Fantasy football rankings, 2016: Running backs for PPR leagues, Week 16

A fantasy championship is within reach, and you should be fortunate enough to have all of your running backs able to go.

by Jason Marcum

Updated Dec 23, 2016, 5:32 PM UTC

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Editor’s update: Adrian Peterson has been ruled out for Week 16.

If you have made it this far in your league’s playoffs, you likely will be playing for a fantasy football championship this week.

You will also likely be all hands on deck when it comes to running back. No NFL team has clinched everything it can, so most teams will still play all of their healthy starters this week.

Speaking of, health is something you have likely been blessed with heading into the championship round. As of now, 19 of the top 20 PPR fantasy scorers among running backs are on track to play this week, with Melvin Gordon (hip) possibly playing.

Surprisingly, there have not been many injuries to big-name running backs this season, so you may have all of them going into the championship round.

Now it’s time to rank all of them for Week 16.

Running backs (PPR), Week 16

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

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp.	SK	JG	JM	DG	KB
1	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	vs. DET	2	1	1	1	2
2	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	vs. BAL	1	2	2	2	1
3	LeSean McCoy	BUF	vs. MIA	3	3	3	4	4
4	David Johnson	ARI	@ SEA	4	4	4	3	3
5	DeMarco Murray	TEN	@ JAC	5	5	5	5	5
6	Devonta Freeman	ATL	@ CAR	7	7	9	7	7
7	Jordan Howard	CHI	vs. WAS	6	6	6	15	6
8	Todd Gurley	LA	vs. SF	9	8	8	8	9
8	Latavius Murray	OAK	vs. IND	8	9	7	14	8
10	Lamar Miller	HOU	vs. CIN	12	11	12	10	10
11	Carlos Hyde	SF	@ LA	10	10	10	18	11
11	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ BUF	14	13	14	9	14
13	Spencer Ware	KC	vs. DEN	15	14	13	17	13
14	Bilal Powell	NYJ	@ NE	11	12	15	26	12
15	LeGarrette Blount	NE	vs. NYJ	13	15	11	24	15
16	Mark Ingram	NO	vs. TB	17	16	19	11	16
17	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	vs. ATL	21	18	20	6	21
17	Robert Kelley	WAS	@ CHI	16	23	17	13	17
19	Jeremy Hill	CIN	@ HOU	19	17	16	20	18
20	Frank Gore	IND	@ OAK	20	19	18	19	19
21	Doug Martin	TB	@ NO	22	22	24	12	23
22	Thomas Rawls	SEA	vs. ARI	25	21	21	16	25
23	Dion Lewis	NE	vs. NYJ	18	20	27	31	20
24	Tevin Coleman	ATL	@ CAR	23	28	26	21	24
24	Kenneth Farrow	SD	@ CLE	24	24	29	30	22
26	Kenneth Dixon	BAL	@ PIT	27	27	28	23	26
27	Ryan Mathews	PHI	vs. NYG	26	25	23	37	27
28	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	vs. SD	28	26	25	33	28
29	Terrance West	BAL	@ PIT	29	29	30	25	29
30	Tim Hightower	NO	vs. TB	30	32	32	22	30
31	Rashad Jennings	NYG	@ PHI	33	33	31	32	34
32	~~Adrian Peterson~~	~~MIN~~	~~@ GB~~	34	36	22	35	36
33	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	vs. TEN	31	31	33	40	32
34	Derrick Henry	TEN	@ JAC	36	34	35	28	39
35	Justin Forsett	DEN	@ KC	39	38	34	29	41
36	Theo Riddick	DET	@ DAL	38	39	45	27	33
37	Rex Burkhead	CIN	@ HOU	32	30	47	--	31
38	Charles Sims	TB	@ NO	35	35	41	47	38
39	Duke Johnson	CLE	vs. SD	37	41	39	49	35
40	Mike Gillislee	BUF	vs. MIA	42	40	36	41	43
41	Chris Ivory	JAC	vs. TEN	45	37	38	39	45
41	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	@ GB	40	42	48	36	40
43	James White	NE	vs. NYJ	41	43	43	--	37
44	Matt Forte	NYJ	@ NE	44	46	42	38	47
45	Dwayne Washington	DET	@ DAL	46	47	37	44	44
46	Paul Perkins	NYG	@ PHI	47	45	46	34	49
47	Darren Sproles	PHI	vs. NYG	43	44	49	45	42
48	Devontae Booker	DEN	@ KC	49	48	44	42	48
49	Ronnie Hillman	SD	@ CLE	50	50	40	--	--
50	Alfred Blue	HOU	vs. CIN	--	--	--	43	--
--	Chris Thompson	WAS	@ CHI	48	--	--	--	46
--	Robert Turbin	IND	@ OAK	--	49	50	48	--
--	Alfred Morris	DAL	vs. DET	--	--	--	46	--
--	Damien Williams	MIA	@ BUF	--	--	--	50	--
--	Matt Asiata	MIN	@ GB	--	--	--	--	50