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Early Week 2 Half-PPR Running Back Rankings for Fantasy Football: Tyler Allgeier, Justice Hill, Kyren Williams, Zack Moss, more

Kyren Williams - Fantasy Football, Waiver Wire Pickups

Welcome back, Rotoballers! We saw some breakout performances from fantasy running backs in Week 2, and some ket running backs like Cam Akers underwhelm. We are here to sort it all out as today you will find our Week 2 half-PPR running back rankings for fantasy football as of September 13th. Our goal, as always, is to help you set those winning lineups, so let's see where key players like Kyren Williams, Joshua Kelley, Tyler Allgeier, Miles Sanders, Tank Bigsby, Zack Moss, Justice Hill, Najee Harris, James Cook, and Javonte Williams rank, among others.

Our half-PPR fantasy football running back rankings are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important fantasy football injury news for this week. There are always key injuries to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff.

You should also bookmark our fantasy football rankings portal and check back regularly for updates. In addition to these half-PPR rankings, read our fantasy football articles and analysis - our NFL team discusses lineup sleepers, busts, NFL players to start and sit, waiver wire pickups, and so much more. Most importantly, our brand new free mobile app is a must-have - download it and configure your notifications. We deliver all the top NFL news, injuries, and fantasy analysis 24x7 with our free push notification alerts!

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

 

Week 2 Fantasy Football Running Back News and Injuries

 

Early Week 2 Fantasy Football Half-PPR Running Back Rankings

You can also check out our Week 2 PPR rankings and Standard rankings.

Note that quarterbacks, defenses and kickers are all grouped separately towards the bottom. Each of those positions is ranked on their own. This helps to compare running backs, wide receivers and tight ends for FLEX spots (without QB, DEF, K mixed in).

Last updated on Wednesday 9/13 at 3:00 pm EST

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RB
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Player
Name
Pos. Overall
Rank
1 1 Christian McCaffrey RB 1
1 2 Nick Chubb RB 3
1 3 Saquon Barkley RB 4
1 4 Derrick Henry RB 6
1 5 Austin Ekeler RB 8
1 6 Bijan Robinson RB 9
2 7 Tony Pollard RB 11
2 8 Travis Etienne Jr. RB 12
2 9 Josh Jacobs RB 14
3 10 Joe Mixon RB 15
3 11 Kenneth Walker III RB 19
3 12 Aaron Jones RB 22
3 13 Rhamondre Stevenson RB 23
3 14 David Montgomery RB 25
3 15 Jahmyr Gibbs RB 27
3 16 Alexander Mattison RB 28
3 17 James Cook RB 30
4 18 Jamaal Williams RB 31
4 19 Raheem Mostert RB 35
4 20 Rachaad White RB 37
4 21 Isiah Pacheco RB 39
4 22 James Conner RB 43
5 23 Dameon Pierce RB 44
5 24 Najee Harris RB 45
5 25 Miles Sanders RB 48
5 26 Javonte Williams RB 49
5 27 Tyler Allgeier RB 57
5 28 Brian Robinson Jr. RB 65
5 29 Breece Hall RB 70
5 30 Samaje Perine RB 73
6 31 Dalvin Cook RB 78
6 32 Justice Hill RB 81
6 33 Gus Edwards RB 91
6 34 Zack Moss RB 93
7 35 AJ Dillon RB 99
7 36 Tank Bigsby RB 102
8 37 Kyren Williams RB 105
8 38 Joshua Kelley RB 106
8 39 Khalil Herbert RB 119
8 40 D'Andre Swift RB 124
8 41 Cam Akers RB 126
8 42 Ezekiel Elliott RB 131
8 43 Jerick McKinnon RB 134
9 44 Antonio Gibson RB 139
9 45 Roschon Johnson RB 144
9 46 Jaylen Warren RB 150
9 47 Elijah Mitchell RB 153
9 48 Zach Charbonnet RB 160
9 49 Tyjae Spears RB 161
10 50 Deon Jackson RB 162
10 51 Damien Harris RB 163
10 52 Sean Tucker RB 164
10 53 Devin Singletary RB 166
11 54 Chuba Hubbard RB 176
11 55 D'Onta Foreman RB 178
11 56 Jerome Ford RB 179
11 57 Rico Dowdle RB 180
11 58 Kendre Miller RB 184
11 59 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 191
12 60 Rashaad Penny RB 195
12 61 Chris Evans RB 197
12 62 Zamir White RB 202
12 63 Ty Chandler RB 203
13 64 Latavius Murray RB 204
13 65 Michael Carter RB 209
13 66 Chase Edmonds RB 210
13 67 Deuce Vaughn RB 211
13 68 De'Von Achane RB 216
13 69 Keaontay Ingram RB 222
13 70 Trayveon Williams RB 223
13 71 Israel Abanikanda RB 227
14 72 Pierre Strong Jr. RB 236
14 73 Boston Scott RB 239
15 74 Chase Brown RB 241
15 75 Cordarrelle Patterson RB 246
15 76 Isaiah Spiller RB 247
15 77 Matt Breida RB 252
15 78 Salvon Ahmed RB 255
15 79 JaMycal Hasty RB 258
15 80 Jordan Mason RB 261
15 81 Kyle Juszczyk RB 263
15 82 Raheem Blackshear RB 265
15 83 Patrick Ricard RB 266
15 84 Gary Brightwell RB 268
15 85 Alec Ingold RB 269
15 86 Melvin Gordon III RB 270
15 87 Zach Evans RB 272
15 88 D'Ernest Johnson RB 273
15 89 DeeJay Dallas RB 275
15 90 Tyrion Davis-Price RB 276
15 91 Malik Davis RB 277
15 92 Myles Gaskin RB 278
15 93 Zonovan Knight RB 279
15 94 Ty Montgomery II RB 280
15 95 Chris Rodriguez Jr. RB 281
16 96 Deneric Prince RB 282
16 97 Mike Boone RB 283
16 98 Tony Jones Jr. RB 284
16 99 Ameer Abdullah RB 285
16 100 Jaleel McLaughlin RB 286
16 101 DeWayne McBride RB 287


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