Here are my top 50 running backs for Week 15 (standard-scoring leagues).
This countdown doesn't lean on a particular stat. It’s merely an educated best guess of which rushers will tally the best combination of total yards and touchdowns for the NFL's 15th weekend.
1. Jamaal Charles @ Oakland
2. LeSean McCoy @ Minnesota
3. Matt Forte @ Cleveland
4. Marshawn Lynch @ N.Y. Giants
5. Frank Gore @ Tampa Bay
6. Fred Jackson @ Jacksonville
7. Donald Brown vs. Houston
8. Zac Stacy vs. New Orleans
9. DeMarco Murray vs. Green Bay
10. Reggie Bush vs. Baltimore
11. Alfred Morris @ Atlanta
12. Le'Veon Bell vs. Cincinnati
13. Knowshon Moreno vs. San Diego
14. Shane Vereen @ Miami
15. Ray Rice @ Detroit
16. Toby Gerhart vs. Philadelphia
17. Ryan Mathews @ Denver
18. Eddie Lacy @ Dallas
19. Chris Johnson @ Arizona
20. Gio Bernard @ Pittsburgh
21. Rashard Mendenhall vs. Tennessee
22. Daniel Thomas vs. New England
23. Rashad Jennings vs. Kansas City
24. Steven Jackson vs. Washington
25. Ben Tate @ Indianapolis
26-50
26. Andre Brown vs. Seattle
27. Montee Ball vs. San Diego
28. C.J. Spiller @ Jacksonville
29. Marcel Reece vs. Kansas City
30. Joique Bell vs. Baltimore
31. Chris Ivory @ Carolina
32. Stevan Ridley @ Miami
33. BenJarvus Green-Ellis @ Pittsburgh
34. Maurice Jones-Drew vs. Buffalo
35. Pierre Thomas @ St. Louis
36. DeAngelo Williams vs. N.Y. Jets
37. Chris Ogbonnaya vs. Chicago
38. Bobby Rainey vs. San Francisco
39. Darren Sproles @ St. Louis
40. Andre Ellington vs. Tennessee
41. Lamar Miller vs. New England
42. James Starks @ Dallas
43. Trent Richardson vs. Houston
44. Jonathan Stewart vs. N.Y. Jets
45. Knile Davis @ Oakland
46. Kendall Hunter @ Tampa Bay
47. Shonn Greene @ Arizona
48. Dennis Johnson @ Indianapolis
49. Roy Helu @ Atlanta
50. Jordan Todman vs. Buffalo
50b. Jacquizz Rodgers vs. Washington
50c. Bernard Pierce @ Detroit
50d. Mike Tolbert vs. N.Y. Jets
50e. Willis McGahee vs. Chicago
