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The Top Ranked Running Backs of the 2010s
Notes: Ranking Explanation
| Rnk | Athlete | Overall Decade Rank |
| 1 | Adrian Peterson | 13 |
| 2 | LeSean McCoy | 18 |
| 3 | Marshawn Lynch | 24 |
| 4 | Todd Gurley | 32 |
| 5 | Jamaal Charles | 34 |
| 6 | Ezekiel Elliott | 35 |
| 7 | Le'Veon Bell | 43 |
| 8 | Matt Forte | 56 |
| 9 | DeMarco Murray | 69 |
| 10 | Mark Ingram Jr. | 87 |
| 11 | Chris D. Johnson | 97 |
| 12 | Melvin Gordon | 105 |
| 13 | Devonta Freeman | 106 |
| 14 | Lamar Miller | 110 |
| 15 | Frank Gore | 111 |
| 16 | Ray Rice | 114 |
| 17 | David Johnson | 132 |
| 18 | Steven Jackson | 164 |
| 19 | Fred Jackson | 182 |
| 20 | DeAngelo Williams | 187 |
| 21 | Ryan Mathews | 188 |
| 22 | Latavius Murray | 189 |
| 23 | Jordan Howard | 191 |
| 24 | Ahmad Bradshaw | 192 |
| 25 | Alfred Morris | 195 |
| 26 | Derrick Henry | 199 |
| 27 | Danny Woodhead | 211 |
| 28 | Jonathan Stewart | 217 |
| 29 | Doug Martin (RB) | 219 |
| 30 | Darren McFadden | 221 |
| 31 | Reggie Bush | 223 |
| 32 | LeGarrette Blount | 231 |
| 33 | BenJarvus Green-Ellis | 238 |
| 34 | Carlos Hyde | 239 |
| 35 | Tevin Coleman | 241 |
| 36 | Giovani Bernard | 242 |
| 37 | Darren Sproles | 244 |
| 38 | Chris Ivory | 257 |
| 39 | Isaiah Crowell | 263 |
| 40 | Rashad Jennings | 268 |
| 41 | Christian McCaffrey | 274 |
| 42 | Joique Bell | 277 |
| 43 | Alvin Kamara | 290 |
| 44 | C.J. Anderson | 295 |
| 45 | Mike Tolbert | 306 |
| 46 | Shonn Greene | 317 |
| 47 | Maurice Jones-Drew | 321 |
| 48 | Michael Turner | 323 |
| 49 | James White | 326 |
| 50 | Bilal Powell | 331 |
| 51 | C.J. Spiller | 335 |
| 52 | Pierre Thomas | 341 |
| 53 | Arian Foster | 345 |
| 54 | Duke Johnson | 351 |
| 55 | Michael Bush | 380 |
| 56 | Kenyan Drake | 388 |
| 57 | Joe Mixon | 418 |
| 58 | Eddie Lacy | 419 |
| 59 | Willis McGahee | 421 |
| 60 | Justin Forsett | 430 |
| 61 | Jerick McKinnon | 446 |
| 62 | T.J. Yeldon | 451 |
| 63 | Donald Brown | 458 |
| 64 | Theo Riddick | 460 |
| 65 | Andre Ellington | 472 |
| 66 | Jeremy Hill | 475 |
| 67 | James Starks | 476 |
| 68 | Felix Jones | 491 |
| 69 | Ben Tate | 493 |
| 70 | Stevan Ridley | 522 |
| 71 | Chris Thompson | 525 |
| 72 | Shane Vereen | 535 |
| 73 | Saquon Barkley | 537 |
| 74 | Austin Ekeler | 540 |
| 75 | Rashard Mendenhall | 547 |
| 76 | Aaron Jones (RB) | 548 |
| 77 | Peyton Barber | 551 |
| 78 | Jacquizz Rodgers | 560 |
| 79 | Trent Richardson | 563 |
| 80 | Matt Asiata | 569 |
| 81 | Marcel Reece | 570 |
| 82 | Alfred Blue | 571 |
| 83 | Marlon Mack | 573 |
| 84 | Nick Chubb | 605 |
| 85 | Dion Lewis | 606 |
| 86 | Jalen Richard | 609 |
| 87 | Damien Williams | 626 |
| 88 | Toby Gerhart | 627 |
| 89 | Daniel Thomas | 629 |
| 90 | Chris Carson | 631 |
| 91 | Javorius Allen | 654 |
| 92 | Tarik Cohen | 694 |
| 93 | Robert Turbin | 703 |
