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RB Index: 2023 NFL season ranking of all 72 starting running backs.
The 2023 NFL campaign culminates on Sunday with Super Bowl LVIII, officially wrapping the sixth season of the RB Index. Before we go, though, I am once again tackling the mountainous task of ranking every running back who started a game in the ’23 season. Here is my pecking order, 1 to 72.
McCaffrey was the best running back in the league from start to finish, beginning the campaign with a season-high 152 rush yards and a touchdown in a Week 1 romp and ending it as the only non-quarterback on the MVP finalist list. McCaffrey led the league in rushing yards, touches, scrimmage yards and scrimmage touchdowns. He made it easy to rank him No. 1 in this space for the second year in a row.
2023 stats: 12 games, 228 att, 1,144 run yards, 5.0 ypc, 12 rush touchdowns, 32 receptions, 206 yards, 3 reception touchdowns, and 2 lost fumbles
Early in the season, the Rams sent Cam Akers to Minnesota, placing all of their eggs in Williams’ basket. The second-year pro finished the season leading the league in run yards per game (95.3), surpassing expectations by amassing more than 100 scrimmage yards in nine of his twelve outings. He fits just in with Sean McVay’s
2023 stats: 17 games | 280 att | 1,167 rush yds | 4.2 ypc | 12 rush TDs | 28 rec | 214 rec yds | 0 rec TDs | 0 fumbles lost
“King Henry” had a down season by his standards, but he still finished second in the league in rushing yards and first in carries. His workload was right in line with past seasons, as Henry has led the NFL in attempts in four of the last five years. The four-time Pro Bowler has likely played his last down in Tennessee, but his days as a starter in this league aren’t over.
2023 stats: 15 games | 209 att | 1,012 rush yds | 4.8 ypc | 18 rush TDs | 25 rec | 175 rec yds | 3 rec TDs | 1 fumble lost
Even though he missed the final two games of the regular season with knee and ankle injuries, Mostert led the NFL with 18 rushing touchdowns and tied for the most scrimmage scores with 21, both of which are Dolphins franchise records. The ninth-year back also crossed 1,000 rush yards and earned a trip to the Pro Bowl for the first time in his career. He’s in the perfect system for his style and still at the top of his game, even at 31 years old.
2023 stats: 17 games | 237 att | 1,122 rush yds | 4.7 ypc | 2 rush TDs | 44 rec | 445 rec yds | 4 rec TD | 2 fumbles lost
Cook broke out in his second pro season, becoming the first Buffalo back with 1,000 rushing yards since 2017 and the first Bills RB to make the Pro Bowl in his first or second season since Marshawn Lynch in 2008. Getting Cook involved paid off for Buffalo, which went 6-1 in the regular season when the running back had at least 17 touches, compared to 5-5 in all other game
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