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Week 1 Running Back Fantasy Football Rankings - PPR Updates Include Kenneth Walker, Zamir White, Javonte Williams, Jerome Ford, Gus Edwards, more

Javonte Williams - Fantasy Football Rankings, NFL Injury News, DFS and Betting Picks

As the fantasy football draft season winds down, it's time to start thinking about setting those Week 1 winning lineups. Today, we will focus on running backs and you can find below our team's updated Week 1 running back (RB) fantasy football rankings for the 2024 season. These rankings below are there to help fantasy managers make those tough lineup decisions, especially at RB2 and FLEX.

NFL rosters and depth charts are set as we wait for critical injury updates throughout the week. We will adjust our rankings as news, role changes, and injuries emerge. Below, you will see where key running backs such as Kyren Williams, Kenneth Walker III, Javonte Williams, Jerome Ford, Zamir White, Jaylen Warren, and Chuba Hubbard rank among others.

Our PPR fantasy football rankings are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff RB rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for Week 1. There are always critical injuries to keep track of, so check back until kickoff. Good luck in Week 1, RotoBallers; let's win some leagues!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for the 2025 playoffs:

 

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Week 1 Running Back Fantasy Football Rankings (PPR)

Rankings are updated until kickoff. Be sure to bookmark our weekly PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankings.

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Tier
RB
Rank
Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Christian McCaffrey RB 2
1 2 Breece Hall RB 5
1 3 Bijan Robinson RB 9
1 4 Saquon Barkley RB 12
1 5 Kyren Williams RB 13
1 6 De'Von Achane RB 14
2 7 Jonathan Taylor RB 15
2 8 Rachaad White RB 16
2 9 Jahmyr Gibbs RB 18
3 10 Travis Etienne Jr. RB 21
3 11 Kenneth Walker III RB 25
3 12 Isiah Pacheco RB 26
3 13 James Conner RB 28
3 14 Derrick Henry RB 32
3 15 James Cook RB 33
3 16 Joe Mixon RB 36
3 17 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 45
4 18 Alvin Kamara RB 47
4 19 Josh Jacobs RB 52
4 20 Aaron Jones RB 56
4 21 David Montgomery RB 61
4 22 D'Andre Swift RB 62
5 23 Tony Pollard RB 65
5 24 Najee Harris RB 68
5 25 Raheem Mostert RB 72
5 26 Jerome Ford RB 71
5 27 Jaylen Warren RB 76
5 28 Zamir White RB 80
5 29 Chase Brown RB 81
5 30 Devin Singletary RB 82
6 31 Chuba Hubbard RB 85
6 32 Brian Robinson Jr. RB 88
6 33 Tyjae Spears RB 90
6 34 Gus Edwards RB 93
7 35 Zack Moss RB 94
7 36 Austin Ekeler RB 100
8 37 Javonte Williams RB 101
8 38 Ezekiel Elliott RB 103
8 39 Antonio Gibson RB 128
8 40 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 130
8 41 Rico Dowdle RB 132
8 42 Ray Davis RB 133
8 43 Ty Chandler RB 135
9 44 Tyler Allgeier RB 139
9 45 Blake Corum RB 143
9 46 J.K. Dobbins RB 152
9 47 Audric Estime RB 155
9 48 Khalil Herbert RB 157
9 49 Zach Charbonnet RB 159
10 50 Justice Hill RB 162
10 51 Kenneth Gainwell RB 169
10 52 Jamaal Williams RB 181
10 53 Alexander Mattison RB 185
11 54 Bucky Irving RB 186
11 55 Trey Benson RB 195
11 56 Miles Sanders RB 197
11 57 Braelon Allen RB 198
11 58 Tank Bigsby RB 201
11 59 Jaylen Wright RB 202
12 60 Cordarrelle Patterson RB 210
12 61 Cam Akers RB 213
12 62 Tyrone Tracy Jr. RB 214
12 63 Dylan Laube RB 216
13 64 Will Shipley RB 217
13 65 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 219
13 66 Roschon Johnson RB 220
13 67 Jordan Mason RB 221
13 68 Deuce Vaughn RB 222
13 69 Carson Steele RB 223
13 70 Samaje Perine RB 225
13 71 Eric Gray RB 227
14 72 Kimani Vidal RB 230
14 73 Rasheen Ali RB 235
15 74 D'Ernest Johnson RB 236
15 75 Emanuel Wilson RB 238
15 76 Emari Demercado RB 241
15 77 Evan Hull RB 244
15 78 Trey Sermon RB 245
15 79 Blake Watson RB 248
15 80 Dameon Pierce RB 250
15 81 Jeff Wilson Jr. RB 252
15 82 Isaiah Davis RB 253
15 83 Ty Johnson RB 254
15 84 Ronnie Rivers RB 255
15 85 DeeJay Dallas RB 265
15 86 MarShawn Lloyd RB 266
15 87 D'Onta Foreman RB 313


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