| 94 | Phillip Lindsay | 705 |
| 95 | Peyton Hillis | 716 |
| 96 | Rex Burkhead | 721 |
| 97 | Jamaal Williams | 738 |
| 98 | Matt Breida | 741 |
| 99 | Jason Snelling | 750 |
| 100 | Dalvin Cook | 751 |
| 101 | Ronnie Brown | 773 |
| 102 | Benny Cunningham | 794 |
| 103 | Brandon Bolden | 797 |
| 104 | James Conner | 798 |
| 105 | Devontae Booker | 809 |
| 106 | Alex Collins | 810 |
| 107 | DeAndre Washington | 812 |
| 108 | Kareem Hunt | 815 |
| 109 | Spencer Ware | 820 |
| 110 | Roy Helu | 825 |
| 111 | Leonard Fournette | 829 |
| 112 | John Kuhn | 833 |
| 113 | Ameer Abdullah | 843 |
| 114 | Bobby Rainey | 845 |
| 115 | Jackie Battle | 855 |
| 116 | Sony Michel | 870 |
| 117 | Kyle Juszczyk | 882 |
| 118 | Knile Davis | 884 |
| 119 | LaDainian Tomlinson | 899 |
| 120 | Orleans Darkwa | 925 |
| 121 | Fozzy Whittaker | 941 |
| 122 | Isaac Redman | 943 |
| 123 | Knowshon Moreno | 950 |
| 124 | Charcandrick West | 953 |
| 125 | Kendall Hunter | 958 |
| 126 | Anthony Dixon | 959 |
| 127 | Ty Montgomery | 1011 |
| 128 | Tashard Choice | 1014 |
| 129 | Josh Jacobs | 1016 |
| 130 | Shaun Draughn | 1017 |
| 131 | Malcolm Brown | 1018 |
| 132 | Darrel Young | 1030 |
| 133 | Terrance West | 1032 |
| 134 | Wendell Smallwood | 1047 |
| 135 | Jay Ajayi | 1049 |
| 136 | Miles Sanders | 1054 |
| 137 | Brian Leonard | 1066 |
| 138 | LaRod Stephens-Howling | 1073 |
| 139 | Tim Hightower | 1075 |
| 140 | Cedric Benson | 1081 |
| 141 | Denard Robinson | 1084 |
| 142 | Bernard Pierce | 1108 |
| 143 | Brandon Jacobs | 1114 |
| 144 | Jamize Olawale | 1122 |
| 145 | Leon Washington | 1123 |
| 146 | Jordan Todman | 1127 |
| 147 | Ronnie Hillman | 1128 |
| 148 | Mikel Leshoure | 1146 |
| 149 | Jeremy Langford | 1147 |
| 150 | Chris Ogbonnaya | 1156 |
| 151 | Bruce Miller | 1168 |
| 152 | David Montgomery | 1169 |
| 153 | Thomas Jones | 1171 |
| 154 | Charles Sims | 1177 |
| 155 | Royce Freeman | 1195 |
| 156 | Ricky Williams | 1220 |
| 157 | Gus Edwards | 1222 |
| 158 | Anthony Sherman | 1229 |
| 159 | Wayne Gallman | 1244 |
| 160 | Kenjon Barner | 1250 |
| 161 | Nyheim Hines | 1260 |
| 162 | Chris Polk | 1264 |
| 163 | Stepfan Taylor | 1265 |
| 164 | Lance Ball | 1280 |
| 165 | Zach Line | 1283 |
| 166 | Tre Mason | 1286 |
| 167 | Marion Barber III | 1287 |
| 168 | Travaris Cadet | 1294 |
| 169 | Vick Ballard | 1297 |
| 170 | Maurice Morris | 1308 |
| 171 | Beanie Wells | 1311 |
| 172 | Jed Collins | 1331 |
| 173 | Brandon Jackson | 1336 |
| 174 | Tommy Bohanon | 1342 |
| 175 | Cadillac Williams | 1344 |
| 176 | Mike Goodson | 1345 |
| 177 | James Casey | 1349 |
| 178 | Thomas Rawls | 1370 |
| 179 | Devin Singletary | 1371 |
| 180 | Karlos Williams | 1372 |
| 181 | Taiwan Jones | 1382 |
| 182 | Zac Stacy | 1383 |
| 183 | Mike Davis (RB) | 1395 |
| 184 | Vonta Leach | 1397 |
| 185 | Rod Smith (RB) | 1417 |
| 186 | Patrick DiMarco | 1418 |
