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Updated Week 8 Running Back Rankings

Our updated Week 8 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 8 RotoBallers. Below are our updated consensus Week 8 running back rankings for fantasy football, including some running notes on relevant injuries, player news and rankings updates:

These rankings are a consensus from four of our lead fantasy football columnists - Nick MarianoPierre Camus, Brandon Murchison, Scott Engel, and Dominick Petrillo - who have all analyzed the NFL matchups and game slates for Week 8.

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!

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

 

Week 8 Fantasy Football Running Back Rankings

You can also see our full Week 8 ranks for PPRHalf-PPR and Standard scoring.

Last updated on Sunday 11/1 at 9:45 am ET:

RB Rank Player Name Pos Overall Rank
1 Derrick Henry RB 1
2 Kareem Hunt RB 3
3 Alvin Kamara RB 4
4 Dalvin Cook RB 6
5 Mike Davis RB 9
6 Todd Gurley II RB 14
7 Clyde Edwards-Helaire RB 17
8 Jonathan Taylor RB 18
9 Ezekiel Elliott RB 22
10 Josh Jacobs RB 23
11 Giovani Bernard RB 24
12 James Conner RB 28
13 Boston Scott RB 29
14 Myles Gaskin RB 34
15 Melvin Gordon III RB 38
16 Jamaal Williams RB 41
17 Darrell Henderson RB 44
18 Ronald Jones II RB 46
19 D'Andre Swift RB 47
20 David Montgomery RB 48
21 Le'Veon Bell RB 51
22 Leonard Fournette RB 62
23 JaMycal Hasty RB 66
24 Justin Jackson RB 69
25 Devin Singletary RB 71
26 Damien Harris RB 75
27 James White RB 83
28 J.K. Dobbins RB 84
29 Joshua Kelley RB 85
30 Lamical Perine RB 86
31 Jerick McKinnon RB 90
32 Carlos Hyde RB 91
33 Latavius Murray RB 101
34 Malcolm Brown RB 103
35 Wayne Gallman RB 109
36 Zack Moss RB 114
37 Phillip Lindsay RB 115
38 Gus Edwards RB 120
39 Adrian Peterson RB 121
40 Nyheim Hines RB 123
41 Frank Gore RB 127
42 DeeJay Dallas RB 128
43 Rex Burkhead RB 140
44 Tony Pollard RB 142
45 Alexander Mattison RB 144
46 Benny Snell Jr. RB 150
47 Corey Clement RB 151
48 D'Ernest Johnson RB 152
49 Brian Hill RB 153
50 Travis Homer RB 158
51 Matt Breida RB 159
52 Chris Carson RB 162
53 Jalen Richard RB 163
54 Dion Lewis RB 164
55 AJ Dillon RB 165
56 Ito Smith RB 171
57 Kerryon Johnson RB 172
58 Olamide Zaccheaus RB 178
59 Jeremy McNichols RB 184
60 Royce Freeman RB 185
61 Devontae Booker RB 186
62 Kyle Juszczyk RB 187
63 Cam Akers RB 194
64 Anthony McFarland Jr. RB 195
65 Samaje Perine RB 198
66 Tevin Coleman RB 200
67 Jordan Wilkins RB 206
68 Dontrell Hilliard RB 214
69 Mark Ingram II RB 215
70 LeSean McCoy RB 221
71 Jason Huntley RB 223
72 Alec Ingold RB 229
73 Jaylen Samuels RB 231
74 Darrel Williams RB 234
75 Trayveon Williams RB 240
76 Jakob Johnson RB 243
77 Trenton Cannon RB 245
78 DeAndre Washington RB 250
79 Ty Johnson RB 251
80 Lynn Bowden Jr. RB 255
81 Ke'Shawn Vaughn RB 256
82 Anthony Sherman RB 259
83 Justice Hill RB 262
84 Elijhaa Penny RB 270
85 Keith Smith RB 273
86 T.J. Yeldon RB 275
87 Troymaine Pope RB 277
88 Ryan Nall RB 279
89 Darwin Thompson RB 284
90 Alex Armah RB 285
91 Ty Montgomery RB 286
92 Andy Janovich RB 287
93 Reggie Gilliam RB 295
94 Mike Boone RB 298
95 Michael Burton RB 304
96 Dexter Williams RB 306
97 Ameer Abdullah RB 307
98 Josh Adams RB 309
99 Rico Dowdle RB 314
100 Patrick Laird RB 318
101 C.J. Ham RB 322
102 J.J. Taylor RB 323
103 Kalen Ballage RB 343
104 Khari Blasingame RB 345


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