Fantasy football rankings 2017: Running backs in standard leagues for NFL Week 6

The SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for Week 6.

Oct 11, 2017, 12:39 PM UTC

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Week 6 is here, ladies and gentlemen. Kareem Hunt, Todd Gurley, and Leonard Fournette remain the cream of the crop at this position so far this season. The Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, New Orleans Saints and Washington are returning from bye weeks while the Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals and Seattle Seahawks are not entering their bye week. That means replacements will be needed for LeSean McCoy, Ezekiel Elliott, Joe Mixon, and any of the Seahawks’ rotation of backs.

Lucky for you, we have ranked all the best running back options this week. Some deeper waiver wire adds that could possibly help your team include Alex Collins, Wayne Gallman, D’Onta Foreman, and Elijah McQuire. Adrian Peterson was traded to the Cardinals and Chris Johnson was cut. Below, the SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for Week 6.

Running back (standard) rankings, Week 6

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

RB (standard) rankings, Week 6

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp	SK	JG	DG	KB	ZS	JM
1	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@ KC	2	1	1	2	2	1
2	Kareem Hunt	KC	vs. PIT	1	2	5	1	1	5
3	Melvin Gordon	LAC	@ OAK	5	3	2	3	5	2
4	Todd Gurley	LAR	@ JAC	4	4	3	4	4	3
5	Leonard Fournette	JAC	vs. LAR	3	5	6	5	3	6
6	Devonta Freeman	ATL	vs. MIA	6	6	4	6	6	4
7	Doug Martin	TB	@ ARI	13	8	7	7	7	7
8	DeMarco Murray	TEN	vs. IND	11	9	8	8	8	8
9	Lamar Miller	HOU	vs. CLE	10	7	9	9	9	9
10	Carlos Hyde	SF	@ WAS	15	10	10	10	10	10
11	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ ATL	9	11	12	11	11	11
12	C.J. Anderson	DEN	vs. NYG	8	15	13	13	13	13
13	Aaron Jones	GB	@ MIN	16	13	11	12	14	12
14	Jordan Howard	CHI	@ BAL	7	16	15	15	15	15
15	Marshawn Lynch	OAK	vs. LAC	12	12	16	16	12	16
16	Ameer Abdullah	DET	@ NO	14	14	14	14	19	14
17	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	vs. PHI	18	17	19	17	16	19
18	Buck Allen	BAL	vs. CHI	20	18	18	18	28	20
19	Frank Gore	IND	@ TEN	27	19	20	19	20	18
20	Mike Gillislee	NE	@ NYJ	17	20	22	20	22	22
21	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	vs. GB	23	21	21	21	21	21
22	Elijah McGuire	NYJ	vs. NE	26	23	24	22	24	25
23	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	@ CAR	25	25	25	23	25	24
24	Mark Ingram	NO	vs. DET	19	22	23	24	37	23
25	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. SF	28	26	26	25	17	31
26	Tevin Coleman	ATL	vs. MIA	22	29	30	27	18	27
27	Robert Kelley	WAS	vs. SF	36	31	17	26	26	17
28	Duke Johnson Jr.	CLE	@ HOU	21	30	31	28	29	26
29	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	vs. PHI	31	28	29	30	31	29
30	Adrian Peterson	ARI	vs. TB	43	27	27	29	27	28
31	Alvin Kamara	NO	vs. DET	24	24	41	40	23	41
32	Tarik Cohen	CHI	@ BAL	32	34	32	31	32	36
33	Alex Collins	BAL	vs. CHI	37	32	28	35	30	39
34	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	@ HOU	34	35	34	32	34	34
35	Jamaal Charles	DEN	vs. NYG	39	36	33	33	33	33
36	Andre Ellington	ARI	vs. TB	30	33	38	34	38	35
37	Ty Montgomery	GB	@ MIN	45	37	35	36	35	32
38	Marlon Mack	IND	@ TEN	40	38	36	37	36	37
39	James White	NE	@ NYJ	29	41	40	39	40	40
40	Latavius Murray	MIN	vs. GB	33	40	37	38	41	42
41	Wayne Gallman	NYG	@ DEN	35	42	42	41	42	38
42	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	vs. CLE	44	39	39	45	39	39
43	Derrick Henry	TEN	vs. IND	38	44	44	42	44	43
44	Matt Breida	SF	@ WAS	42	43	43	43	43	44
45	Theo Riddick	DET	@ NO	41	45	45	44	45	45
46	Charcandrick West	KC	vs. PIT	--	46	46	46	46	46
47	Shane Vereen	NYG	@ DEN	46	48	48	48	48	50
48	Rex Burkhead	NE	@ NYJ	--	47	47	47	47	--
49	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	@ ARI	--	49	50	--	50	47
50	Jalen Richard	OAK	vs. LAC	48	50	49	49	--	--
--	Samaje Perine	WAS	vs. SF	49	--	--	50	--	48
--	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	@ DEN	47	--	--	--	--	--
--	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	@ CAR	--	--	--	--	49	--
--	Terrance West	BAL	vs. CHI	--	--	--	--	--	49
--	Chris Ivory	JAC	vs. LAR	50	--	--	--	--	--