| 187 | Bryce Brown | 1422 |
| 188 | Jonathan Grimes | 1427 |
| 189 | Dwayne Washington | 1428 |
| 190 | Andre Williams | 1432 |
| 191 | Bishop Sankey | 1443 |
| 192 | Corey Clement | 1447 |
| 193 | Rashaad Penny | 1449 |
| 194 | Jaylen Samuels | 1451 |
| 195 | Le'Ron McClain | 1454 |
| 196 | Derek Watt | 1477 |
| 197 | Bernard Scott | 1494 |
| 198 | Will Johnson | 1499 |
| 199 | Andy Janovich | 1500 |
| 200 | Lance Dunbar | 1525 |
| 201 | Kerwynn Williams | 1527 |
| 202 | Jerome Felton | 1529 |
| 203 | Ka'Deem Carey | 1543 |
| 204 | Michael Robinson | 1552 |
| 205 | Derrick Coleman | 1553 |
| 206 | Raheem Mostert | 1564 |
| 207 | John Conner | 1570 |
| 208 | Christine Michael | 1575 |
| 209 | Chase Edmonds | 1579 |
| 210 | Corey Grant | 1608 |
| 211 | Antone Smith | 1611 |
| 212 | Khiry Robinson | 1615 |
| 213 | Cedric Peerman | 1618 |
| 214 | Joseph Randle | 1621 |
| 215 | Jonathan Dwyer | 1644 |
| 216 | Erik Lorig | 1647 |
| 217 | Javon Ringer | 1656 |
| 218 | Zach Zenner | 1663 |
| 219 | J.D. McKissic | 1667 |
| 220 | Jordan Wilkins | 1673 |
| 221 | DJ Ware | 1678 |
| 222 | Greg Jones | 1690 |
| 223 | C.J. Ham | 1708 |
| 224 | Mike Gillislee | 1713 |
| 225 | Keiland Williams | 1716 |
| 226 | Derrick Ward | 1723 |
| 227 | Delone Carter | 1754 |
| 228 | Brian Hill | 1761 |
| 229 | Boston Scott | 1768 |
| 230 | Alfonso Smith | 1775 |
| 231 | Aaron Ripkowski | 1776 |
| 232 | Robert Kelley | 1778 |
| 233 | Montario Hardesty | 1781 |
| 234 | Brian Westbrook | 1788 |
| 235 | Tony Pollard | 1793 |
| 236 | Chester Taylor | 1805 |
| 237 | James Develin | 1809 |
| 238 | Paul Perkins | 1821 |
| 239 | Matt Jones (RB) | 1839 |
| 240 | Josh Adams | 1847 |
| 241 | Lorenzo Taliaferro | 1848 |
| 242 | Kapri Bibbs | 1854 |
| 243 | Elijhaa Penny | 1860 |
| 244 | Jalston Fowler | 1882 |
| 245 | Ronald Jones | 1887 |
| 246 | Kerryon Johnson | 1888 |
| 247 | Antonio Andrews | 1897 |
| 248 | Alexander Mattison | 1900 |
| 249 | Correll Buckhalter | 1901 |
| 250 | Juwan Thompson | 1909 |
| 251 | Dan Herron | 1916 |
| 252 | Mewelde Moore | 1919 |
| 253 | Jahvid Best | 1922 |
| 254 | Branden Oliver | 1937 |
| 255 | Kalen Ballage | 1942 |
| 256 | Andre Brown | 1945 |
| 257 | Roosevelt Nix | 1968 |
| 258 | Benny Snell | 1992 |
| 259 | Javarris James | 2021 |
| 260 | Deji Karim | 2028 |
| 261 | Joe McKnight | 2033 |
| 262 | Jacob Hester | 2039 |
| 263 | Tyler Clutts | 2040 |
| 264 | Samaje Perine | 2043 |
| 265 | Alex Green | 2059 |
| 266 | Kenneth Dixon | 2065 |
| 267 | Keith Smith (RB) | 2096 |
| 268 | C.J. Prosise | 2103 |
| 269 | Ryan Torain | 2113 |
| 270 | Terron Ward | 2123 |
| 271 | D'Onta Foreman | 2131 |
| 272 | Dontrell Hilliard | 2135 |
| 273 | Montee Ball | 2141 |
| 274 | Joseph Addai | 2148 |
| 275 | Elijah McGuire | 2149 |
| 276 | Jay Prosch | 2162 |
| 277 | Tony Fiammetta | 2172 |
| 278 | Ryan Grant | 2196 |
