Fantasy football rankings, Week 14: Running backs for PPR and standard leagues
Cue the Jim Mora sound effects. It’s time for the fantasy playoffs for most owners. Check out how we rank the top 50 backs for standard and PPR leagues.
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If you're in the playoffs, you probably got here with some solid running backs. Although, with the fantasy landscape shifting toward PPR formats, that's certainly not a lock. Some receivers are capable of putting up huge games and carrying you so much that you don't even have to have a full set of backs. For instance, one of my teams in a deep 10-team format (two QB, three RB, three WR, two flex), was rolling with Reggie Bush, Joique Bell and Rashard Mendenhall for most of the season before Ben Tate and Andre Brown got hot, and now I'm in the playoffs.
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Simply put, play the best guys that give you the best chance to win and are least likely to let you down. Don’t get cute.
| Standard league | PPR league | ||
| 1 | Adrian Peterson (@BAL) | Matt Forte (DAL) | |
| 2 | Jamaal Charles (@WAS) | Jamaal Charles (@WAS) | |
| 3 | Matt Forte (DAL) | Adrian Peterson (@BAL) | |
| 4 | LeSean McCoy (DET) | Reggie Bush (@PHI) | |
| 5 | Reggie Bush (@PHI) | LeSean McCoy (DET) | |
| 6 | DeMarco Murray (@CHI) | DeMarco Murray @CHI) | |
| 7 | Andre Brown (@SD) | Andre Brown (@SD) | |
| 8 | Marshawn Lynch (@SF) | Knowshon Moreno (TEN) | |
| 9 | Eddie Lacy (ATL) | Eddie Lacy (ATL) | |
| 10 | Knowshon Moreno (TEN) | C.J. Spiller (@TB) | |
| 11 | C.J. Spiller (@TB) | Zac Stacy (@AZ) | |
| 12 | Le'Veon Bell (MIA) | Le'Veon Bell (MIA) | |
| 13 | Zac Stacy (@AZ) | Marshawn Lynch (@SF) | |
| 14 | Alfred Morris (KC) | Shane Vereen (CLE) | |
| 15 | Frank Gore (SEA) | Giovani Bernard (IND) | |
| 16 | Steven Jackson (@GB) | Maurice Jones-Drew (HOU) | |
| 17 | Shane Vereen (CLE) | Lamar Miller (@PIT) | |
| 18 | Lamar Miller (@PIT) | Alfred Morris (KC) | |
| 19 | Maurice Jones-Drew (HOU) | Ben Tate (@JAX) | |
| 20 | Ben Tate (@JAX) | Frank Gore (SEA) | |
| 21 | Chris Johnson (@DEN) | Chris Johnson (@DEN) | |
| 22 | Giovani Bernard (IND) | Darren Sproles (CAR) | |
| 23 | Donald Brown (@CIN) | Donald Brown (@CIN) | |
| 24 | Rashad Jennings (@NYJ) | Danny Woodhead (NYG) | |
| 25 | Fred Jackson (@TB) | Rashad Jennings (@NYJ) | |
| 26 | Darren Sproles (CAR) | Ray Rice (BUF) | |
| 27 | Chris Ivory (OAK) | Fred Jackson (@TB) | |
| 28 | Danny Woodhead (NYG) | Jacquizz Rodgers (@GB) | |
| 29 | Ray Rice (MIN) | Ryan Mathews (NYG) | |
| 30 | Ryan Mathews (NYG) | Pierre Thomas (CAR) | |
| 31 | Bobby Rainey (BUF) | Andre Ellington (STL) | |
| 32 | Andre Ellington (STL) | Joique Bell (@PHI) | |
| 33 | Pierre Thomas (CAR) | Brandon Bolden (CLE) | |
| 34 | Joique Bell (@PHI) | Bobby Rainey (BUF) | |
| 35 | Jacquizz Rodgers (@GB) | Marcel Reece (@NYJ) | |
| 36 | Rashard Mendenhall (STL) | Chris Ogbonnaya (@NE) | |
| 37 | Brandon Bolden (CLE) | Dennis Johnson (@JAX) | |
| 38 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis (IND) | Rashard Mendenhall (STL) | |
| 39 | DeAngelo Williams (@NO) | DeAngelo Williams (@NO) | |
| 40 | Stevan Ridley (CLE) | Roy Helu (KC) | |
| 41 | Dennis Johnson (@JAX) | Trent Richardson (@CIN) | |
| 42 | Montee Ball (TEN) | Jonathan Stewart (@NO) | |
| 43 | Chris Ogbonnaya (@NE) | Stevan Ridley (CLE) | |
| 44 | Jonathan Stewart (@NO) | Mike Gillislee (@PIT) | |
| 45 | Marcel Reece (@NYJ) | Kendall Hunter (SEA) | |
| 46 | Bilal Powell (OAK) | Bilal Powell (OAK) | |
| 47 | Bernard Pierce (MIN) | BenJarvus Green-Ellis (IND) | |
| 48 | Trent Richardson (@CIN) | Montee Ball (TEN) | |
| 49 | Mike Tolbert (@NO) | Stefan Taylor (STL) | |
| 50 | Willis McGahee (@NE) | Jordan Todman (HOU) |
