Week 2 Fantasy Football RB Rankings (Top 41)

Josh (0:00)

We are already into week two, and you know we've got some running back rankings for you.

With, by the way, Hayden Winks, top five ranker in the entire industry in week one, it has gone to his head. I'll be honest with you, it's already gone to his head. We'll go through all the back fields here, including the ones that smashed and the ones that we have questions about, like De'Von Achane or what the heck happened with Travis Achane in week one. We'll dive through it all, 40-ish names here and actual tiered out lists. So go on, listen to this episode of Yahoo Fantasy Football with Josh and Hayden. Football is here and DraftKings is adding to this season's thrills with an offer for new customers. Score a $3 entry on DraftKings for a shot at a share of a million dollars. New customers deposit $5 and get a $3 entry ticket. Download DraftKings and get in on the action with code JHFANTASY. That's code JHFANTASY in partnership with DraftKings. The crown is yours. Gambling problem. Call 1-800-GAMBLER, New York. Call 8778-HOPENY or text HOPENY. Connecticut call 888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org. 18 plus in most states. Restrictions apply. Reward issued as one non-withdrawal $3 ticket valid for use on entry to any $3 fantasy contest. Expires in 14 days. See terms at draftkings.com/promosendsoctober12th, 2026 at 1159 p.m. Eastern. I want all of you to take a moment, close your eyes and think of the best sporting event that you've ever attended. That instead of just sitting on your couch watching on television, you actually went to the game. For me, I was in college, Steph Curry Davidson was playing the NCAA tournament against Georgetown in Raleigh. It was like Patrick Ewing Jr. All these like 6'11 guys versus Steph Curry and all these 6'7 dudes and I was like I have to go see this. I have to go see the guy that is launching shots from half court even if they have no chance to win. And guess what? They won. And it was so much better because I was actually there versus sitting at home and you can be there in the action by using game time. College football is coming up, NFL preseason to watch your favorite rookies. It's all available here on game time. It's not just that. Like I am scrolling to see what is available this weekend in my area.

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Week two running back rankings are here. I think we're going to go at least like 39, 40 names deep. And Hayden, we already have everything figured out after week one.

Hayden Winks (2:55)

We do. This is the hard part, though, because you don't want to read into the sample size too much, but you do want to react. And I was looking at some math, as I typically do. And the running back position is the position. If you want to take week one sample and at least look at the usage and be like, this is kind of taking this at face value, like this is the position to do it.

Josh (3:15)

And we know that game scripts play a factor, especially in the running game. And then also defenses that you face play a factor. And sometimes with the defenses, Hayden, we don't really know which ones are good in week one and which ones are bad, but that is something we're going to discuss here today. First of all, Justin Boone is going to be on our running back rankings for the rest of the season. He had a death in the family. Obviously we're sending our best wishes to him and his wife and his whole family with that stuff.

Hayden though, I do have a pitch for you. We had a request in the comments last week to turn this into actual tiers. So you want to give it a go, like a little rough draft this weekend and see how that goes?

Hayden Winks (3:50)

Yeah. Can we send Jahmyr Gibbs into a tier way above the screen that exists here?

Josh (3:55)

Well, let's kick things off with Jahmyr Gibbs because right now and in the future, he will be your running back one. This is at the Buffalo Bills. Detroit had a league-high 51.5% success rate on rushing plays in week one. In 2025, they were 28th in the league in that department at around 38%.