Weekly Fantasy Football Leaders (2021)

Top Running Backs - Weeks 1 to 5 (2021)

View fantasy scoring leaders for Standard, Half PPR, and PPR leagues broken down by week. Rankings can be sorted based on total points or average points per week to spot the top fantasy players.

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#	Player	Pos	Team	1	2	3	4	5	AVG	TTL
1	Derrick Henry	RB	BAL	9.2	44.7	17.9	24.7	31	25.5	127.5
2	Austin Ekeler	RB	WAS	11.7	18	19.7	28	30.4	21.6	107.8
3	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	NE	4.9	16.7	25.1	20.3	24.2	18.2	91.2
4	Cordarrelle Patterson	RB	PIT	7.7	21.4	13.2	32.1	14.9	17.9	89.3
5	Kareem Hunt	RB	CLE	15.6	5.8	24.5	15.6	23.4	17	84.9
6	Najee Harris	RB	PIT	5.4	16.6	21.2	18.1	21.2	16.5	82.5
7	Aaron Jones	RB	MIN	3.2	38.5	16.6	9.4	12.9	16.1	80.6
8	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE	21.1	16.3	8.4	11	23.5	16.1	80.3
9	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	16.6	5	19.3	12	26.7	15.9	79.6
10	James Robinson	RB	NO	6.9	7.9	22.4	20.1	21.2	15.7	78.5
11	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND	14.6	5.8	7.7	18.9	30.4	15.5	77.4
12	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI	20.4	9.8	20.2	6.9	19.4	15.3	76.7
13	Antonio Gibson	RB	NE	10.3	8.3	16.9	14.5	20.2	14	70.2
14	Joe Mixon	RB	HOU	23	7.6	9.9	13.2	10	12.7	63.7
15	Darrell Henderson Jr.	RB	FA	15.2	15.7	-	14.1	16.4	15.4	61.4
16	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI	3.2	7.9	18.4	27.1	0.9	11.5	57.5
17	Leonard Fournette	RB	FA	8.4	9.6	4.9	15.4	19	11.5	57.3
18	David Montgomery	RB	DET	18.3	9.4	6.5	22.6	-	14.2	56.8
19	James Conner	RB	ARI	5.3	2.6	17.8	19.6	10.2	11.1	55.5
20	Melvin Gordon III	RB	FA	19.3	7.9	14.7	7.7	5.3	11	54.9
21	Jamaal Williams	RB	NO	21	5.2	13.7	6.6	7.5	10.8	54
22	Zack Moss	RB	CIN	-	14.4	16.6	12.1	10.7	13.5	53.8
22	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN	6.3	21.5	7	6.7	12.3	10.8	53.8
24	Myles Gaskin	RB	MIN	10.1	6.6	8.9	0.3	26.9	10.6	52.8
25	Chase Edmonds	RB	TB	12.6	10	11	15.9	2.9	10.5	52.4
26	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	23.2	22.2	5	-	-	16.8	50.4
27	Alexander Mattison	RB	LV	1.1	3.3	20.1	2	22.8	9.9	49.3
28	Mike Davis	RB	FA	8.7	9.8	9	9.6	11.1	9.6	48.2
29	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	KC	8.7	2.6	15.9	17.3	2.9	9.5	47.4
30	Chris Carson	RB	FA	11.2	15.1	15.2	3.6	-	11.3	45.1
31	Kenneth Gainwell	RB	PHI	11.3	6.2	4.9	17.9	2.9	8.6	43.2
32	Miles Sanders	RB	CAR	15.3	6.4	7	6.2	7.6	8.5	42.5
33	Javonte Williams	RB	DEN	4.6	7.9	11.7	7.4	10.1	8.3	41.7
34	Devin Singletary	RB	NYG	9.5	16.1	3.1	9.1	2.8	8.1	40.6
35	Michael Carter	RB	ARI	2.5	9.8	3.9	9.9	13.3	7.9	39.4
35	Josh Jacobs	RB	GB	16.5	-	-	8.2	14.7	13.1	39.4
37	Damien Harris	RB	FA	10.7	12.9	2.1	3.6	9.8	7.8	39.1
38	J.D. McKissic	RB	FA	0.8	17.8	4.8	14.4	1.2	7.8	39
39	Dalvin Cook	RB	BAL	17.4	15.8	-	5.4	-	12.9	38.6
40	Latavius Murray	RB	BUF	8.8	9.6	2.8	11.9	4	7.4	37.1
41	Damien Williams	RB	FA	6	1.4	0	14	15.4	7.4	36.8
42	AJ Dillon	RB	GB	3.1	3.1	3.6	10.2	15.9	7.2	35.9
43	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR	1.4	1	9.4	8.1	15.9	7.2	35.8
44	Jeremy McNichols	RB	WAS	4.8	4.4	8.1	12.5	4.5	6.9	34.3
45	Ty'Son Williams	RB	FA	16.9	10.3	2.2	-	3.1	8.1	32.5
46	Nyheim Hines	RB	CLE	11.2	2.7	16.4	0.1	1.8	6.4	32.2
47	David Johnson	RB	FA	10.3	5.7	1.1	6.3	7.6	6.2	31
48	Giovani Bernard	RB	FA	2.2	2.6	15.6	-	10.5	7.7	30.9
49	Darrel Williams	RB	FA	0.4	5.8	4.9	12.8	6	6	29.9
49	Elijah Mitchell	RB	SF	16.4	6.3	-	-	7.2	10	29.9
51	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	SF	1.2	2.7	13.1	6.1	5	5.6	28.1
52	Mark Ingram II	RB	FA	14.5	4.5	2.5	2.4	4.1	5.6	28
53	Alex Collins	RB	FA	-	2.5	0.8	14.8	8.2	6.6	26.3
54	Kenyan Drake	RB	FA	9.5	8	7.2	0.2	1.1	5.2	26
55	James White	RB	FA	9.1	15.5	0.6	-	-	8.4	25.2
56	Peyton Barber	RB	FA	-	3.2	21.7	0	-	8.3	24.9
57	Devontae Booker	RB	FA	1.8	1.6	-	1.7	19.3	6.1	24.4
