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After an exciting end to the regular season, the 2023 NFL playoffs are starting this week. With that comes different types of fantasy football contests geared towards the playoffs. Below are our 2023 fantasy football playoff league running back rankings to help you make the best decision for your playoff league rosters. Let's take a look at where key running backs like Miles Sanders, Austin Ekeler, Jerick McKinnon, and James Cook appear in the rankings.
Playoff leagues are a fun way to kick off a fresh new fantasy football contest for the 2023 NFL postseason. For most of us, we've been left with a void and that weekly excitement with season-long fantasy football leagues all wrapped up. There will be DFS contests all through the Super Bowl, but playoff league formats are really fun and replicate that season-long feel. Most of these contests will require you to choose only a single player from each NFL team and to fill out a certain amount of rosters spots at each position. There are many different contests out there, but our friends at FFPC of course, hold their awesome Playoff Challenge tournament with a $500K grand prize to the first-place winner.
Our rankings below are geared towards playoff league formats, and take into account how far we think each team will get in the NFL playoffs. The goal is to choose the best combination of players that will play the most games, and score the most points. 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 injury situations to keep track of, so be sure to check back until kickoff. Good luck RotoBallers!
Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for the 2025 playoffs:- Quarterback fantasy football rankings
- Running back fantasy football rankings
- Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
- Tight end fantasy football rankings
- Kicker fantasy football rankings
- FLEX fantasy football rankings
- Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
- Superflex fantasy football rankings
- IDP fantasy football rankings
- Dynasty fantasy football rankings
NFL Playoffs Running Back Injury Updates for Fantasy Football
- Jaylen Waddle, Jeff Wilson Jr. Good To Go
- Raheem Mostert Won't Face Bills
- Gus Edwards Clears Concussion Protocols
Playoff League Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings
A big congrats to our very own Nick Mariano who once again finished as a top-10 ranker in 2021 across the entire fantasy football industry!
Last updated on Friday 1/13 at 7:30 pm ET:
| RB Tier |
RB Rank |
Player Name |
Pos. | Overall Rank |
| 1 | 1 | Christian McCaffrey | RB | 1 |
| 1 | 2 | Joe Mixon | RB | 2 |
| 1 | 3 | Austin Ekeler | RB | 3 |
| 1 | 4 | Miles Sanders | RB | 4 |
| 2 | 5 | Jerick McKinnon | RB | 5 |
| 2 | 6 | Isiah Pacheco | RB | 7 |
| 2 | 7 | James Cook | RB | 9 |
| 2 | 8 | Devin Singletary | RB | 10 |
| 3 | 9 | Leonard Fournette | RB | 14 |
| 3 | 10 | Saquon Barkley | RB | 17 |
| 3 | 11 | Tony Pollard | RB | 19 |
| 3 | 12 | Travis Etienne Jr. | RB | 22 |
| 3 | 13 | Elijah Mitchell | RB | 26 |
| 4 | 14 | Dalvin Cook | RB | 27 |
| 4 | 15 | Ezekiel Elliott | RB | 30 |
| 5 | 16 | Rachaad White | RB | 40 |
| 5 | 17 | Kenneth Walker III | RB | 41 |
| 5 | 18 | Nyheim Hines | RB | 43 |
| 5 | 19 | Kenneth Gainwell | RB | 45 |
| 5 | 20 | Jeff Wilson Jr. | RB | 46 |
| 5 | 21 | Alexander Mattison | RB | 49 |
| 5 | 22 | Gus Edwards | RB | 51 |
| 6 | 23 | Samaje Perine | RB | 52 |
| 6 | 24 | DeeJay Dallas | RB | 57 |
| 6 | 25 | Chris Evans | RB | 60 |
| 6 | 26 | Joshua Kelley | RB | 65 |
| 6 | 27 | JaMycal Hasty | RB | 68 |
| 6 | 28 | Boston Scott | RB | 71 |
| 6 | 29 | Giovani Bernard | RB | 72 |
| 6 | 30 | Justice Hill | RB | 73 |
| 6 | 31 | Travis Homer | RB | 76 |
| 6 | 32 | Malik Davis | RB | 79 |
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