Week 17 Fantasy RB PPR Rankings: Must-starts, sleepers, potential busts
In case you are in one of many few season-long fantasy leagues that holds its championship recreation in Week 17, you are in for a tricky week at RB. There are many choices on the place, however harm issues and workload splits are creating some very robust begin ’em, sit ’em choices this season. Our Week 17 fantasy RB PPR rankings are right here to type by means of the noise and suggest handcuffs and sleepers to belief.
For house owners in PPR leagues, there may be no less than some additional worth created due to the quantity of nice pass-catching backs which have emerged this yr. That is actually good news, particularly when contemplating the lengthy listing of RBs that may very well be out this week, together with, however not restricted to, Christian McCaffrey, Joe Mixon, Damien Harris, Darrell Henderson, James Robinson, and Clyde Edwards-Helaire.
Just a few gamers — Mike Davis (vs. Saints), Nyheim Hines (vs. Jaguars), and J.D. McKissic (@ Eagles) — see fairly important jumps and might be RB2s due to their high-volume of targets. Even with Davis and McKissic enjoying in comparatively tough matchups, they are often trusted as top-15 and (borderline) top-20 performs. Additional down, Kareem Hunt (vs. Steelers) and James White (vs. Jets) each vault into the strong flex ranks as a result of their major roles are as pass-catchers out of the backfield.
House owners in PPR leagues nonetheless should be cautious of groups out of playoff rivalry resting their starters, so examine again usually for updates on that. And people with members of the Chiefs on their staff (Le’Veon Bell and Darrel Williams) should see simply how a lot the Chiefs are planning on enjoying their starters after locking up the No. 1 seed within the AFC. All of their RBs must be thought of dangerous performs till we all know whether or not or not Andy Reid will give his starters any enjoying time.
Reminder: As at all times, we anticipate to make loads of adjustments to those RB PPR rankings all through the week, so examine again for updates.
Week 17 Fantasy RB PPR Rankings
These rankings are for full-point PPR leagues.
| Rank | Participant |
| 1 | Alvin Kamara, NO @ CAR |
| 2 | Dalvin Cook dinner, MIN @ DET |
| 3 | Derrick Henry, TEN @ HOU |
| 4 | David Montgomery, CHI vs. GB |
| 5 | Austin Ekeler, LAC @ KC |
| 6 | Jonathan Taylor, IND vs. JAX |
| 7 | Melvin Gordon, DEN vs. LV |
| 8 | D’Andre Swift, DET vs. MIN |
| 9 | David Johnson, HOU vs. TEN |
| 10 | JK Dobbins, BAL @ CIN |
| 11 | Myles Gaskin, MIA @ BUF |
| 12 | Josh Jacobs, LV @ DEN |
| 13 | Aaron Jones, GB @ CHI |
| 14 | Antonio Gibson, WAS @ PHI |
| 15 | Mike Davis, CAR vs. NO |
| 16 | Jeff Wilson Jr., SF vs. SEA |
| 17 | Nick Chubb, CLE vs. PIT |
| 18 | Wayne Gallman, NYG vs. DAL |
| 19 | Ronald Jones II, TB vs. ATL |
| 20 | Nyheim Hines, IND vs. JAX |
| 21 | J.D. McKissic, WAS @ PHI |
| 22 | Chris Carson, SEA @ SF |
| 23 | Dare Ogunbowale, JAX @ IND |
| 24 | Miles Sanders, PHI vs. WAS |
| 25 | James Conner, PIT @ CLE |
| 26 | Kenyan Drake, ARI @ LAR |
| 27 | Giovani Bernard, CIN vs. BAL |
| 28 | Sony Michel, NE vs. NYJ |
| 29 | Malcolm Brown, LAR vs. ARI |
| 30 | Ezekiel Elliott, DAL @ NYG |
| 31 | Kareem Hunt, CLE vs. PIT |
| 32 | James White, NE vs. NYJ |
| 33 | Darrel Williams, KC vs. LAC |
| 34 | Frank Gore, NYJ @ NE |
| 35 | Devin Singletary, BUF vs. MIA |
| 36 | Leonard Fournette, TB vs. ATL |
| 37 | Lynn Bowden, MIA @ BUF |
| 38 | Gus Edwards, BAL @ CIN |
| 39 | Zack Moss, BUF vs. MIA |
| 40 | Chase Edmonds, ARI @ LAR |
| 41 | Le’Veon Bell, KC vs. LAC |
| 42 | Tony Pollard, DAL @ NYG |
| 43 | Latavius Murray, NO @ CAR |
| 44 | Samaje Perine, CIN vs. BAL |
| 45 | AJ Dillon, GB @ CHI |
| 46 | Ito Smith, ATL vs. TB |
| 47 | La’Mical Perine, NYJ @ NE |
| 48 | Jerick McKinnon, SF vs. SEA |
| 49 | Salvon Ahmed, MIA @ BUF |
| 50 | Adrian Peterson, DET vs. MIN |
| 51 | Brian Hill, ATL @ TB |
| 52 | Kalen Ballage, LAC @ KC |
| 53 | Carlos Hyde, SEA @ SF |
| 54 | Todd Gurley, ATL @ TB |
| 55 | Devontae Booker, LV @ DEN |
| 56 | Benny Snell, PIT @ CLE |
| 57 | Buddy Howell, HOU vs. TEN |
| 58 | Tevin Coleman, SF vs. SEA |
| 59 | Royce Freeman, DEN vs. LV |
| 60 | Ke’Shawn Vaughn, TB vs. ATL |
| 61 | Dion Lewis, NYG vs. DAL |
| 62 | Boston Scott, PHI vs. WAS |
| 63 | Darrynton Evans, TEN @ HOU |
| 64 | Jalen Richard, LV @ DEN |
| 65 | Trayveon Wiliams, CIN vs. BAL |
| 66 | Justin Jackson, LAC @ KC |
| 67 | Devine Ozigbo, JAX @ IND |
| 68 | Rodney Smith, CAR vs. NO |
| 69 | Kerryon Johnson, DET vs. MIN |
| 70 | Peyton Barber, WAS @ PHI |