58	Sony Michel	RB	FA	0.2	4.6	9.4	-0.9	11	4.9	24.3
59	Ty Johnson	RB	BUF	3.1	5	2.8	2.3	10.4	4.7	23.6
59	Samaje Perine	RB	DEN	3.4	0	1.2	2.7	16.3	4.7	23.6
61	Trey Sermon	RB	IND	-	0.8	10.4	8.9	0.7	5.2	20.8
62	Phillip Lindsay	RB	FA	8.5	8.9	0.5	-0.1	1.9	3.9	19.7
63	Brandon Bolden	RB	LV	0.5	-	3.7	8.1	5.1	4.4	17.4
64	Ronald Jones II	RB	FA	-0.6	4.1	1.1	8.5	4.1	3.4	17.2
65	Demetric Felton Jr.	RB	CIN	0	12.1	2.3	2.2	0	3.3	16.6
66	JaMycal Hasty	RB	NE	8.3	7.9	-	-	-	8.1	16.2
67	Malcolm Brown	RB	FA	1.6	2.1	9.1	3.2	-	4	16
68	Carlos Hyde	RB	FA	6.8	0.7	4.4	-	1.3	3.3	13.2
69	Travis Homer	RB	CHI	0	2.4	6.3	0.5	2.3	2.3	11.5
70	Salvon Ahmed	RB	MIA	3.8	1.7	-	2.3	3.1	2.7	10.9
71	Alec Ingold	RB	MIA	4.2	0	6.6	-	-	3.6	10.8
72	Tony Jones Jr.	RB	ARI	5.8	0.7	3.2	1	-	2.7	10.7
73	Marlon Mack	RB	ARI	-	1.6	-	2.8	5.9	3.4	10.3
74	Tevin Coleman	RB	FA	2.4	2.4	-	4.1	1.1	2.5	10
75	Devonta Freeman	RB	FA	-	2.9	0.8	0.4	5	2.3	9.1
76	Ty Montgomery II	RB	FA	1	0.8	0	6.4	0	1.6	8.2
76	Khalil Herbert	RB	CHI	0	-	0	0.7	7.5	2.1	8.2
78	Chris Evans	RB	CIN	-	1.9	3.6	-	2.5	2.7	8
78	Andy Janovich	RB	FA	0	6	-	2	-	2.7	8
80	Justin Jackson	RB	FA	1.2	3.4	0	3.3	-	2	7.9
81	Rodney Smith	RB	FA	-	-	-	7.3	-	7.3	7.3
82	DeeJay Dallas	RB	ARI	1.5	0	0	0	4.9	1.3	6.4
82	Larry Rountree III	RB	FA	2.7	0.3	0.3	3.1	0	1.3	6.4
84	Ameer Abdullah	RB	LV	2.9	0	2.4	0.7	0.2	1.2	6.2
85	Royce Freeman	RB	LAR	-	-	3	1.2	1.3	1.8	5.5
86	Keith Smith	RB	ATL	4.6	0.3	0	0.2	0	1	5.1
87	Jerick McKinnon	RB	KC	-	1.9	-	0	2.5	1.5	4.4
88	C.J. Ham	RB	MIN	1.9	-	0.2	0.1	2	1.1	4.2
89	Jaret Patterson	RB	LAC	0.9	-	-	1.7	1.3	1.3	3.9
90	Patrick Ricard	RB	BAL	2.5	0.2	0	0.9	-	0.9	3.6
91	Kylin Hill	RB	FA	1.4	0.8	0	0	1	0.6	3.2
92	Wayne Gallman Jr.	RB	FA	0	-	-	2.9	0.2	1	3.1
93	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	HOU	0	-	-	0.3	2.4	0.9	2.7
94	Michael Burton	RB	DEN	0.2	1.6	-	0.5	0.2	0.6	2.5
95	Gabe Nabers	RB	FA	0.2	0	2.1	0	-	0.6	2.3
96	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	FA	0	0.1	-	0	2	0.5	2.1
97	Rex Burkhead	RB	FA	1.1	-	1	-0.1	-	0.7	2
97	Raheem Mostert	RB	MIA	2	-	-	-	-	2	2
99	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE	-0.4	-	-	-	2.3	1	1.9
100	Joshua Kelley	RB	LAC	-	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	1.7
101	Dwayne Washington	RB	DEN	-	0	-	1.6	-	0.8	1.6
102	Reggie Gilliam	RB	BUF	-	0.2	0	1.4	-	0.5	1.6
103	Gary Brightwell	RB	NYG	1.1	0	0.4	0	-	0.4	1.5
103	Elijhaa Penny	RB	FA	0	0.5	0.6	-	0.4	0.4	1.5
103	Boston Scott	RB	PHI	0	-	1.5	-	-	0.8	1.5
106	Jacques Patrick	RB	NYJ	-	-	-	1.2	-	1.2	1.2
107	Le'Veon Bell	RB	FA	-	-	-	1.1	-	1.1	1.1
108	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	JAC	-	-	0.9	0	-	0.5	0.9
108	Jalen Richard	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	0.9	0.9	0.9
110	Rashaad Penny	RB	PHI	0.8	-	-	-	-	0.8	0.8
110	Derek Watt	RB	FA	0	-	0.8	0	0	0.2	0.8
112	Damarea Crockett	RB	FA	-	-	0.7	-	-	0.7	0.7
112	Alex Armah Jr.	RB	WAS	-	0	0.5	0.2	-	0.2	0.7
114	Jake Funk	RB	DET	0	0	0.6	-	-	0.2	0.6
115	Mekhi Sargent	RB	FA	0.2	-	0.2	-	0	0.1	0.4
115	Matt Breida	RB	NYG	0.4	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.4
117	J.J. Taylor	RB	HOU	-	0.3	1.5	-1.5	-	0.1	0.3
118	Spencer Brown	RB	CAR	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Sewo Olonilua	RB	FA	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Kalen Ballage	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
118	Eno Benjamin	RB	NO	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
118	Khari Blasingame	RB	CHI	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Godwin Igwebuike	RB	PIT	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Corey Clement	RB	FA	0	-	0	-	-	0	0
118	J.K. Dobbins	RB	FA	-	-	-	0	-	0	0
118	Buddy Howell	RB	FA	-	-	-	0	-	0	0
118	Scottie Phillips	RB	FA	-	0	-	-	-	0	0
118	Jakob Johnson	RB	LV	-	-	-	0	-	0	0
118	Taiwan Jones	RB	FA	-	0	-	-	-	0	0
118	Gerrid Doaks	RB	HOU	-	0	-	-	0	0	0
