Updated Week 5 Running Back Rankings

Our updated Week 5 fantasy football running back rankings for 2020. Nick Mariano was ranked 9th and 11th overall out of 130 experts, follow his RB ranks.

Welcome to Week 5 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 5 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

• Carlos Hyde is inactive for Week 5
• Broncos-Patriots Postponed Monday, Moved To Next Sunday
• Titans Close Facility Again After New Positive COVID-19 Test
• Cincinnati Expects Joe Mixon To Play Sunday
• Raheem Mostert On Track To Suit Up Sunday
• Phillip Lindsay Was On Track To Return After Three-Week Absence
• Jets Activate Le'Veon Bell From Injured Reserve
• Le'Veon Bell will be activated this week
• Cam Akers (ribs) is set to return in Week 5
• Cardinals-Jets On Track To Play Sunday
• Chargers Put Austin Ekeler On Injured Reserve
• Leonard Fournette is officially active for Week 5
• Titans-Bills game scheduled for Sunday is being moved to Tuesday at 6 pm
• Zack Moss Could Return In Week 5

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick Mariano, Pierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 5.

And in case you weren't aware, our very own Nick Mariano was ranked #11 overall in 2018 out of ~120 industry experts, and was ranked #9 overall the year before. So be sure to follow his rankings every week!

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Week 5 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 5 ranks for PPR, Half-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 10/11 at 9:30 am ET after the Patriots-Broncos game was cancelled:

RB Rank	Player Name	Pos	Overall Rank
1	Alvin Kamara	RB	1
2	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	2
3	Dalvin Cook	RB	4
4	Kareem Hunt	RB	5
5	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	6
6	James Robinson	RB	8
7	Mike Davis	RB	12
8	Josh Jacobs	RB	13
9	Chris Carson	RB	15
10	Derrick Henry	RB	18
11	James Conner	RB	23
12	Jonathan Taylor	RB	25
13	Joe Mixon	RB	26
14	Todd Gurley II	RB	27
15	David Johnson	RB	35
16	Antonio Gibson	RB	37
17	Miles Sanders	RB	44
18	Kenyan Drake	RB	45
19	Jerick McKinnon	RB	50
20	Ronald Jones II	RB	51
21	Devin Singletary	RB	52
22	Myles Gaskin	RB	60
23	David Montgomery	RB	63
24	Devonta Freeman	RB	68
25	Mark Ingram II	RB	73
26	Joshua Kelley	RB	74
27	Le'Veon Bell	RB	78
28	Raheem Mostert	RB	90
29	Latavius Murray	RB	91
30	Darrell Henderson	RB	95
31	Malcolm Brown	RB	97
32	Nyheim Hines	RB	99
33	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	100
34	Chase Edmonds	RB	101
35	Olamide Zaccheaus	RB	102
36	Justin Jackson	RB	110
37	J.K. Dobbins	RB	115
38	Alexander Mattison	RB	119
39	Frank Gore	RB	126
40	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	129
41	Zack Moss	RB	132
42	Brian Hill	RB	133
43	J.D. McKissic	RB	139
44	Gus Edwards	RB	147
45	Cam Akers	RB	150
46	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	152
47	Chris Thompson	RB	158
48	Boston Scott	RB	161
49	Giovani Bernard	RB	162
50	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	163
51	Jordan Howard	RB	164
52	Tony Pollard	RB	169
53	Travis Homer	RB	172
54	Matt Breida	RB	174
55	Dion Lewis	RB	175
56	Wayne Gallman	RB	181
57	Jalen Richard	RB	183
58	Jordan Wilkins	RB	188
59	Leonard Fournette	RB	189
60	Darrel Williams	RB	194
61	Lamical Perine	RB	202
62	Dontrell Hilliard	RB	203
63	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	209
64	Peyton Barber	RB	210
65	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	212
66	Devontae Booker	RB	213
67	Ito Smith	RB	221
68	T.J. Yeldon	RB	224
69	DeeJay Dallas	RB	226
70	Darwin Thompson	RB	228
71	Darrynton Evans	RB	229
72	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	231
73	Jaylen Samuels	RB	233
74	Carlos Hyde	RB	234
75	Royce Freeman	RB	236
76	Corey Clement	RB	237
77	J.J. Taylor	RB	242
78	Trenton Cannon	RB	246
79	C.J. Ham	RB	251
80	Ryan Nall	RB	252
81	Artavis Pierce	RB	259
82	Alex Armah	RB	261
83	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	266
84	Alec Ingold	RB	267
85	Josh Adams	RB	268
86	Patrick Laird	RB	273
87	JaMycal Hasty	RB	279
88	Mike Boone	RB	285
89	C.J. Prosise	RB	294
90	Patrick Ricard	RB	301
91	Eno Benjamin	RB	307
92	Justice Hill	RB	308
93	Jeremy McNichols	RB	315
94	Qadree Ollison	RB	316
95	Theo Riddick	RB	323
96	Ameer Abdullah	RB	324
97	Keith Smith	RB	325
98	Jakob Johnson	RB	327
99	Lynn Bowden Jr.	RB	346
100	Anthony Sherman	RB	354
101	Reggie Gilliam	RB	360
102	DeAndre Washington	RB	365
103	Andy Janovich	RB	374
104	Buddy Howell	RB	397
105	Jason Huntley	RB	398
106	Elijhaa Penny	RB	399

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