Fantasy Football RB Rankings: Top running backs for Week 1

The 2026 NFL season is finally here and you've likely got your fantasy football rosters all drafted for the upcoming campaign. With that, the time is now to start looking at rankings for Week 1. Join or create a Yahoo Fantasy Football league for the 2026 NFL season The running back landscape hasn't changed too drastically, though there are a few things to consider from the offseason. Jeremiyah Love was the top back taken off the board in the 2026 NFL Draft to the Arizona Cardinals. We saw a couple big-name free agents land in favorable spots with Kenneth Walker III joining the Chiefs and Travis Etienne Jr. in New Orleans. Subscribe to Fantasy Ultra to unlock our Strategy Lab, 150+ page Draft Playbook and more! While you won't have a difficult time plugging Jahmyr Gibbs into your starting lineup for Week 1, there will be plenty of tough lineup calls. Let us help you out with our consensus RB rankings for Week 1. Consensus Half-PPR Rankings Note: Our fantasy football rankings are for half-point per reception scoring, which is the Yahoo default.