Fantasy Football Week 1 PPR Running Back (RB) Rankings

Last updated: January 9, 2026

These fantasy football rankings are refreshed multiple times per day based on projections provided by RotoWire. Use the rankings and projections below to help figure out who to start/sit in your lineup this week.

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Bye	Proj. FP
1.	Breece Hall	NYJ	RB	9	28.0
2.	Bijan Robinson	ATL	RB	5	22.6
3.	Derrick Henry	BAL	RB	7	19.7
4.	Christian McCaffrey	SF	RB	14	19.6
5.	Jonathan Taylor	IND	RB	11	19.4
6.	De'Von Achane	MIA	RB	12	19.0
7.	Saquon Barkley	PHI	RB	9	18.9
8.	Kyren Williams	LAR	RB	8	18.2
9.	James Cook	BUF	RB	7	18.2
10.	Bucky Irving	TB	RB	9	17.7
11.	Jahmyr Gibbs	DET	RB	8	17.6
12.	Ashton Jeanty	LV	RB	8	16.9
13.	Chase Brown	CIN	RB	10	16.1
14.	Jaylen Warren	PIT	RB	5	15.4
15.	Tony Pollard	TEN	RB	10	15.2
16.	Kendre Miller	NO	RB	11	15.0
17.	Travis Etienne Jr.	JAX	RB	8	14.5
18.	Najee Harris	LAC	RB	12	14.5
19.	Dylan Sampson	CLE	RB	9	12.7
20.	RJ Harvey	DEN	RB	12	12.7
21.	Woody Marks	HOU	RB	6	12.4
22.	Jordan Mason	MIN	RB	6	11.9
23.	D'Andre Swift	CHI	RB	5	11.5
24.	Kenneth Walker III	SEA	RB	8	11.4
25.	Tyrone Tracy Jr.	NYG	RB	14	11.2
26.	Jaydon Blue	DAL	RB	10	11.2
27.	Isiah Pacheco	KC	RB	10	11.0
28.	James Conner	ARI	RB	8	10.9
29.	TreVeyon Henderson	NE	RB	14	10.8
30.	Emanuel Wilson	GB	RB	5	10.7
31.	Kenneth Gainwell	PIT	RB	5	9.9
32.	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE	RB	14	9.2
33.	Rico Dowdle	CAR	RB	14	8.9
34.	Jacory Croskey-Merritt	WAS	RB	12	8.4
35.	Chris Brooks	GB	RB	5	8.3
36.	Austin Ekeler	WAS	RB	12	8.0
37.	Zach Charbonnet	SEA	RB	8	7.9
38.	Quinshon Judkins	CLE	RB	9	7.8
39.	David Montgomery	DET	RB	8	7.5
40.	Kyle Monangai	CHI	RB	5	7.3
41.	J.K. Dobbins	DEN	RB	12	7.3
42.	Ollie Gordon II	MIA	RB	12	6.4
43.	Blake Corum	LAR	RB	8	6.4
44.	Josh Jacobs	GB	RB	5	6.4
45.	Jerome Ford	CLE	RB	9	6.2
46.	Tank Bigsby	PHI	RB	9	6.1
47.	Kareem Hunt	KC	RB	10	5.9
48.	Emari Demercado	ARI	RB	8	5.7
49.	Chuba Hubbard	CAR	RB	14	5.7
50.	Tyler Allgeier	ATL	RB	5	5.6