Fantasy Football: Week 5 RB Rankings (Full PPR)

Fantasy football managers received what seemed like grim news this past week, as San Francisco 49ers star Christian McCaffrey — the consensus 1.01 in this year’s drafts — is dealing with Achilles tendonitis in both legs, which doesn’t seem like great news, even if it’s not news to the team.

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Fortunately, several running backs stepped up to put on big performances in Week 4, hopefully saving your week to carry you to victory. The headliner of these big weeks was of course King Derrick Henry, who led all running backs in all-time PPR scoring and posted his second straight fantasy day of 30+ points.

How is it that the 30-year-old Henry is still averaging a ridiculous 6.0 yards per carry and 131 scrimmage yards per game? How is it that he is the RB3 with full PPR marks despite only having five total receptions on the year? It appears to have been nothing short of a miracle, but we all knew good things would happen if you drafted Henry alongside Lamar Jackson in Baltimore’s scheme.

While Henry will determine your lineup each week, other starting/sitting decisions are not so simple. To help you build your fantasy lineups, our fantasy analysts are here with their Week 5 running back rankings for full PPR scoring formats:

Which running back do you think will be featured heavily in Week 5?