Now more than ever, running back tiers should help you highlight the gaps between which RBs are great, which are very good, which ones are startable, and which ones could make your Fantasy Football team struggle. Running backs will continue evolving all the way up until Week 1. A smart Fantasy drafter will stay on top of the news and make draft plan changes accordingly.
For now, all of the running back changes have deepened the position and made it a little bit easier to draft with confidence. Is it enough to alter draft strategies? No, but at least you now know of more options once you get past the first few tiers.
These Tiers are based on half-PPR; important to note because we offer full-PPR and non-PPR rankings. This should help you have an idea where these players will get taken in your drafts. Looking for the right running backs to build around in 2026?
See which players Jamey Eisenberg and the Fantasy Football Today team are targeting on the Fantasy Football must-draft list for Draft Day! Pretty self-explanatory group of mega-stud running backs worth a first-round pick. All of them have the potential for 18-plus half-PPR points per game.
Maybe there's an argument that Chase Brown doesn't belong, but he has not only been solid in each of his past two seasons (at least 14 half-PPR points per game in each), but he has also shown flashes of being a monster close to the level of Robinson and Gibbs when the Bengals have given him a lot of work. That's in play this season, given the lack of running back improvements they made this offseason. Don't be surprised to see Achane or Henry taken closer to the names in the first tier.
Walker could also get there, especially after the Chiefs dropped Emari Demercado, opening the door for Walker to play three downs regularly. Jeanty has jumped back into this tier on the news that Klint Kubiak is optimistic he will play in Week 1. This is a good group to expect at least 15 half-PPR points per game from.
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