Ranking the top 150 players in standard fantasy leagues

The SB Nation crew ranks the top 150 players in standard leagues heading into the 2018 NFL season. Check out our full 2018 Fantasy Football Draft guide!

by Jason Marcum

Updated Aug 10, 2018, 10:19 PM UTC

Editor’s update: Derrius Guice suffered a knee injury in his preseason debut. Initially reported as an MCL sprain, Washington has since announced that the injury is a torn ACL. This injury ends Guice’s rookie season before it begins. Samaje Perine is likely to get more of Washington’s rushing work, while Chris Thompson will be the primary pass catcher.

The 2018 fantasy football season is almost here, which means you’ll soon be in your league’s fantasy draft attempting to build a title-winning team. That will begin with whichever selection you have in Round 1, which, as usual, will be loaded with great running backs from which to choose.

This is actually one of the deeper classes of proven backs that will go in the first round of most drafts. Le’Veon Bell and Todd Gurley top the list, followed by Ezekiel Elliott, Kareem Hunt, and Devonta Freeman. All of them have finished in the top three of scoring among running backs at least once in their career.

If you choose to go wide receiver with your first pick, there are some worthy first-round options in Antonio Brown, Julio Jones, and DeAndre Hopkins to pick from.

The way this year is shaping up, your first-round pick needs to be either a running back or receiver, as there aren’t any tight ends or quarterbacks worthy of a first-round pick in most standard leagues. Quarterback especially has a lot of value outside of the top guys, and you can get a reliable starter in the middle rounds like Alex Smith, Philip Rivers, Kirk Cousins, and Deshaun Watson.

Top 150 overall rankings, standard leagues (preseason)

(JM: Jason Marcum; DG: Derek Gordon; SK: Scott Kaliska; AW: Alex Welch)

