Preseason Ranks: Running Back

Rankings: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D

The following list comprises the top 50 running back rankings for 2008 of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert. The list is ordered by the overall top 50 composite ranking of the five experts, with the remaining running backs that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list.

2008 Running Back Rankings
	Brandon Funston	Andy Behrens	Matt Buser	Brad Evans	Scott Pianowski	Composite Ranking
LaDainian Tomlinson	1	2	1	1	1	1
Adrian Peterson (Min)	2	1	2	2	2	2
Steven Jackson	3	4	3	5	3	3
Brian Westbrook	4	3	4	3	5	4
Joseph Addai	5	5	5	4	4	5
Marion Barber	6	8	6	7	8	6
Frank Gore	7	6	7	8	9	7
Clinton Portis	9	10	8	6	6	8
Marshawn Lynch	10	9	9	9	7	9
Larry Johnson	8	7	10	10	11	10
Ryan Grant	12	13	12	13	10	11
Jamal Lewis	13	12	11	11	13	11
Maurice Jones-Drew	11	15	14	15	12	13
Michael Turner	15	11	15	12	14	13
Brandon Jacobs	14	14	13	14	15	15
Laurence Maroney	17	17	17	16	16	16
Earnest Graham	16	19	16	17	18	17
Willis McGahee	19	18	20	18	20	18
Darren McFadden	20	16	18	21	21	19
Reggie Bush	18	26	23	24	17	20
Thomas Jones	22	27	19	20	22	21
LenDale White	24	22	25	19	24	22
Willie Parker	23	25	22	29	19	23
Matt Forte	25	20	28	23	25	24
Edgerrin James	26	24	24	25	27	25
Jonathan Stewart	21	21	31	30	29	26
Kevin Smith	27	23	27	28	28	27
Selvin Young	29	29	26	31	23	28
Ricky Williams	28	28	39	22	26	29
Ronnie Brown	34	33	21	34	30	30
DeAngelo Williams	30	34	29	26	33	30
Rashard Mendenhall	31	31	35	27	31	32
Fred Taylor	33	30	30	35	34	33
Ray Rice	32	38	34	38	32	34
Chester Taylor	38	37	36	32	36	35
Chris Johnson	36	36	38	33	37	36
Julius Jones	37	32	33	41	45	37
Justin Fargas	39	35	40	37	39	38
Felix Jones	41	39	37	42	42	39
Ahmad Bradshaw	43	43	41	43	41	40
Rudi Johnson	45	45	32	48	44	41
Chris Perry	35	40	–	36	38	42
Jerious Norwood	40	41	44	44	46	42
Steve Slaton	44	48	49	40	35	44
Maurice Morris	42	49	50	47	40	45
Leon Washington	47	46	43	46	49	46
Andre Hall	46	42	42	39	–	47
Tim Hightower	49	44	–	45	47	48
Ladell Betts	–	47	46	50	50	49
Chris Taylor	48	–	–	49	–	50
Chris Brown	–	50	47	–	–	50
Ahman Green	–	–	–	–	43	–
Kenny Watson	–	–	45	–	–	–
Jamaal Charles	–	–	48	–	–	–
Pierre Thomas	–	–	–	–	48	–
Sammy Morris	50	–	–	–	–	–

Scoring system: Pass TD = 4; 25 Pass Yards = 1; Rush/Receive TD = 6; 10 Rush/Receive Yards = 1

Updated on Monday, Aug 25, 2008 9:09 pm, EDT

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