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Fantasy football rankings 2017: Running backs in standard leagues for NFL Week 7

The SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for Week 7.

By SB Nation Fantasy - Zach Senvisky Updated
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Week 7 is here, ladies and gentlemen. Le'Veon Bell, Kareem Hunt, Todd Gurley, and Leonard Fournette remain the cream of the crop at this position so far this season. The Detroit Lions and Houston Texans enter their bye week while the Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys, Cincinnati Bengals, and Seattle Seahawks are returning for their week off. That means replacements will be needed for Ameer Abdullah, Theo Riddick, and Lamar Miller.

Lucky for you, we have ranked all the best running back options this week. Some deeper waiver wire adds that could possibly help your team include Samaje Perine, D’Onta Foreman, Matt Forte, Alex Collins, and Chris Ivory. Below, the SB Nation fantasy staff rounds up the rankings for the top 50 running backs in standard leagues for Week 6.

There is also notable news around Ezekiel Elliott. The Dallas Cowboys running back filed for and received a new temporary restraining order that will allow him to play until the district court in New York hears his lawsuit seeking an injunction against the NFL. The TRO lasts until the end of the month, or when the court decides on his injunction, whichever comes first.

Running back (standard) rankings, Week 7

(SK: Scott Kaliska; JG: Jeff Goldberg; DG: Derek Gordon; KB: Kyle Bennett; ZS: Zach Senvisky; JM: Jason Marcum)

RB (standard) rankings, Week 7

Rk Consensus Tm Opp SK JG DG KB ZS JM
Rk Consensus Tm Opp SK JG DG KB ZS JM
1 Kareem Hunt KC @ OAK 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 Le'Veon Bell PIT vs. CIN 1 3 3 3 1 3
3 Devonta Freeman ATL @ NE 5 1 1 1 8 1
4 LeSean McCoy BUF vs. TB 6 5 4 4 4 4
5 Todd Gurley LAR vs. ARI 4 6 6 6 6 6
6 Leonard Fournette JAC @ IND 3 7 8 7 3 8
7 Ezekiel Elliott DAL @ SF 19 4 5 5 5 5
8 Melvin Gordon LAC vs. DEN 7 8 7 8 7 7
9 Doug Martin TB @ BUF 12 9 9 9 10 9
10 Carlos Hyde SF vs. DAL 11 10 10 11 9 10
11 Jay Ajayi MIA vs. NYJ 9 11 11 10 11 11
12 Jerick McKinnon MIN vs. BAL 13 12 12 12 12 12
13 Mark Ingram NO @ GB 8 13 13 13 13 13
14 Jordan Howard CHI vs. CAR 10 16 16 15 14 16
15 Adrian Peterson ARI @ LAR 15 15 14 14 16 14
16 Christian McCaffrey CAR @ CHI 18 14 15 16 15 15
17 DeMarco Murray TEN @ CLE 16 18 18 18 18 17
18 Marshawn Lynch OAK vs. KC 22 17 17 17 22 18
19 C.J. Anderson DEN @ LAC 14 21 21 19 21 20
20 Joe Mixon CIN @ PIT 24 19 20 20 20 22
21 Aaron Jones GB vs. NO 30 23 22 22 24 21
22 Alvin Kamara NO @ GB 17 25 25 24 25 26
23 Frank Gore IND vs. JAC 29 22 23 23 28 19
24 Ty Montgomery GB vs. NO 28 24 24 21 23 24
25 Chris Thompson WAS @ PHI 20 28 28 25 17 31
26 LeGarrette Blount PHI vs. WAS 23 27 27 26 26 28
27 Alex Collins BAL @ MIN 38 20 19 29 36 23
28 Tevin Coleman ATL @ NE 21 30 29 28 29 30
29 Matt Forte NYJ @ MIA 35 26 26 27 32 25
30 Dion Lewis NE vs. ATL 31 31 31 30 31 27
31 Orleans Darkwa NYG vs. SEA 26 32 32 31 27 34
32 Jonathan Stewart CAR @ CHI 37 29 30 33 30 29
33 Buck Allen BAL @ MIN 27 36 36 32 19 39
34 Derrick Henry TEN @ CLE 32 35 35 36 33 35
35 Thomas Rawls SEA @ NYG 44 34 33 34 34 33
36 Duke Johnson Jr. CLE vs. TEN 25 38 38 37 40 38
37 Eddie Lacy SEA @ NYG -- 33 34 35 35 32
38 Isaiah Crowell CLE vs. TEN 33 40 40 38 38 37
39 Tarik Cohen CHI vs. CAR 40 37 37 39 45 40
40 James White NE vs. ATL 34 42 42 40 41 42
41 Latavius Murray MIN vs. BAL 42 41 41 41 42 41
42 Chris Ivory JAC @ IND 45 39 39 42 48 36
43 Marlon Mack IND vs. JAC 39 47 48 43 39 45
44 Samaje Perine WAS @ PHI 49 44 44 44 44 43
45 Elijah McGuire NYJ @ MIA -- 43 43 45 43 44
46 Giovani Bernard CIN @ PIT -- 45 45 49 37 46
47 Jamaal Charles DEN @ LAC 43 46 46 48 46 48
48 Mike Gillislee NE vs. ATL 36 48 49 46 50 49
49 Darren McFadden DAL @ SF 41 -- 47 47 47 --
50 Andre Ellington ARI @ LAR 46 49 -- -- -- --
-- Wayne Gallman NYG vs. SEA -- 50 50 50 49 --
-- Alfred Morris DAL @ SF 47 -- -- -- -- --
-- Wendell Smallwood PHI vs. WAS -- -- -- -- -- 47
-- Bilal Powell NYJ @ MIA 48 -- -- -- -- --
-- Robert Kelley WAS @ PHI 50 -- -- -- -- --
-- Jalen Richard OAK vs. KC -- -- -- -- -- 50