Fantasy football draft season is over, but the road to your league's championship is just beginning.
Our trio of award-winning fantasy football rankers are here to guide you through all your start/sit decisions with their Week 1 rankings. Below are their top 20 running backs for half PPR formats as of Thursday, but you can find their up-to-the-minute rankings across all positions and formats until kickoff in our Fantasy Tools.
Here's some more information about our rankers before we dive into their rankings:
- Sean Koerner was FantasyPros’ No. 1 fantasy football draft ranker of 2019, has finished as their top in-season ranker in three of the past five seasons and is The Action Network’s Director of Predictive Analytics.
- Chris Raybon was the fourth-most accurate FantasyPros’ ranker of 2019 and has watched every NFL snap since 2010.
- Matthew Freedman is the Editor-in-Chief of FantasyLabs and was the sixth-most accurate FantasyPros ranker in 2017.
Week 1 Fantasy RB Rankings
| RK | Player | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian McCaffrey, RB, CAR | vs. LV |
| 2 | Josh Jacobs, RB, LV | @ CAR |
| 3 | Saquon Barkley, RB, NYG | vs. PIT |
| 4 | Ezekiel Elliott, RB, DAL | @ LAR |
| 5 | Derrick Henry, RB, TEN | @ DEN |
| 6 | Dalvin Cook, RB, MIN | vs. GB |
| 7 | Alvin Kamara, RB, NO | vs. TB |
| 8 | Austin Ekeler, RB, LAC | @ CIN |
| 9 | Clyde Edwards-Helaire, RB, KC | vs. HOU |
| 10 | Chris Carson, RB, SEA | @ ATL |
| 11 | NIck Chubb, RB, CLE | @ BAL |
| 12 | James Conner, RB, PIT | @ NYG |
| 13 | Joe Mixon, RB, CIN | vs. LAC |
| 14 | Aaron Jones, RB, GB | @ MIN |
| 15 | Miles Sanders, RB, PHI | @ WAS |
| 16 | Kenyan Drake, RB, ARI | @ SF |
| 17 | Todd Gurley, RB, ATL | vs. SEA |
| 18 | David Johnson, RB, HOU | @ KC |
| 19 | Raheem Mostert, RB, SF | vs. ARI |
| 20 | Mark Ingram, RB, BAL | vs. CLE |
