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The fantasy football playoffs are heating up, and it's important not to dramatically change your process for setting optimal lineups for the high-pressure slate. Our Week 16 TNF fantasy football running back rankings for 2024 are here to help you with start-sit calls. Ball carriers have been the stars of the 2024 fantasy football campaign, so let's examine the rankings to see where key start-or-sit options like Patrick Taylor Jr., Bucky Irving, Jerome Ford, Tony Pollard, and Tyrone Tracy Jr. stand for the second round of the fantasy football playoffs.
Our running back fantasy football rankings for Week 16 are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important RB fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so check back throughout the week for updates.
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TNF Running Back Fantasy Football News for Week 16
- Alvin Kamara Could Be Done For The Season
- Jaleel McLaughlin Ruled Out For Thursday Night Football
- Isaac Guerendo Unlikely To Play In Week 16
- Bucky Irving Limited As Week 16 Prep Begins
- Kenneth Walker III Opens Week 16 With A Missed Practice
- Zach Charbonnet Misses Wednesday's Practice With An Oblique Injury
- Joe Mixon Limited In Wednesday's Practice
- Clyde Edwards-Helaire Signed By New Orleans
- Tyrone Tracy Jr. On The Week 16 Injury Report
- Tony Pollard Misses Wednesday's Practice
- Isaac Guerendo Dealing With New Injury, Missing Wednesday's Practice
- David Montgomery Seeking Third Opinion
- Raiders Put Sincere McCormick On Injured Reserve
TNF Running Back Fantasy Football Rankings for Week 16
Be sure to bookmark our weekly PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankings.
| RB Tier |
RB Rank |
Player Name |
Pos. | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Bijan Robinson | RB | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Jahmyr Gibbs | RB | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 4 |
| 1 | 4 | Josh Jacobs | RB | 8 |
| 1 | 5 | James Conner | RB | 10 |
| 1 | 6 | Chase Brown | RB | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | De'Von Achane | RB | 12 |
| 2 | 8 | Kyren Williams | RB | 14 |
| 2 | 9 | Chuba Hubbard | RB | 17 |
| 3 | 10 | James Cook | RB | 18 |
| 3 | 11 | Derrick Henry | RB | 20 |
| 3 | 12 | Joe Mixon | RB | 21 |
| 3 | 13 | Rico Dowdle | RB | 23 |
| 3 | 14 | Bucky Irving | RB | 26 |
| 3 | 15 | Jonathan Taylor | RB | 28 |
| 3 | 16 | Aaron Jones | RB | 30 |
| 3 | 17 | Breece Hall | RB | 31 |
| 4 | 18 | Brian Robinson Jr. | RB | 33 |
| 4 | 19 | Jerome Ford | RB | 38 |
| 4 | 20 | Tony Pollard | RB | 41 |
| 4 | 21 | Rachaad White | RB | 45 |
| 4 | 22 | Kenneth Walker III | RB | 46 |
| 5 | 23 | Kendre Miller | RB | 54 |
| 5 | 24 | D'Andre Swift | RB | 61 |
| 5 | 25 | Alexander Mattison | RB | 62 |
| 5 | 26 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | 72 |
| 5 | 27 | Patrick Taylor Jr. | RB | 73 |
| 5 | 28 | Najee Harris | RB | 78 |
| 5 | 29 | Tank Bigsby | RB | 81 |
| 5 | 30 | Rhamondre Stevenson | RB | 85 |
| 6 | 31 | Tyrone Tracy Jr. | RB | 86 |
| 6 | 32 | Javonte Williams | RB | 93 |
| 6 | 33 | Tyjae Spears | RB | 96 |
| 6 | 34 | Jaylen Warren | RB | 101 |
| 7 | 35 | Ameer Abdullah | RB | 126 |
| 7 | 36 | Gus Edwards | RB | 127 |
| 8 | 37 | Travis Etienne Jr. | RB | 128 |
| 8 | 38 | Justice Hill | RB | 134 |
| 8 | 39 | Tyler Allgeier | RB | 136 |
| 8 | 40 | Craig Reynolds | RB | 138 |
| 8 | 41 | Zach Charbonnet | RB | 139 |
| 8 | 42 | Kimani Vidal | RB | 146 |
| 8 | 43 | Ray Davis | RB | 155 |
| 9 | 44 | Devin Singletary | RB | 157 |
| 9 | 45 | Kareem Hunt | RB | 159 |
| 9 | 46 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB | 160 |
| 9 | 47 | Audric Estime | RB | 161 |
| 9 | 48 | Blake Corum | RB | 167 |
| 9 | 49 | Cam Akers | RB | 168 |
| 10 | 50 | Isaiah Davis | RB | 172 |
| 10 | 51 | Braelon Allen | RB | 177 |
| 10 | 52 | Raheem Mostert | RB | 178 |
| 10 | 53 | Antonio Gibson | RB | 183 |
| 11 | 54 | Ty Johnson | RB | 186 |
| 11 | 55 | Jeremy McNichols | RB | 187 |
| 11 | 56 | Jaylen Wright | RB | 189 |
| 11 | 57 | Roschon Johnson | RB | 192 |
| 11 | 58 | Sean Tucker | RB | 193 |
| 11 | 59 | Cordarrelle Patterson | RB | 200 |
| 12 | 60 | Dare Ogunbowale | RB | 204 |
| 12 | 61 | Samaje Perine | RB | 210 |
| 12 | 62 | Kyle Juszczyk | RB | 212 |
| 12 | 63 | Trey Benson | RB | 213 |
| 13 | 64 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | 217 |
| 13 | 65 | Emanuel Wilson | RB | 219 |
| 13 | 66 | D'Onta Foreman | RB | 220 |
| 13 | 67 | Ke'Shawn Vaughn | RB | 221 |
| 13 | 68 | Pierre Strong Jr. | RB | 226 |
| 13 | 69 | Khalil Herbert | RB | 231 |
| 13 | 70 | Chris Brooks | RB | 233 |
| 13 | 71 | Dameon Pierce | RB | 235 |
| 13 | 72 | Israel Abanikanda | RB | 241 |
| 13 | 73 | Jamaal Williams | RB | 242 |
| 13 | 74 | Travis Homer | RB | 243 |
| 13 | 75 | Mike Boone | RB | 246 |
| 13 | 76 | Blake Watson | RB | 250 |
| 13 | 77 | Chris Rodriguez Jr. | RB | 254 |
| 13 | 78 | Trey Sermon | RB | 256 |
| 13 | 79 | Rasheen Ali | RB | 259 |
| 14 | 80 | Tyler Goodson | RB | 260 |
| 14 | 81 | Hunter Luepke | RB | 261 |
| 14 | 82 | Hassan Haskins | RB | 262 |
| 14 | 83 | Michael Burton | RB | 263 |
| 14 | 84 | DeeJay Dallas | RB | 264 |
| 14 | 85 | Sione Vaki | RB | 265 |
| 14 | 86 | Kenny McIntosh | RB | 266 |
| 14 | 87 | Darrynton Evans | RB | 267 |
| 14 | 88 | Alec Ingold | RB | 268 |
| 14 | 89 | JaMycal Hasty | RB | 269 |
| 14 | 90 | Dylan Laube | RB | 270 |
| 14 | 91 | Will Shipley | RB | 271 |
| 14 | 92 | Ty Chandler | RB | 272 |
| 14 | 93 | C.J. Ham | RB | 273 |
| 14 | 94 | Patrick Ricard | RB | 274 |
| 14 | 95 | Carson Steele | RB | 276 |
| 14 | 96 | Eric Gray | RB | 277 |
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