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Preseason Ranks: Running Back (PPR)

Rankings: Top 200 | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D | RB (PPR) | WR (PPR) | TE (PPR)

Note: The following list comprises the top 50 running back rankings (Point Per Reception scoring format) for 2012 of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert. The list is ordered by the overall top 50 composite ranking of the four experts, with the remaining running backs that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list.

2012 PPR Running Back Rankings

Brandon
Funston

Andy
Behrens

Brad
Evans

Scott
Pianowski

Composite
Ranking
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LeSean McCoy 3 3 4 3 3
Ryan Mathews 4 5 3 5 4
Maurice Jones-Drew 5 4 8 4 5
Chris Johnson 9 7 5 6 6
Trent Richardson 6 10 7 8 7
Matt Forte 11 6 9 7 8
Darren McFadden 8 12 6 14 9
Darren Sproles 12 8 11 12 10
Marshawn Lynch 7 15 13 9 11
Adrian Peterson 10 11 16 11 12
Jamaal Charles 13 9 14 13 13
DeMarco Murray 15 13 10 15 14
Reggie Bush 16 16 12 10 15
Doug Martin 14 17 15 19 16
Fred Jackson 19 14 17 16 17
Steven Jackson 17 18 18 20 18
Ahmad Bradshaw 18 20 19 18 19
Michael Turner 20 19 24 23 20
Frank Gore 22 22 26 17 21
Roy Helu 23 24 20 22 22
Jonathan Stewart 21 21 28 21 23
Isaac Redman 24 27 25 28 24
Shonn Greene 27 31 21 26 25
Donald Brown 33 23 32 24 26
C.J. Spiller 28 32 23 29 27
James Starks 26 26 33 35 28
DeAngelo Williams 31 30 36 25 29
Jacquizz Rodgers 25 29 37 33 30
Jahvid Best 35 33 27 30 31
Ronnie Hillman 30 34 22 40 32
BenJarvus Green-Ellis 34 28 39 27 33
Chris "Beanie" Wells 29 37 30 34 34
Willis McGahee 36 25 42 31 35
Peyton Hillis 32 35 31 43 36
Mikel Leshoure 39 50 29 32 37
Pierre Thomas 40 41 34 39 38
Michael Bush 38 42 35 42 39
David Wilson 37 39 40 45 40
Ryan Williams 48 40 41 38 41
Ben Tate 46 47 43 37 42
Shane Vereen 41 38 44 53 43
Mark Ingram 45 43 55 36 44
Stevan Ridley 43 48 38 51 45
Bernard Scott 42 49 60 41 46
Tim Hightower 54 36 49 54 47
Toby Gerhart 55 44 47 46 48
Felix Jones 56 45 45 47 49
Isaiah Pead 44 51 44 50
Rashard Mendenhall 46 48 51
Joe McKnight 46 57 49 52
LaMichael James 47 56 53
Mike Goodson 53 48 54
Kevin Smith 49 53 59 55
Mike Tolbert 60 50 52 56
LeGarrette Blount 52 51 50 57
Chris Rainey 50 58
Daniel Thomas 51 52 56 59
Rashad Jennings 58 52 60
Alex Green 54 61
Joseph Addai 58 55 62
Taiwan Jones 57 63
Dexter McCluster 57 64
Kendall Hunter 58 65
Chris Polk 59 66
Lamar Miller 59 67
Danny Woodhead 60 68
Brandon Jacobs 61 69

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

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