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	10.7	47.7	19.4	25.7	31	26.9	134.5
2	Austin Ekeler	RB	WAS	11.7	22.5	22.7	29.5	32.9	23.9	119.3
3	Cordarrelle Patterson	RB	PIT	8.7	23.9	16.2	34.6	18.4	20.4	101.8
4	Najee Harris	RB	PIT	5.9	19.1	28.2	21.1	22.2	19.3	96.5
5	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	NE	5.9	17.7	26.6	20.3	25.2	19.1	95.7
6	Kareem Hunt	RB	CLE	17.1	6.3	27.5	16.6	25.9	18.7	93.4
7	D'Andre Swift	RB	CHI	24.4	11.8	23.7	8.9	22.4	18.2	91.2
8	Aaron Jones	RB	MIN	4.2	41.5	17.6	10.9	14.9	17.8	89.1
9	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	18.1	7	20.8	12	29.2	17.4	87.1
10	James Robinson	RB	NO	8.4	9.4	25.4	20.6	21.7	17.1	85.5
11	Jonathan Taylor	RB	IND	17.6	6.3	8.2	20.4	31.9	16.9	84.4
12	Nick Chubb	RB	CLE	22.1	16.8	8.4	11.5	24	16.6	82.8
13	Antonio Gibson	RB	NE	11.8	9.3	17.4	15.5	21.2	15	75.2
14	Joe Mixon	RB	HOU	25	8.1	10.4	13.7	10.5	13.5	67.7
15	Leonard Fournette	RB	FA	10.9	11.6	6.4	16.9	21	13.4	66.8
16	Darrell Henderson Jr.	RB	FA	15.7	17.2	-	16.6	16.9	16.6	66.4
17	Saquon Barkley	RB	PHI	3.7	8.9	21.4	29.6	0.9	12.9	64.5
18	Chase Edmonds	RB	TB	14.6	12.5	14.5	17.9	4.4	12.8	63.9
19	Myles Gaskin	RB	MIN	12.6	8.6	10.4	0.3	31.9	12.8	63.8
20	Jamaal Williams	RB	NO	25	6.7	14.7	6.6	8.5	12.3	61.5
21	Melvin Gordon III	RB	FA	20.8	8.9	15.2	8.7	6.3	12	59.9
22	David Montgomery	RB	DET	18.8	10.9	7.5	22.6	-	15	59.8
22	Tony Pollard	RB	TEN	8.3	23	7.5	6.7	14.3	12	59.8
24	Christian McCaffrey	RB	SF	27.7	24.7	6	-	-	19.5	58.4
25	Zack Moss	RB	CIN	-	15.4	18.1	12.1	12.2	14.5	57.8
26	James Conner	RB	ARI	5.3	2.6	18.3	20.6	10.7	11.5	57.5
27	Mike Davis	RB	FA	10.2	13.3	11	10.6	12.1	11.4	57.2
28	Alexander Mattison	RB	LV	1.6	3.8	23.1	2	26.3	11.4	56.8
29	Clyde Edwards-Helaire	RB	KC	10.2	2.6	16.9	18.3	3.4	10.3	51.4
30	Miles Sanders	RB	CAR	17.3	6.9	8.5	7.7	10.1	10.1	50.5
31	Kenneth Gainwell	RB	PHI	12.3	7.2	6.4	20.9	3.4	10	50.2
32	Chris Carson	RB	FA	12.7	15.1	16.2	4.1	-	12	48.1
33	Javonte Williams	RB	DEN	5.1	8.4	13.2	8.9	11.6	9.4	47.2
34	J.D. McKissic	RB	FA	0.8	20.3	5.8	16.9	1.7	9.1	45.5
35	Devin Singletary	RB	NYG	11	17.1	3.6	9.6	3.3	8.9	44.6
36	Josh Jacobs	RB	GB	17	-	-	10.7	16.7	14.8	44.4
37	Michael Carter	RB	ARI	3	10.8	4.9	10.4	14.8	8.8	43.9
38	Dalvin Cook	RB	BAL	20.4	16.8	-	6.4	-	14.5	43.6
39	Jeremy McNichols	RB	WAS	6.3	5.9	8.6	16.5	5.5	8.6	42.8
40	Damien Harris	RB	FA	11.7	13.4	3.1	4.6	9.8	8.5	42.6
41	Damien Williams	RB	FA	8	2.4	0	15	16.4	8.4	41.8
41	Chuba Hubbard	RB	CAR	2.4	1	10.9	9.1	18.4	8.4	41.8
43	AJ Dillon	RB	GB	3.6	3.6	4.6	10.7	17.9	8.1	40.4
44	Nyheim Hines	RB	CLE	14.2	3.2	18.9	1.1	1.8	7.8	39.2
45	Giovani Bernard	RB	FA	3.2	3.6	20.1	-	11.5	9.6	38.4
46	Latavius Murray	RB	BUF	8.8	9.6	2.8	11.9	5	7.6	38.1
47	David Johnson	RB	FA	11.8	6.7	1.1	7.8	10.1	7.5	37.5
48	Ty'Son Williams	RB	FA	18.4	11.3	2.2	-	4.1	9	36
49	Kyle Juszczyk	RB	SF	1.7	3.7	15.1	8.1	6.5	7	35.1
50	Darrel Williams	RB	FA	0.4	5.8	5.9	13.8	7.5	6.7	33.4
51	Kenyan Drake	RB	FA	12	10.5	8.7	0.2	1.1	6.5	32.5
52	Elijah Mitchell	RB	SF	16.4	7.3	-	-	8.2	10.6	31.9
53	James White	RB	FA	12.1	18.5	0.6	-	-	10.4	31.2
54	Mark Ingram II	RB	FA	14.5	5	3	2.4	4.1	5.8	29
55	Alex Collins	RB	FA	-	2.5	0.8	15.8	9.2	7.1	28.3
56	Devontae Booker	RB	FA	2.3	2.1	-	2.2	20.8	6.9	27.4
57	Samaje Perine	RB	DEN	3.9	0	1.7	3.2	18.3	5.4	27.1
58	Ty Johnson	RB	BUF	3.6	5	3.3	3.3	11.4	5.3	26.6
59	Peyton Barber	RB	FA	-	3.2	23.2	0	-	8.8	26.4
60	Sony Michel	RB	FA	0.2	4.6	10.9	-0.9	11.5	5.3	26.3
61	Brandon Bolden	RB	LV	0.5	-	5.2	11.1	7.1	6	23.9
62	Trey Sermon	RB	IND	-	0.8	11.4	8.9	0.7	5.5	21.8
63	Phillip Lindsay	RB	FA	8.5	9.4	0.5	-0.1	1.9	4	20.2