118	Nick Ralston	RB	FA	-	-	0	-	-	0	0
118	Darrynton Evans	RB	BUF	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
118	Tory Carter	RB	FA	-	-	0	-	-	0	0
118	Cullen Gillaspia	RB	FA	-	-	0	-	-	0	0
118	Jordan Wilkins	RB	FA	-	-	0	-	-	0	0
118	Jonathan Ward	RB	TEN	0	-	-	-	0	0	0
118	Tarik Cohen	RB	CAR	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
138	Trenton Cannon	RB	FA	0.5	-0.1	0	-2	0	-0.3	-1.6
139	Trayveon Williams	RB	CIN	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Jaylen Samuels	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Qadree Ollison	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Darius Bradwell	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	B.J. Emmons	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Brandin Bryant	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Austin Walter	RB	LV	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Adam Prentice	RB	NO	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Pooka Williams Jr.	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Nate McCrary	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Sandro Platzgummer	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Wendell Smallwood	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Craig Reynolds	RB	DET	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Trey Ragas	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	JaQuan Hardy	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Jonathan Williams	RB	WAS	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Brian Hill	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Reggie Bonnafon	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Kenjon Barner	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Nathan Cottrell	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Ryquell Armstead	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Jason Huntley	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Josh Johnson	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Nick Bawden	RB	NYJ	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Elijah McGuire	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Johnny Stanton IV	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Cam Akers	RB	MIN	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Mike Boone	RB	CAR	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Artavis Pierce	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Ryan Nall	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Derrick Gore	RB	WAS	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Devine Ozigbo	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	John Kelly Jr.	RB	CLE	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	NE	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Jordan Howard	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Patrick Laird	RB	TB	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Darwin Thompson	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Patrick Taylor Jr.	RB	SF	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Jermar Jefferson	RB	DET	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Dontrell Hilliard	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	La'Mical Perine	RB	KC	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	D'Onta Foreman	RB	CLE	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Kene Nwangwu	RB	MIN	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	LeVante Bellamy	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Trey Edmunds	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Adrian Peterson	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Deon Jackson	RB	NYG	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	MIA	-	-	-	-	-		0
139	Ito Smith	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0