Welcome to my 2019 fantasy football positional rankings series. This post has been updated slightly as news has changed. You can also check out my QB, WR, TE and K/DST rankings.

Below you'll see my rankings for the top 70 fantasy running backs. The basis for my rankings are my full-season statistical projections based on 12-team, half-PPR scoring formats with $200 budgets. I've also grouped players into tiers and added auction values​.

The first tier of my rankings will be the top four picks in almost every draft this summer, even if the order may vary. On average, eight of the 12 first-round picks will be running backs based on average draft position (ADP) from Fantasy Football Calculator. Below them, you'll see flex players, handcuffs and deep sleepers who may have an impact this year.

For blurbs on each player, and more information to defend my rankings, check out the full post here.

Note: Rankings and blurbs updated on August 27.

Rank Tier RB Team Bye Price 1 1 Saquon Barkley​​ New York Giants​​ 11​​ $62​​ 2 1 Christian McCaffrey Carolina Panthers​ 7​ $59​ 3 1 Alvin Kamara New Orleans Saints​ 9 $55​ 4 1 Ezekiel Elliott​ Dallas Cowboys​​ 8 $53 5 2 David Johnson Arizona Cardinals​ 12​ $49​ 6 2 Le'Veon Bell New York Jets​ 4​ $45​ 7 2 Joe Mixon Cincinnati Bengals​ 9​ $43​ 8 2 James Conner Pittsburgh Steelers​ 7​ $43​ 9 2 Todd Gurley Los Angeles Rams​ 9​ $38​ 10 3 Dalvin Cook Minnesota Vikings​ 12​ $36​ 11 3 Leonard Fournette Jacksonville Jaguars​ 10​ $35​ 12 3 Aaron Jones​ Green Bay Packers​​ 11 $33 13 3 Nick Chubb Cleveland Browns 7 $33 14 3 Kerryon Johnson​ Detroit Lions​​ 5 $33 15 3 Damien Williams​ Kansas City Chiefs​​​ 12 $33 16 3 Devonta Freeman Atlanta Falcons 9​ $29 17 3 Derrick Henry​​ Tennessee Titans​​​ 11​ $27 18 3 Marlon Mack Indianapolis Colts​ 6 $26​ 19 3 Melvin Gordon​​ ​Los Angeles Chargers​​​ 12​ $25 20 4 Mark Ingram Baltimore Ravens​ 8​ $24​ 21 4 Chris Carson Seattle Seahawks​​ 11 ​$23​ 22 4 ​Josh Jacobs​​ Oakland Raiders​​​ 6 $22 23 4 Phillip Lindsay​ Denver Broncos​​ 10​​​ $20 24 4 James White​​ New England Patriots​​​ 10​ $19 25 5 Sony Michel​​ New England Patriots​​​ 10 $17 26 5 Tevin Coleman San Francisco 49ers​ 4​​ $17 27 5 David Montgomery​​ Chicago Bears​​​ ​​6 $17 28 5 ​Tarik Cohen​ ​Chicago Bears ​6 $15 29 5 Kenyan Drake Miami Dolphins 5 $13 30 5 Duke Johnson​​ Houston Texans​ 10​​ $12 31 5 Austin Ekeler Los Angeles Chargers​ 12​ $12​ 32 6 Miles Sanders Philadelphia Eagles​​ 10 $10 33 6 Latavius Murray​ New Orleans Saints​ 9 $9​ 34 6 Derrius Guice Washington Redskins​ 10​ $8​ 35 6 Royce Freeman Denver Broncos 10​ $8​ 36 6 Rashaad Penny​ Seattle Seahawks​​ 11​​ $8 37 6 ​Jordan Howard​ ​​Philadelphia Eagles​ 10 $8​ 38 6 ​Ronald Jones​ Tampa Bay Buccaneers​​ ​​​7​ $7 39 6 Darrell Henderson Los Angeles Rams​ 9​ $7​ 40 6 Kalen Ballage​ Miami Dolphins​​ 5​​ $7​​ 41 6 LeSean McCoy​ Buffalo Bills​ 6 $5 42 7 Peyton Barber​ Tampa Bay Buccaneers​​ 7 $5​ 43 7 Dion Lewis​ Tennessee Titans​​ 11​​ $4​ 44 7 Matt Breida​​​ San Francisco 49ers​​​ 4​​ $4 45 7 Nyheim Hines Indianapolis Colts​​​ 6​​ $4​​ 46 7 Adrian Peterson​ Washington Redskins 10​​ $4​​ 47 8 Justin Jackson​​​ Los Angeles Chargers 12 $4​​ 48 8 Darwin Thompson​ ​​Kansas City Chiefs​ 12​​ $4​​ 49 8 C.J. Anderson​ Detroit Lions 5​​​ $3 50 8 Jaylen Samuels Pittsburgh Steelers​ 7​ $3​ 51 8 Devin Singletary​​ ​​Buffalo Bills​ 6​​ $2​​ 52 8 Giovani Bernard​ Cincinnati Bengals​​​​ 9 $2 53 8 Alexander Mattison​​​ ​​Minnesota Vikings 12​​ $2 54 8 Damien Harris​ New England Patriots​​ 10​ $2​ 55 8 Carlos Hyde​ Kansas City Chiefs​ 12​ $2 56 8 Kareem Hunt​​​ Cleveland Browns​​​ 7​​​​ $2​ 57 8 Damarea Crockett Houston Texans 10 $1 58 8 Tony Pollard​ Dallas Cowboys​ 8 $1 59 8 Chris Thompson​ Washington Redskins​​ 10​ $1​ 60 8 Justice Hill​ Baltimore Ravens​ 8​ $1​​ 61 8 Jalen Richard Oakland Raiders 6 $1 62 8 Jerick McKinnon​ San Francisco 49ers​​​ 4 $1 63 8 Mike Davis Chicago Bears 6 $1 64 8 Jamaal Williams​ Green Bay Packers​ 11​ $1 65 9 Gus Edwards​​ Baltimore Ravens​ 8​​​ $1​ 66 9 Ito Smith​ Atlanta Falcons​ 9 $0​ 67 9 Chase Edmonds​​ Arizona Cardinals​​ ​12​ $0​ 68 9 Frank Gore​ Buffalo Bills​ 6​ $0​ 69 9 Ty Montgomery ​New York Jets 4 $0​​ 70 9 Malcolm Brown Los Angeles Rams 9 $0​

Kevin Hanson joins SI for the 2019 season. His fantasy rankings have placed him in the Top 20 in each of the past two seasons among all the industry experts tracked by FantasyPros.com, and he has been in the Top 25 in six of the past eight years.