NFL Top Running Backs

Ranking Top Running Backs for 2026 Season

B/R NFL 1000: Ranking the Top Running Backs for the 2026 Season

This is the NFL 1000. The 1,000 best players in the league today, ranked by our NFL Scouting Department based on their on-field play and positional value.

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2026 NFL running back ranks: Which teams have top platoons? Where do stars reign?

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Ranking the NFL rookie running backs best positioned for instant production

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Power rankings: FOX Sports ranks Bills outside top-five teams in NFL

The Buffalo Bills are getting love but not top love from FOX Sports.

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Ranking 15 NFL Players Under the Most Pressure in 2026

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Ranking every position group on the Ravens’ 2026 roster

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2024 NFL Draft prospect rankings: Top 50

Top 50 QB | RB | WR | TE | OL ED | DL | LB | CB | SAF

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The 4 Most Underrated Quarterbacks Entering the 2026 College Football Season

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Bengals Stars Ranked Just Outside NFL Top 100 as Countdown Continues

Jahmyr Gibbs earns top spot

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NFL Highest-Paid Running Backs: Jahmyr Gibbs Earns Top Spot After Big Extension

Gibbs became the NFL's highest-paid running back on Thursday, landing a three-year, $67.5 million extension.

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NFL’s Top 10 Running Backs Entering 2026 Training Camp: Where Do Jahmyr Gibbs & Saquon Barkley Land?

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NFL highest-paid running backs: How Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson reinvented the RB contract with Jeremiyah Love's help

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Lions make Jahmyr Gibbs the NFL's highest-paid RB with new contract

The Detroit Lions and running back Jahmyr Gibbs agreed Thursday, Aug. 6, to a three-year contract extension worth $67.5 million, including $51.5 million guaranteed, Gibbs' agent, Todd France, posted o...

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Jahmyr Gibbs becomes highest-paid running back in history after agreeing on three-year extension, per report

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Jahmyr Gibbs Signs Megadeal After Bijan Robinson, Jonathan Taylor

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Detroit makes Jahmyr Gibbs NFL's newest highest-paid running back with 3-year deal

His agents also noted the new contract includes $51.5 million guaranteed for the Pro Bowler.

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Jahmyr Gibbs drops hint about signing a new contract

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Jahmyr Gibbs joins Bijan Robinson, Jonathan Taylor in resetting RB market

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Record-Setting Contracts Prove the Value of NFL's Superstar Running Backs

Jahmyr Gibbs, Bijan Robinson and Jonathan Taylor have reset the bar with their new deals, but it's still a bargain for the game-breaking ability they bring to their NFL teams.

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Madden 27 ratings: Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian McCaffrey top running back rankings

A new year means a new Madden and a litany of new player ratings. Here are the 10 highest-rated running backs in this year's game.

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3 running backs buried on NFL depth charts that will have big breakouts

These running backs are ready to have breakout seasons.

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Ranking the top 5 highest-paid running backs of 2026 based on average annual salary | 'Inside Training Camp Live'

Ranking the top 5 highest-paid running backs of 2026 based on average annual salary. Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts Sr. reacts to running back Bijan Robinson's extension.

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2026 California football: Top running backs to watch

Current game-breakers like Jaxsen Stokes, Eli Dukes and A.J. McBean hope to carve the same footsteps as fellow Golden Staters Marcus Allen, Marshawn Lynch and Maurice Jones-Drew

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5 fantasy football running back sleepers to target on draft day

The RB2s and change-of-pace backs going outside the top 40 who sit one injury away from a real fantasy football workload