Running Back Tiers
When preparing for your fantasy drafts, my advice is to first have a plan for what you’re going to do at running back. Do you plan to take RB’s early? (That would be my advice) Or do you plan to go zero RB and take the position later? Either way, start there, and then draft around that strategy. Have a general plan. And don’t be tied to any particular running back, but instead come up with tiers of running backs. These are my personal tiers for the position ranked how I would be drafting them. And my strategy will differ depending on what pick of the draft I get. When you have tiers you can almost ensure you will get one where you want to take one. The same can’t be said when you target individual players. Swipe to see the full list. This isn’t every running back, but it gets you through round 11. This is using ADP from FantasyPros. 
|
RB |
Overall |
Player |
|
1 |
1 |
Christian McCaffrey |
|
2 |
2 |
Saquon Barkley |
|
3 |
3 |
Ezekiel Elliott |
|
4 |
5 |
Dalvin Cook |
|
5 |
7 |
Alvin Kamara |
|
6 |
6 |
Derrick Henry |
|
7 |
11 |
Joe Mixon |
|
8 |
15 |
Nick Chubb |
|
9 |
14 |
Josh Jacobs |
|
10 |
12 |
Kenyan Drake |
|
11 |
19 |
Miles Sanders |
|
12 |
16 |
Austin Ekeler |
|
13 |
17 |
Aaron Jones |
|
14 |
26 |
Clyde Edwards-Helaire |
|
15 |
27 |
Todd Gurley |
|
16 |
28 |
Leonard Fournette |
|
17 |
35 |
Melvin Gordon |
|
18 |
36 |
Le'Veon Bell |
|
19 |
37 |
Chris Carson |
|
20 |
38 |
David Johnson |
|
21 |
49 |
Jonathan Taylor |
|
22 |
41 |
James Conner |
|
23 |
48 |
Devin Singletary |
|
24 |
56 |
David Montgomery |
|
25 |
62 |
D'Andre Swift |
|
26 |
52 |
Raheem Mostert |
|
27 |
53 |
Mark Ingram II |
|
28 |
67 |
Cam Akers |
|
29 |
66 |
Kareem Hunt |
|
30 |
78 |
Ke'Shawn Vaughn |
|
31 |
81 |
Derrius Guice |
|
32 |
95 |
J.K. Dobbins |
|
33 |
83 |
Ronald Jones II |
|
34 |
88 |
Sony Michel |
|
35 |
82 |
James White |
|
36 |
94 |
Damien Williams |
|
37 |
91 |
Tarik Cohen |
|
38 |
92 |
Jordan Howard |
|
39 |
100 |
Kerryon Johnson |
|
40 |
96 |
Phillip Lindsay |
|
41 |
98 |
Marlon Mack |
|
42 |
102 |
Matt Breida |
|
43 |
121 |
Alexander Mattison |
|
44 |
108 |
Darrell Henderson |
|
45 |
119 |
Tevin Coleman |
|
46 |
116 |
Latavius Murray |
|
47 |
123 |
Zack Moss |
|
48 |
134 |
Tony Pollard |
|
49 |
137 |
Duke Johnson |
|
50 |
143 |
Boston Scott |