64	Demetric Felton Jr.	RB	CIN	0	13.1	3.3	3.2	0	3.9	19.6
65	JaMycal Hasty	RB	NE	8.8	9.9	-	-	-	9.4	18.7
66	Ronald Jones II	RB	FA	-0.6	4.6	1.1	8.5	4.6	3.6	18.2
67	Malcolm Brown	RB	FA	1.6	2.1	9.1	3.7	-	4.1	16.5
68	Travis Homer	RB	CHI	0	3.4	7.8	0.5	2.8	2.9	14.5
69	Carlos Hyde	RB	FA	7.8	0.7	4.4	-	1.3	3.6	14.2
70	Salvon Ahmed	RB	MIA	4.8	1.7	-	3.3	4.1	3.5	13.9
71	Alec Ingold	RB	MIA	6.2	0	7.1	-	-	4.4	13.3
72	Tony Jones Jr.	RB	ARI	6.3	0.7	4.2	1.5	-	3.2	12.7
73	Marlon Mack	RB	ARI	-	1.6	-	3.3	6.4	3.8	11.3
74	Tevin Coleman	RB	FA	2.4	2.4	-	5.1	1.1	2.8	11
75	Justin Jackson	RB	FA	1.7	3.9	0	5.3	-	2.7	10.9
76	Ty Montgomery II	RB	FA	1.5	1.3	0	7.9	0	2.1	10.7
77	Devonta Freeman	RB	FA	-	2.9	0.8	0.4	6.5	2.7	10.6
78	Chris Evans	RB	CIN	-	2.4	4.6	-	3.5	3.5	10.5
79	Rodney Smith	RB	FA	-	-	-	9.8	-	9.8	9.8
80	Khalil Herbert	RB	CHI	0	-	0	0.7	7.5	2.1	8.2
81	Andy Janovich	RB	FA	0	6	-	2	-	2.7	8
82	DeeJay Dallas	RB	ARI	2	0	0	0	5.9	1.6	7.9
83	Ameer Abdullah	RB	LV	3.9	0	2.4	1.2	0.2	1.5	7.7
84	Larry Rountree III	RB	FA	2.7	0.8	0.3	3.1	0	1.4	6.9
85	Keith Smith	RB	ATL	6.1	0.3	0	0.2	0	1.3	6.6
86	Royce Freeman	RB	DAL	-	-	3.5	1.2	1.8	2.2	6.5
87	Jerick McKinnon	RB	KC	-	2.4	-	0	3.5	2	5.9
88	C.J. Ham	RB	MIN	2.9	-	0.2	0.1	2.5	1.4	5.7
89	Patrick Ricard	RB	BAL	3.5	0.2	0	1.4	-	1.3	5.1
90	Jaret Patterson	RB	LAC	0.9	-	-	2.2	1.3	1.5	4.4
91	Kylin Hill	RB	FA	1.4	0.8	0	0	1.5	0.7	3.7
92	Gabe Nabers	RB	FA	0.2	0	3.1	0	-	0.8	3.3
93	Dare Ogunbowale	RB	HOU	0	-	-	0.3	2.9	1.1	3.2
94	Wayne Gallman Jr.	RB	FA	0	-	-	2.9	0.2	1	3.1
95	Michael Burton	RB	DEN	0.2	2.1	-	0.5	0.2	0.8	3
95	Rex Burkhead	RB	FA	1.6	-	1.5	-0.1	-	1	3
97	Boston Scott	RB	PHI	0	-	2.5	-	-	1.3	2.5
98	Rhamondre Stevenson	RB	NE	0.1	-	-	-	2.3	1.2	2.4
99	Reggie Gilliam	RB	BUF	-	0.2	0	1.9	-	0.7	2.1
99	Dwayne Washington	RB	DEN	-	0	-	2.1	-	1.1	2.1
99	Benny Snell Jr.	RB	FA	0	0.1	-	0	2	0.5	2.1
102	Gary Brightwell	RB	NYG	1.6	0	0.4	0	-	0.5	2
102	Raheem Mostert	RB	MIA	2	-	-	-	-	2	2
104	J.J. Taylor	RB	HOU	-	0.3	2.5	-1	-	0.6	1.8
105	Joshua Kelley	RB	LAC	-	-	-	-	1.7	1.7	1.7
106	Elijhaa Penny	RB	FA	0	0.5	0.6	-	0.4	0.4	1.5
107	Jalen Richard	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	1.4	1.4	1.4
108	Derek Watt	RB	FA	0	-	1.3	0	0	0.3	1.3
109	Jacques Patrick	RB	NYJ	-	-	-	1.2	-	1.2	1.2
110	Le'Veon Bell	RB	FA	-	-	-	1.1	-	1.1	1.1
111	D'Ernest Johnson	RB	JAC	-	-	0.9	0	-	0.5	0.9
112	Rashaad Penny	RB	PHI	0.8	-	-	-	-	0.8	0.8
113	Damarea Crockett	RB	FA	-	-	0.7	-	-	0.7	0.7
113	Alex Armah Jr.	RB	WAS	-	0	0.5	0.2	-	0.2	0.7
115	Jake Funk	RB	DET	0	0	0.6	-	-	0.2	0.6
116	Mekhi Sargent	RB	FA	0.2	-	0.2	-	0	0.1	0.4
116	Matt Breida	RB	NYG	0.4	-	-	-	-	0.4	0.4
118	Kene Nwangwu	RB	MIN	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	LeVante Bellamy	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Austin Walter	RB	LV	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Trey Edmunds	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Jeff Wilson Jr.	RB	MIA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Brandin Bryant	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	B.J. Emmons	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Adrian Peterson	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Qadree Ollison	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Nick Bawden	RB	NYJ	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Duke Johnson Jr.	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Elijah McGuire	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Deon Jackson	RB	NYG	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Patrick Taylor Jr.	