Running Back Rankings – 2022 Fantasy Football

Tyler MacKillop

Jun 7- 8 min read

Running Back Rankings – 2022 Fantasy Football

With the NFL season nearing ever closer, it’s time to take a look at the 2022 fantasy football season. The team at OwnersBox has everything you need to get ready for the season, including running back rankings, full player rankings, sleepers, busts and breakouts. Be sure to stay tuned to the OwnersBox YouTube channel and the NFL page here on our blog.

In this article we’ll be looking at the the running back position. Featuring our projected top-60 players at the position for the upcoming fantasy season. This list will be updated throughout the offseason as news and performance are tracked.

Running backs seem to be the most difficult position to value this season, especially after the top-5. You should be keeping in mind how these guys matchup to players at other positions in your draft. Just because Nick Chubb is the best running back available doesn’t mean he should be you next pick.

This is as deep as I can remember a wide receiver group in fantasy football so addressing the running back position early may be a strategy you’ll see often. We’ll be dropping plenty of draft strategy content throughout the preseason both on YouTube and here so be sure to check back.

Let’s take a look at the running back rankings for fantasy football in 2022, more specifically the top-60 at the position.

2022 Running Back Rankings

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM
1	Christian McCaffrey	CAR
2	Jonathan Taylor	IND
3	Derrick Henry	TEN
4	D’Andre Swift	DET
5	Austin Ekeler	LAC
6	Joe Mixon	CIN
7	Alvin Kamara	NO
8	Dalvin Cook	MIN
9	Najee Harris	PIT
10	Leonard Fournette	TB
11	Nick Chubb	CLE
12	James Conner	ARI
13	Aaron Jones	GB
14	Javonte Williams	DEN
15	Saquon Barkley	NYG
16	Cam Akers	LAR
17	Travis Etienne	JAX
18	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL
19	JK Dobbins	BAL
20	AJ Dillon	GB
21	Miles Sanders	PHI
22	David Montgomery	CHI
23	Elijah Mitchell	SF
24	Antonio Gibson	WAS
25	Josh Jacobs	LVR
26	Breece Hall	NYJ
27	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	KC
28	Kareem Hunt	CLE
29	Damien Harris	NE
30	Chase Edmonds	MIA
31	Rashaad Penny	SEA
32	Tony Pollard	DAL
33	Cordarrelle Patterson	ATL
34	Devin Singletary	BUF
35	Kenneth Walker	SEA
36	Rhamondre Stevenson	NE
37	Gus Edwards	BAL
38	Dameon Pierce	HOU
39	Melvin Gordon	DEN
40	Isaiah Spiller	LAC
41	James Cook	BUF
42	Alexander Mattison	MIN
43	Tyler Allgeier	ATL
44	Rachaad White	TB
45	Isiah Pacheco	KC
46	Darrell Henderson	LAR
47	James Robinson	JAX
48	Michael Carter	NYJ
49	Sony Michel	MIA
50	Trey Sermon	SF
51	Jamaal Williams	DET
52	Raheem Mostert	MIA
53	Nyheim Hines	IND
54	Brian Robinson	WAS
55	Tyrion Davis-Price	SF
56	Kenneth Gainwell	PHI
57	Khalil Herbert	CHI
58	Darrel Williams	ARI
59	Samaje Perine	CIN
60	Eno Benjamin	ARI

Tiered Running Back Rankings

Now that you’ve seen the full top-60 running back rankings, let’s talk about tier breaks and what it means to break these running backs into tiers. The tiers represent where there is significant enough separation in talent or fantasy output, In the early part of the rankings these could be significant, in the ladder half it may not be much.

The first tier ends after Austin Ekeler at #5, I would call this the “elite if healthy” tier. These five players are elite producers when given the opportunity and have the upside to be the RB1 overall.

The second tier is what I like to call the “upside” tier, it goes from RB6 to RB14. These players have a wide array of projected outcomes and if things go as projected then they have the opportunity to finish as a top-12 running back in 2022.

The third tier is from RB15 to RB23, let’s call it the “excited but cautious” tier. I like the outlook these players have for the upcoming season but for some reason or another I’m not sure they have enough upside to be top-5 at the position when it’s all said and done.

That covers our projected RB1’s and RB2’s, if you’d like to get more information on our tier listed running back rankings join our discord and chat in the channel!