Top 150 standard fantasy football rankings

Rk	Consensus	Pos	Tm	JM	DG	SK	AW
1	Todd Gurley II	RB	LAR	1	1	1	1
2	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	DAL	3	2	3	4
3	Le'Veon Bell	RB	PIT	2	7	2	2
4	David Johnson	RB	ARI	4	3	4	5
5	Antonio Brown	WR	PIT	5	4	5	3
6	DeAndre Hopkins	WR	HOU	6	5	6	6
7	Odell Beckham Jr.	WR	NYG	7	9	9	9
8	Julio Jones	WR	ATL	11	6	10	8
9	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	8	12	7	10
10	Saquon Barkley	RB	NYG	9	18	8	7
11	Kareem Hunt	RB	KC	10	14	11	14
12	Keenan Allen	WR	LAC	16	8	16	13
13	Melvin Gordon	RB	LAC	12	15	12	15
14	Leonard Fournette	RB	JAC	13	17	13	12
15	Michael Thomas	WR	NO	14	11	14	18
16	A.J. Green	WR	CIN	15	13	17	16
17	Dalvin Cook	RB	MIN	17	21	15	11
18	Davante Adams	WR	GB	18	16	18	17
19	Devonta Freeman	RB	ATL	20	26	19	19
20	Doug Baldwin	WR	SEA	25	10	27	23
21	Mike Evans	WR	TB	21	23	21	24
22	T.Y. Hilton	WR	IND	27	19	24	21
23	Rob Gronkowski	TE	NE	24	20	22	26
24	Jordan Howard	RB	CHI	23	25	20	25
25	Adam Thielen	WR	MIN	32	31	28	20
26	Travis Kelce	TE	KC	29	27	29	27
27	Jerick McKinnon	RB	SF	22	46	23	22
28	Christian McCaffrey	RB	CAR	19	35	26	33
29	Stefon Diggs	WR	MIN	33	22	30	29
30	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB	31	37	36	32
31	Derrius Guice	RB	WAS	36	42	32	28
32	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN	28	54	25	31
33	LeSean McCoy	RB	BUF	26	41	33	39
34	Amari Cooper	WR	OAK	37	24	34	45
35	Tyreek Hill	WR	KC	39	30	31	42
36	Larry Fitzgerald	WR	ARI	35	29	38	41
37	Kenyan Drake	RB	MIA	30	39	43	36
38	Alshon Jeffery	WR	PHI	38	32	40	40
39	Demaryius Thomas	WR	DEN	42	38	41	35
40	Alex Collins	RB	BAL	34	58	35	30
41	Allen Robinson	WR	CHI	41	52	37	34
42	Josh Gordon	WR	CLE	46	34	50	37
43	JuJu Smith-Schuster	WR	PIT	48	28	45	49
44	Jay Ajayi	RB	PHI	45	43	42	43
45	Zach Ertz	TE	PHI	40	47	39	57
46	Golden Tate	WR	DET	47	36	49	52
47	Marvin Jones Jr.	WR	DET	52	49	47	44
48	Tom Brady	QB	NE	49	45	53	47
49	Lamar Miller	RB	HOU	50	56	46	46
50	Brandin Cooks	WR	LAR	55	40	48	60
51	Derrick Henry	RB	TEN	43	59	44	58
52	Russell Wilson	QB	SEA	53	53	52	51
53	Rashaad Penny	RB	SEA	44	86	51	38
54	Michael Crabtree	WR	BAL	67	44	65	62
55	Deshaun Watson	QB	HOU	62	68	60	54
56	Dion Lewis	RB	TEN	56	61	57	71
57	Chris Hogan	WR	NE	77	60	63	50
58	Ronald Jones II	RB	TB	66	80	59	48
59	Marshawn Lynch	RB	OAK	68	63	62	61
60	Jarvis Landry	WR	CLE	72	48	64	74
61	Sammy Watkins	WR	KC	71	55	61	72
62	Emmanuel Sanders	WR	DEN	84	33	74	70
63	Royce Freeman	RB	DEN	54	101	55	56
64	Pierre Garçon	WR	SF	79	57	71	59
65	Cam Newton	QB	CAR	59	97	58	53
66	Corey Davis	WR	TEN	70	67	67	66
67	Drew Brees	QB	NO	74	65	68	64
68	Carson Wentz	QB	PHI	58	88	73	55
69	Robert Woods	WR	LAR	64	71	75	65
70	Devin Funchess	WR	CAR	69	69	76	63
71	Mark Ingram	RB	NO	51	111	54	68
72	Delanie Walker	TE	TEN	75	50	78	81
73	Greg Olsen	TE	CAR	63	72	66	84
74	Rex Burkhead	RB	NE	80	51	80	76
75	Tevin Coleman	RB	ATL	61	83	69	75
76	Sony Michel	RB	NE	65	106	56	69
77	Cooper Kupp	WR	LAR	82	64	83	80
78	Jimmy Graham	TE	GB	60	107	72	78
79	Isaiah Crowell	RB	NYJ	89	62	84	88
80	Kyle Rudolph	TE	MIN	81	84	81	79
81	Randall Cobb	WR	GB	91	75	87	77
82	Robby Anderson	WR	NYJ	85	74	79	95
83	Kirk Cousins	QB	MIN	73	121	77	67
84	Matthew Stafford	QB	DET	76	108	86	73
85	DeVante Parker	WR	MIA	82	85	96	83
86	Kerryon Johnson	RB	DET	90	79	85	92
87	Evan Engram	TE	NYG	57	131	70	91
88	Marlon Mack	RB	IND	78	103	82	89
