Fantasy football rankings 2017: Running backs in standard leagues for NFL Week 4

The SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for Week 4.

Sep 27, 2017, 12:09 PM UTC

NFL: Pittsburgh Steelers at Chicago Bears

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I know everyone expected at the beginning of the season that through Week 3 the top 5 running backs in the NFL would Kareem Hunt, Todd Gurley, Chris Thompson, Devonta Freeman, and Ty Montgomery. If you don’t have one of those guys in your lineup you should check out our rankings below to help optimize your roster.

Le’Veon Bell and Ezekiel Elliott seem to be getting better weekly but they haven’t lived up to their typical elite fantasy value. Jordan Howard looked like he was back to 100 percent running all over the Steelers. Other than Buck Allen and Tarik Cohen there haven’t been many solid free agent options on the wire. That means you need to play the running backs with the best possible match-up and value. Below the SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for week 4.

Running backs (standard) rankings, Week 4

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

RB standard rankings, Week 4

Rk	Consensus	Tm	Opp	SK	DG	KB	ZS	JM
1	Kareem Hunt	KC	vs. WAS	1	2	1	1	2
2	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	vs. LAR	2	5	2	2	5
3	Le'Veon Bell	PIT	@ BAL	3	6	3	3	6
4	Devonta Freeman	ATL	vs. BUF	6	1	7	6	1
5	LeSean McCoy	BUF	@ ATL	7	4	6	7	4
6	Todd Gurley	LAR	@ DAL	5	9	4	5	9
7	Jay Ajayi	MIA	vs. NO	4	10	5	4	10
8	Melvin Gordon	LAC	vs. PHI	11	3	10	11	3
9	Leonard Fournette	JAC	@ NYJ	9	8	9	9	8
10	Dalvin Cook	MIN	vs. DET	8	11	8	8	11
11	Ty Montgomery	GB	vs. CHI	10	7	11	12	7
12	Carlos Hyde	SF	@ ARI	14	12	12	14	12
13	C.J. Anderson	DEN	vs. OAK	13	13	13	15	13
14	Jordan Howard	CHI	@ GB	12	20	14	10	20
15	Chris Carson	SEA	vs. IND	15	15	15	17	15
16	DeMarco Murray	TEN	@ HOU	17	17	18	13	17
17	Christian McCaffrey	CAR	@ NE	16	19	16	16	21
18	Lamar Miller	HOU	vs. TEN	20	14	20	22	14
19	Joe Mixon	CIN	@ CLE	19	21	17	19	19
20	Marshawn Lynch	OAK	@ DEN	22	23	22	20	23
21	Mike Gillislee	NE	vs. CAR	18	29	19	18	29
22	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	vs. NYG	30	16	31	32	16
23	Mark Ingram	NO	@ MIA	24	22	23	35	22
24	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	vs. CIN	25	27	25	25	27
25	Ameer Abdullah	DET	@ MIN	26	28	26	26	28
26	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	@ NE	29	26	28	29	25
27	Tarik Cohen	CHI	@ GB	21	33	21	31	33
28	Tevin Coleman	ATL	vs. BUF	28	32	27	21	32
29	Robert Kelley	WAS	@ KC	39	18	37	39	18
30	Chris Thompson	WAS	@ KC	23	42	24	23	42
31	Frank Gore	IND	@ SEA	27	37	29	27	37
32	LeGarrette Blount	PHI	@ LAC	32	30	32	36	30
33	Derrick Henry	TEN	@ HOU	33	31	33	33	31
34	Duke Johnson Jr.	CLE	vs. CIN	34	34	34	34	34
35	Buck Allen	BAL	vs. PIT	31	43	30	28	43
36	Chris Johnson	ARI	vs. SF	43	24	41	43	24
37	Terrance West	BAL	vs. PIT	41	25	43	41	26
38	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	@ LAC	36	41	36	30	40
39	Alvin Kamara	NO	@ MIA	42	39	42	24	41
40	James White	NE	vs. CAR	35	38	35	42	38
41	Jamaal Charles	DEN	vs. OAK	40	35	40	40	35
42	Theo Riddick	DET	@ MIN	37	45	38	37	47
43	D'Onta Foreman	HOU	vs. TEN	45	36	46	45	36
44	Bilal Powell	NYJ	vs. JAC	38	--	39	38	--
45	Paul Perkins	NYG	@ TB	--	40	--	--	38
46	Matt Forte	NYJ	vs. JAC	46	48	44	46	49
47	Giovani Bernard	CIN	@ CLE	44	--	45	44	--
48	Jeremy Hill	CIN	@ CLE	--	44	--	--	44
49	Thomas Rawls	SEA	vs. IND	--	49	47	49	46
50	Samaje Perine	WAS	@ KC	47	--	48	47	--
--	Adrian Peterson	NO	@ MIA	--	47	--	--	45
--	Shane Vereen	NYG	@ TB	48	--	49	48	--
--	Alex Collins	BAL	vs. PIT	50	--	50	50	48
--	Rex Burkhead	NE	vs. CAR	--	46	--	--	50
--	Andre Ellington	ARI	vs. SF	49	--	--	--	--
--	Kerwynn Williams	ARI	vs. SF	--	50	--	--	--