Fantasy Football League Winners: Chase Brown, Alvin Kamara, Kenneth Walker

Finding the right running backs can make or break your fantasy football season, and in 2025, the margin for error is smaller than ever. Whether you’re drafting early-round studs or searching for mid-to-late-round gems, identifying the running backs who can truly swing a league is the key to building a championship roster. To help you make those crucial decisions, we’ve gathered insights from our collection of Featured Pros experts, who have analyzed every angle — from offensive schemes and depth charts to advanced metrics and historical trends.

Below, you’ll find the running backs our experts believe have the upside, opportunity, and talent to become true league-winners in 2025. These are the players who could outperform their average draft position (ADP) cost and carry your fantasy football team to the title.

Fantasy Football League-Winning RBs to Target

What one running back between RB6-RB20 in our consensus half-PPR RB ADP has the most league-winning upside?

Chase Brown (CIN)

“There perhaps may not be a bigger winner of the offseason as a whole than Chase Brown. The Bengals’ No. 1 RB did not have any real threat to his snaps introduced via a Bengals signing or draft pick; just Samaje Perine was brought back, and Zack Moss was released outright after only a year as a Bengal. This means Brown will enter 2025 as the unquestioned number one back for one of the best offenses in the game, and that is a player every single fantasy manager should target. Currently, the RB11 in half-PPR, Brown has top-three upside in 2025 and league-winner written all over him.”
– Ed Birdsall (Talking Points Sports)

Alvin Kamara (NO)

“Alvin Kamara may be old, but you don’t need to teach this old dog new tricks. The New Orleans Saints are deprived of talented players, forcing the offense to run through this aging running back. He will still be a force in the receiving game and give this lackluster quarterback room a chance to survive the oncoming onslaught of pass-rushers.”
– Joe Pepe (Beyond The Gridiron)

Kenneth Walker III (SEA)

“The easy and correct answer here is Kenneth Walker. It will fly under the radar that Walker was the RB12 in fantasy points per game last season. Unfortunately, his season was cut short by injuries, but if Walker can stay healthy in 2025, he could finally put it all together with a top-five running back season. Walker proved last year that not only is he still one of the best pure rushing talents in the league, but he is also a true three-down back with passing-catching chops. Among 45 qualifying backs, Walker ranked third in first downs per route run, sixth in target per route run rate and sixth in receiving yards per game, per Fantasy Points Data. Add all of that on top of leading the NFL in missed tackles forced per attempt and ranking 10th in yards after contact per attempt, and Walker could be a league-winner in 2025.”
– Derek Brown (FantasyPros)