89	Jamison Crowder	WR	WAS	97	73	91	93
90	C.J. Anderson	RB	CAR	95	66	90	115
91	Marquise Goodwin	WR	SF	96	87	89	98
92	Jamaal Williams	RB	GB	86	102	88	96
93	Chris Thompson	RB	WAS	93	81	99	105
94	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	PIT	88	116	95	82
95	Carlos Hyde	RB	CLE	92	70	94	137
96	Julian Edelman	WR	NE	124	78	107	90
97	Trey Burton	TE	CHI	102	82	97	118
98	Jordy Nelson	WR	OAK	98	90	108	109
99	Andrew Luck	QB	IND	110	117	93	86
100	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	CLE	87	98	104	117
101	Sterling Shepard	WR	NYG	100	100	103	107
102	Marqise Lee	WR	JAC	115	76	113	108
103	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	SF	103	105	105	100
104	Philip Rivers	QB	LAC	99	123	98	94
105	Nelson Agholor	WR	PHI	109	93	102	110
106	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE	104	96	112	104
107	Tarik Cohen	RB	CHI	107	89	100	124
108	Will Fuller V	WR	HOU	94	--	92	85
109	Marcus Mariota	QB	TEN	105	112	119	87
110	Jared Goff	QB	LAR	108	110	116	103
111	DeSean Jackson	WR	TB	106	95	128	114
112	Matt Ryan	QB	ATL	111	122	111	101
113	Jack Doyle	TE	IND	118	91	120	120
114	Aaron Jones	RB	GB	113	119	114	106
115	Rishard Matthews	WR	TEN	139	113	109	97
116	Patrick Mahomes	QB	KC	112	127	117	102
117	Kelvin Benjamin	WR	BUF	116	--	106	99
118	Josh Doctson	WR	WAS	114	114	127	121
119	George Kittle	TE	SF	121	132	118	112
120	Jordan Reed	TE	WAS	125	130	110	119
121	Ty Montgomery	RB	GB	127	99	125	133
122	Kenny Stills	WR	MIA	117	--	101	116
123	Alex Smith	QB	WAS	120	118	121	128
124	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL	119	124	124	125
125	Giovani Bernard	RB	CIN	132	94	130	136
126	Allen Hurns	WR	DAL	123	--	115	111
127	Cameron Meredith	WR	NO	101	--	132	127
128	Martavis Bryant	WR	OAK	136	92	--	134
129	Bilal Powell	RB	NYJ	134	129	133	123
130	Mohamed Sanu	WR	ATL	--	77	146	--
131	LeGarrette Blount	RB	DET	133	120	143	132
132	Latavius Murray	RB	MIN	142	104	136	--
133	O.J. Howard	TE	TB	122	135	129	148
134	Devontae Booker	RB	DEN	131	--	123	131
135	David Njoku	TE	CLE	126	141	126	143
136	Derek Carr	QB	OAK	141	128	145	129
137	Tyler Lockett	WR	SEA	--	109	137	--
138	Theo Riddick	RB	DET	135	126	144	146
139	D.J. Moore	WR	CAR	129	--	131	141
140	Tyler Eifert	TE	CIN	130	148	139	138
141	Chris Carson	RB	SEA	146	125	134	--
142	Mitchell Trubisky	QB	CHI	140	139	141	140
143	Doug Martin	RB	OAK	147	115	--	--
144	D'Onta Foreman	RB	HOU	128	--	140	145
145	Mike Williams	WR	LAC	--	--	--	113
146	Kenny Golladay	WR	DET	144	--	122	--
147	Jameis Winston	QB	TB	--	137	--	130
148	Corey Clement	RB	PHI	137	--	135	147
149	Blake Bortles	QB	JAC	143	--	142	135
150	Cameron Brate	TE	TB	138	147	138	--
--	Case Keenum	QB	DEN	--	--	--	122
--	Ted Ginn Jr.	WR	NO	--	--	--	126
--	Eli Manning	QB	NYG	--	136	--	142
--	Andy Dalton	QB	CIN	--	140	--	139
--	Benjamin Watson	TE	NO	--	133	--	--
--	Austin Seferian-Jenkins	TE	JAC	--	134	--	--
--	Josh McCown	QB	NYJ	--	138	--	--
--	James White	RB	NE	149	--	148	144
--	Charles Clay	TE	BUF	148	143	--	150
--	Ricky Seals-Jones	TE	ARI	--	142	--	--
--	Calvin Ridley	WR	ATL	145	--	--	149
--	Austin Hooper	TE	ATL	--	144	--	--
--	Jared Cook	TE	OAK	--	145	--	--
--	Virgil Green	TE	LAC	--	146	--	--
--	Eric Ebron	TE	IND	--	--	147	--
--	Jake Butt	TE	DEN	--	149	--	--
--	Paul Richardson	WR	WAS	--	--	149	--
--	Dez Bryant	WR	FA	--	--	150	--
--	Blake Jarwin	TE	DAL	--	150	--	--
--	Hayden Hurst	TE	BAL	150	--	--	--