RB Rankings Week 5 2026 (updated)

By Draft Sharks Team @DraftSharks Reviewed By Jared Smola Oct 7, 2026 at 2:00am

RB Rankings week 5 are right here. So if you need to make a tough starting running back decision for this week, we've got you covered. Check them out.

2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus ProjCons Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling ProjCeil Proj	3D Proj
1	DET 1	@ARI	-34.8%	6	12.3	20.2	18.6	21.4	17.9
2	ATL 2	BAL	-7.7%	11	12.0	19.1	16.9	22.1	16.9
3	IND 3	@PIT	5.4%	13	10.2	15.6	15.6	20.0	15.4
4	BAL 4	@ATL	-11.7%	13	10.0	16.3	15.0	21.5	15.3
5	CIN 5	@MIA	27.7%	6	10.0	13.2	14.5	18.6	14.4
6	BUF 6	@LAR	-26%	7	9.5	13.9	13.7	20.0	14.1
7	SF 7	@SEA	7%	8	9.7	13.2	13.9	18.0	13.9
8	LAR 8	BUF	27.1%	11	9.4	14.7	13.8	18.9	13.9
9	PIT 9	IND	2.1%	9	9.2	11.2	13.2	17.2	13.2
10	DAL 10	TB	5.9%	14	9.0	15.2	12.7	18.2	13.1
11	MIN 11	@NO	15%	6	8.8	10.6	12.6	17.5	12.8
12	LVR 12	@NE	6.3%	13	8.7	12.0	12.3	17.1	12.5
13	NYJ 13	CLE	-21.8%	13	8.3	7.8	11.5	18.2	12.2
14	NYG 14	@WAS	-24.6%	8	8.5	11.3	11.5	17.6	12.1
15	CHI 15	@GB	36.8%	10	8.0	11.6	10.7	18.8	11.8
16	JAC 16	PHI	-2.3%	7	7.7	10.9	10.5	18.4	11.5
17	SEA 17	SF	21.5%	11	7.6	8.7	10.5	17.4	11.3
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18	CLE 18	@NYJ	31.9%	11	7.9	10.0	10.4	16.4	11.1
19	ARI 19	DET	6.4%	14	7.3	11.0	10.3	17.4	11.1
20	TB 20	@DAL	12.9%	10	7.4	12.0	9.6	16.8	10.6
21	CHI 21	@GB	36.8%	10	7.0	8.3	9.0	18.9	10.6
22	NE 22	LVR	-12.3%	11	6.7	9.9	9.2	15.9	10.1
23	HOU 23	@TEN	16.5%	8	6.3	10.3	9.2	15.9	10.0
24	NE 24	LVR	-12.3%	11	6.5	8.7	8.3	17.5	9.8
25	WAS 25	NYG	-0.7%	7	6.4	8.1	8.3	17.1	9.7