Fantasy Football RB PPR Rankings 2021: Best running backs to draft, sleepers to know

How highly ought to you prioritize managing again receptions in PPR leagues? Clearly, catches matter, specially in whole-position PPR formats, but if the yards and TDs aren’t there, as well, they only matter so a great deal. Conversely, even if a man does not get several catches, he can however have important price — assuming he receives into the end zone. That produces more likely sleepers and busts, which suggests our 2021 fantasy RB PPR rankings are even more unstable than our conventional edition. 

The variances start off at the best. Derrick Henry is our best total player in conventional leagues, but he falls to fifth in PPR formats. Past time, he completed 3rd amongst RBs in PPR leagues driving Alvin Kamara and Dalvin Prepare dinner. The (with any luck ,) healthful returns of Christian McCaffrey and Saquon Barkley will even more shift him down the list. Nonetheless, if Henry once once again sales opportunities the league in speeding and speeding TDs, which he has two yrs in a row, he ought to be no worse than a best-5 PPR again (which he has also been two yrs in a row).

2021 PPR FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Huge receiver | Restricted end | D/ST | Kicker | Leading two hundred

Nick Chubb is a different notable dropper just after catching just 16 passes in twelve game titles past year. Even now, you may well be amazed to know he completed eleventh amongst RBs in PPR scoring, proving once once again that if you score and rack up yards on the floor, you can be a stud. Kenyan Drake (16th ranked), Ronald Jones II (twenty), Miles Sanders (23), and JK Dobbins (24) also completed as RB2s in spite of all possessing less than 30 catches on the time. Sanders, who caught fifty passes as a rookie, is a key prospect to tremendously improve on an presently reliable finish, and Drake will most likely go again to more of a obtaining-again function (with less TDs) now which is the backup in Vegas.

2021 Typical FANTASY RANKINGS:
Quarterback | Functioning again | Huge receiver | Restricted end | D/ST | Kicker | Leading two hundred

On the flip facet, numerous backs make major jumps in PPR thanks to their move-catching prowess. Nyheim Hines and J.D. McKissic mixed for 745 speeding yards and 10 complete TDs (four on the floor), but they were both of those best-17 PPR RBs thanks to sixty three and eighty catches, respectively. We’re not position them that highly heading into this year, mostly due to the fact both of those play driving stud sophomore backs who are no slouches themselves when it comes to catching passes, but it can be apparent they have a whole lot of upside. James White and Tarik Cohen also match this mold, with Austin Ekeler being the gold conventional due to the fact he also receives a great quantity of carries.

2021 FANTASY AUCTION VALUES (Typical & PPR):
Quarterback | Functioning again | Huge receiver | Restricted end | D/ST | Kicker | Overall

Ekeler may well be a minimal as well great to exclusively be considered a “obtaining again,” and players like that are usually undervalued studs in PPR leagues. Likely into this time, Myles Gaskin, Kareem Hunt, Chase Edmonds, Travis Etienne, Devin Singletary, and quite possibly Leonard Fournette match that bill. With the exception of Hunt, all could be their teams’ main backs in addition to obtaining 40-in addition catches. That could final result in best-15 seasons if every thing breaks appropriate (see Mike Davis’s No. 12 PPR position past year). At the incredibly the very least, they ought to rack up catches and get at the very least a hundred and fifteen carries (most likely more) and operate as flexes.

2021 FANTASY SLEEPERS:
Quarterback | Functioning again | Huge receiver | Restricted end | D/ST | Every single team

The greatest PPR breakout candidates this year are Joe Mixon (no Giovani Bernard), D’Andre Swift (forty six catches in 13 game titles past year, ought to get noticeably more carries), and Najee Davis (43 catches his last year at Alabama). Clyde Edwards-Helaire and Antonio Gibson were great move-catchers in university and could also be primed for more obtaining operate in their 2nd seasons, although Michael Carter and Javonte Williams (twenty five catches apiece although splitting time at North Carolina past year) both of those have the likely to capture a respectable quantity passes. 

2021 FANTASY TIERS & DRAFT Approach:
Quarterback | Functioning again | Huge receiver | Restricted end | D/ST

Touchdowns will generally matter most in fantasy, whether it can be a conventional, fifty percent-position PPR, or whole-position PPR league, so really don’t overvalue catches early in your PPR drafts. Nonetheless, in the center and late rounds, getting possibilities on players predicted to see a great quantity of targets is the way to go. That is more dependable than hoping your mid-tier RBs receives fortunate and scores a whole lot.

Much more 2021 FANTASY RANKINGS:
Superflex Leading two hundred | Superflex Leading two hundred PPR | IDP | Rookies | O-lines

We are going to be changing these RB PPR rankings and giving even more analysis from now until Week one, so test again for updates! For personal player analysis, test out our conventional-league RB rankings.

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2021 Fantasy RB PPR Rankings

Rankings are dependent on whole-position PPR scoring formats