	RB	231
75	Peyton Barber	RB	233
76	Ito Smith	RB	234
77	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	237
78	Elijhaa Penny	RB	241
79	LeSean McCoy	RB	243
80	Ryan Nall	RB	245
81	Jakob Johnson	RB	247
82	Justice Hill	RB	254
83	Qadree Ollison	RB	267
84	Reggie Gilliam	RB	270
85	Ameer Abdullah	RB	272
86	DeAndre Washington	RB	277
87	Keith Smith	RB	279
88	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	282
89	Anthony Sherman	RB	284
90	Salvon Ahmed	RB	286
91	Sony Michel	RB	290
92	Trenton Cannon	RB	291
93	Josh Adams	RB	292
94	C.J. Ham	RB	294
95	Michael Burton	RB	300
96	Rico Dowdle	RB	302
97	Alex Armah	RB	304
98	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB	306
99	Ty Montgomery	RB	308
100	Khari Blasingame	RB	309
101	Kalen Ballage	RB	310
102	Patrick Ricard	RB	313
103	Taiwan Jones	RB	350
104	Mike Boone	RB	351
105	J.J. Taylor	RB	353
106	Jonathan Ward	RB	356
107	Austin Walter	RB	357

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