Fantasy football rankings 2016: Running backs for PPR leagues, Week 10

Dion Lewis’ debut, James Starks’ return, and more in our Week 10 running back rankings for PPR leagues.

Nov 9, 2016, 2:53 PM UTC

NFL: New England Patriots at Indianapolis Colts

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With the midway point of the regular season having passed, we will soon see some notable players returning from injuries, which comes just in time for your fantasy league’s final stretch of games before the postseason begins.

The big name coming off PUP soon is Dion Lewis, who could quickly become a PPR stud in the New England Patriots offense. In just seven games last year, Lewis racked up 36 catches for 388 yards and two scores.

But a torn ACL cost him the rest of the season and led to him opening 2016 on PUP. He could return any week now, and when he does, he quickly should become a viable PPR back.

The same could be true of James Starks, who is still recovering from knee surgery that has kept him sidelined for the past month. With the Green Bay Packers being depleted at running back, Starks should be the top back and get a big workload whenever he returns. He’s no Lewis, but Starks did catch 43 passes for 392 yards and three scores in 2015.

Both of these backs are still available in many leagues, and both could be PPR studs by the time the fantasy playoffs begin.

Running backs (PPR), Week 10

(ZS: Zach Senvisky, JM: Jason Marcum, SK: Scott Kaliska, JG: Jeff Goldberg, KB: Kyle Bennett, DG: Derek Gordon)

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp.	ZS	JM	SK	JG	KB	DG
1	David Johnson	ARI	vs. SF	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	@ PIT	2	2	2	2	2	2
3	Melvin Gordon	SD	vs. MIA	4	3	4	3	4	3
4	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	vs. DAL	3	5	3	4	3	5
5	DeMarco Murray	TEN	vs. GB	5	7	6	5	5	4
6	Lamar Miller	HOU	@ JAC	7	4	8	7	7	6
7	Devonta Freeman	ATL	@ PHI	8	6	7	6	8	7
8	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ SD	6	8	5	9	6	11
8	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	vs. KC	9	9	17	8	9	8
10	Matt Forte	NYJ	vs. LA	11	10	9	10	10	10
11	Spencer Ware	KC	@ CAR	10	11	26	11	11	9
11	Christine Michael	SEA	@ NE	12	12	20	12	12	12
13	Jordan Howard	CHI	@ TB	15	18	10	17	17	14
14	Devontae Booker	DEN	@ NO	17	16	12	15	15	17
15	Giovani Bernard	CIN	@ NYG	16	15	11	16	16	19
16	Todd Gurley	LA	@ NYJ	18	17	14	14	14	16
17	Terrance West	BAL	vs. CLE	14	19	13	18	18	15
17	Carlos Hyde	SF	@ ARI	13	13	35	13	13	13
19	Darren Sproles	PHI	vs. ATL	20	14	16	19	20	18
20	Mark Ingram	NO	vs. DEN	21	21	15	21	21	21
21	Tim Hightower	NO	vs. DEN	19	20	23	20	24	20
22	LeGarrette Blount	NE	vs. SEA	22	24	19	22	19	23
23	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	@ BAL	23	23	22	23	23	22
24	James White	NE	vs. SEA	26	25	21	24	22	26
24	Jeremy Hill	CIN	@ NYG	24	30	18	31	30	27
26	Ryan Mathews	PHI	vs. ATL	35	26	31	26	26	25
27	Chris Ivory	JAC	vs. HOU	25	34	24	30	32	30
28	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	@ WAS	31	27	32	29	28	31
29	Bilal Powell	NYJ	vs. LA	27	28	38	28	29	28
30	Rashad Jennings	NYG	vs. CIN	39	22	40	25	25	29
31	Duke Johnson	CLE	@ BAL	34	31	25	32	31	32
32	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	vs. HOU	32	32	27	33	33	33
33	Matt Jones	WAS	vs. MIN	41	29	48	27	27	24
34	Matt Asiata	MIN	@ WAS	33	36	28	38	34	36
35	C.J. Prosise	SEA	@ NE	40	38	36	34	35	35
36	Peyton Barber	TB	vs. CHI	30	39	41	37	37	38
37	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. MIN	49	35	30	36	36	39
38	Charcandrick West	KC	@ CAR	36	37	39	39	39	40
39	Tevin Coleman	ATL	@ PHI	37	41	42	40	41	34
40	Andre Ellington	ARI	vs. SF	42	33	46	41	40	41
41	Kapri Bibbs	DEN	@ NO	44	43	33	44	43	45
41	Paul Perkins	NYG	vs. CIN	28	50	37	48	44	46
43	DuJuan Harris	SF	@ ARI	--	46	34	35	38	--
44	Kenneth Dixon	BAL	vs. CLE	38	48	43	42	42	42
45	Robert Kelley	WAS	vs. MIN	29	47	29	--	--	--
46	Alfred Morris	DAL	@ PIT	45	40	--	45	47	37
47	Ka'Deem Carey	CHI	@ TB	43	44	--	43	46	44
48	Alfred Blue	HOU	@ JAC	46	45	--	47	49	43
49	Ronnie Hillman	MIN	@ WAS	50	42	44	50	45	--
50	James Starks	GB	@ TEN	47	49	47	46	48	--
--	Damien Williams	MIA	@ SD	--	--	49	49	50	48
--	Doug Martin	TB	vs. CHI	--	--	45	--	--	--
--	Benny Cunningham	LA	@ NYJ	--	--	--	--	--	47
--	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	vs. ATL	48	--	--	--	--	50
--	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	vs. DAL	--	--	--	--	--	49
--	Shaun Draughn	SF	@ ARI	--	--	50	--	--	--