Fantasy football rankings, Week 3: Running backs for standard leagues

The SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for Week 3.

Updated Sep 20, 2017, 12:24 PM UTC

Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports

Week 3 has arrived, my friends, and I’m pretty sure Kareem Hunt is the greatest running back I have ever seen. That was a joke but Hunt has solidified himself as the Chiefs starter and that has paid dividends for fantasy owners. Some other names that are ranked higher than Zeke Elliot and Le’Veon Bell over the last few weeks are Ty Montgomery, Todd Gurley, and C.J. Anderson. That is no cause for pause if you are owners of one the backs struggling. The law of averages will play out eventually and there is also the waiver wire to find some gems.

Running back

RB standard rankings, Week 3

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp	SK	JG	DG	KB	ZS	JM
1	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@ CHI	1	1	1	1	1	1
2	Jay Ajayi	MIA	@ NYJ	2	2	3	2	2	3
3	Kareem Hunt	KC	@ LAC	3	3	5	3	3	5
4	Melvin Gordon	LAC	vs. KC	8	4	2	4	4	2
5	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	@ ARI	4	5	6	5	5	6
6	Devonta Freeman	ATL	@ DET	6	6	7	6	6	7
7	Marshawn Lynch	OAK	@ WAS	13	8	4	7	8	4
8	Carlos Hyde	SF	vs. LAR	10	9	8	8	9	8
9	Ty Montgomery	GB	vs. CIN	7	12	10	9	10	10
10	Todd Gurley	LAR	@ SF	5	7	13	13	7	13
11	C.J. Anderson	DEN	@ BUF	9	10	11	10	12	11
12	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	vs. NO	16	11	9	11	11	9
13	Leonard Fournette	JAC	vs. BAL	14	13	12	12	13	12
14	Dalvin Cook	MIN	vs. TB	12	15	14	14	15	14
15	LeSean McCoy	BUF	vs. DEN	11	14	15	15	14	17
16	Mike Gillislee	NE	vs. HOU	17	16	18	16	16	15
17	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	@ MIN	22	18	16	17	18	18
18	Mark Ingram	NO	@ CAR	28	17	17	18	17	16
19	Tevin Coleman	ATL	@ DET	27	19	19	19	19	19
20	Ameer Abdullah	DET	vs. ATL	23	21	20	21	21	21
21	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	vs. NO	21	20	21	20	28	20
22	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	@ IND	15	23	27	23	23	27
23	Chris Carson	SEA	@ TEN	24	26	22	22	27	22
24	Lamar Miller	HOU	@ NE	20	25	29	24	24	24
25	Frank Gore	IND	@ CLE	26	24	30	25	25	23
26	Buck Allen	BAL	@ JAC	18	28	38	27	20	39
27	Jordan Howard	CHI	vs. PIT	33	32	26	26	32	25
28	Tarik Cohen	CHI	vs. PIT	19	22	40	31	22	40
29	Joe Mixon	CIN	@ GB	32	30	28	28	30	28
30	Terrance West	BAL	@ JAC	41	31	25	30	29	26
31	Derrick Henry	TEN	vs. SEA	25	27	36	35	26	36
32	Kerwynn Williams	ARI	vs. DAL	47	29	24	29	31	29
33	James White	NE	vs. HOU	29	33	31	32	33	38
34	Samaje Perine	WAS	vs. OAK	35	36	23	36	41	30
35	Matt Forte	NYJ	vs. MIA	39	34	33	33	34	31
36	Darren Sproles	PHI	vs. NYG	36	35	34	34	35	34
37	Chris Thompson	WAS	vs. OAK	31	40	37	37	36	37
38	Chris Johnson	ARI	vs. DAL	38	37	39	39	38	33
39	DeMarco Murray	TEN	vs. SEA	30	41	48	38	40	32
40	Duke Johnson Jr.	CLE	@ IND	37	38	42	40	39	42
41	Theo Riddick	DET	vs. ATL	34	39	43	41	37	46
42	Bilal Powell	NYJ	vs. MIA	40	42	46	42	42	43
43	Paul Perkins	NYG	@ PHI	45	43	45	43	43	44
44	Alvin Kamara	NO	@ CAR	44	44	44	47	44	45
45	Adrian Peterson	NO	@ CAR	--	48	32	44	48	48
46	Jeremy Hill	CIN	@ GB	--	46	41	48	46	41
47	Giovani Bernard	CIN	@ GB	42	45	49	45	45	47
48	Thomas Rawls	SEA	@ TEN	--	--	35	--	--	35
49	Jamaal Charles	DEN	@ BUF	46	47	50	46	47	--
50	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	vs. NYG	50	49	47	49	49	50
--	Shane Vereen	NYG	@ PHI	43	--	--	--	--	--
--	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	@NE	49	50	--	50	50	--
--	Jalen Richard	OAK	@ WAS	48	--	--	--	--	--
--	T.J. Yeldon	JAC	vs. BAL	--	--	--	--	--	49