RB	SF	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Darius Bradwell	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Godwin Igwebuike	RB	PIT	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Adam Prentice	RB	NO	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Jonathan Williams	RB	WAS	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Josh Johnson	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Jason Huntley	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Ryquell Armstead	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Nathan Cottrell	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Kenjon Barner	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Reggie Bonnafon	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Brian Hill	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	La'Mical Perine	RB	KC	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Pooka Williams Jr.	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	JaQuan Hardy	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Trey Ragas	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Craig Reynolds	RB	DET	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Jaylen Samuels	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Wendell Smallwood	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Sandro Platzgummer	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Nate McCrary	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	D'Onta Foreman	RB	CLE	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Eno Benjamin	RB	NO	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
118	Dontrell Hilliard	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Jonathan Ward	RB	TEN	0	-	-	-	0	0	0
118	Jakob Johnson	RB	LV	-	-	-	0	-	0	0
118	Nick Ralston	RB	FA	-	-	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	Spencer Brown	RB	CAR	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Taiwan Jones	RB	FA	-	0	-	-	-	0	0
118	Jermar Jefferson	RB	DET	-	-	-	-	-		0
118	Gerrid Doaks	RB	HOU	-	0	-	-	0	0	0
118	Scottie Phillips	RB	FA	-	0	-	-	-	0	0
118	Sewo Olonilua	RB	FA	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Corey Clement	RB	FA	0	-	0	-	-	0	0
118	Tarik Cohen	RB	CAR	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Khari Blasingame	RB	CHI	0	-	-	-	-	0	0
118	Buddy Howell	RB	FA	-	-	-	0	-	0	0
118	J.K. Dobbins	RB	LAC	-	-	-	0	-	0	0
118	Kalen Ballage	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
173	Trenton Cannon	RB	FA	0.5	-0.1	0	-2	0	-0.3	-1.6
174	Ke'Shawn Vaughn	RB	NE	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Darwin Thompson	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Cam Akers	RB	MIN	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Patrick Laird	RB	TB	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Jordan Howard	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Anthony McFarland Jr.	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	John Kelly Jr.	RB	CLE	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Darrynton Evans	RB	BUF	-	-	-	-	0	0	0
174	Devine Ozigbo	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Derrick Gore	RB	WAS	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Ryan Nall	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Artavis Pierce	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Mike Boone	RB	CAR	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Johnny Stanton IV	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Trayveon Williams	RB	CIN	-	-	-	-	-		0
174	Ito Smith	RB	FA	-	-	-	-	-		0