| 279 | Owen Schmitt | 2200 |
| 280 | Henry Hynoski Jr. | 2201 |
| 281 | Ito Smith | 2204 |
| 282 | Kenneth Darby | 2217 |
| 283 | Patrick Laird | 2219 |
| 284 | Evan Royster | 2225 |
| 285 | Kevin Smith | 2236 |
| 286 | David Wilson | 2239 |
| 287 | Daryl Richardson | 2241 |
| 288 | Kregg Lumpkin | 2244 |
| 289 | Dare Ogunbowale | 2246 |
| 290 | Jerome Harrison | 2252 |
| 291 | Lex Hilliard | 2257 |
| 292 | Cameron Artis-Payne | 2283 |
| 293 | Darrel Williams | 2290 |
| 294 | Montell Owens | 2291 |
| 295 | Curtis Brinkley | 2292 |
| 296 | Justice Hill | 2303 |
| 297 | William Powell | 2308 |
| 298 | Frank Summers | 2309 |
| 299 | Jamie Harper | 2310 |
| 300 | Trey Edmunds | 2311 |
| 301 | Lawrence Vickers | 2313 |
| 302 | Jorvorskie Lane | 2317 |
| 303 | Phillip Tanner | 2318 |
| 304 | Jeff Wilson | 2319 |
| 305 | Julius Jones | 2329 |
| 306 | Michael Burton | 2336 |
| 307 | Senorise Perry | 2341 |
| 308 | Stanley Havili | 2346 |
| 309 | Alex Armah | 2356 |
| 310 | Ty Johnson | 2378 |
| 311 | Mike Boone | 2387 |
| 312 | Kenneth Farrow | 2418 |
| 313 | Ryquell Armstead | 2422 |
| 314 | Trenton Cannon | 2424 |
| 315 | Marcus Murphy | 2430 |
| 316 | Corey McIntyre | 2435 |
| 317 | Justin Jackson | 2437 |
| 318 | Josh Ferguson | 2451 |
| 319 | Cyrus Gray | 2459 |
| 320 | Spencer Larsen | 2470 |
| 321 | Earnest Graham | 2477 |
| 322 | Patrick Cobbs | 2483 |
| 323 | Kahlil Bell | 2506 |
| 324 | Chris Rainey | 2521 |
| 325 | Johnathan Franklin | 2528 |
| 326 | Lousaka Polite | 2529 |
| 327 | Reggie Bonnafon | 2531 |
| 328 | Ahmard Hall | 2536 |
| 329 | Will Tukuafu | 2543 |
| 330 | Darwin Thompson | 2547 |
| 331 | Will Ta'ufo'ou | 2554 |
| 332 | Fitzgerald Toussaint | 2557 |
| 333 | Jonathan Williams | 2573 |
| 334 | Isaiah Pead | 2574 |
| 335 | T.J. Logan | 2578 |
| 336 | Mike Bell (RB) | 2589 |
| 337 | Silas Redd | 2592 |
| 338 | Darrell Henderson | 2602 |
| 339 | Tyler Ervin | 2615 |
| 340 | Travis Homer | 2622 |
| 341 | Ovie Mughelli | 2626 |
| 342 | Mark Walton | 2627 |
| 343 | Andrew Beck | 2637 |
| 344 | Sammy Morris | 2641 |
| 345 | Rock Cartwright | 2647 |
| 346 | Alec Ingold | 2687 |
| 347 | Dimitri Nance | 2689 |
| 348 | Jalen Parmele | 2690 |
| 349 | Chris Gronkowski | 2693 |
| 350 | Armando Allen | 2703 |
| 351 | Joe Banyard | 2746 |
| 352 | Quinn Johnson | 2768 |
| 353 | DuJuan Harris | 2778 |
| 354 | Danny Vitale | 2782 |
| 355 | Steve Slaton | 2783 |
| 356 | Troymaine Pope | 2789 |
| 357 | Zurlon Tipton | 2791 |
| 358 | Malcolm Johnson | 2793 |
| 359 | Austin Johnson | 2797 |
| 360 | James Wright | 2798 |
| 361 | D'Ernest Johnson | 2808 |
| 362 | Heath Evans | 2809 |
| 363 | Lorenzo Booker | 2811 |
| 364 | Marion Grice | 2830 |
| 365 | Ray-Ray McCloud | 2833 |
| 366 | Mike Sellers | 2839 |
| 367 | Chris Pressley | 2843 |
| 368 | Naufahu Tahi | 2859 |
| 369 | LaMichael James | 2882 |
| 370 | Tre Madden | 2883 |
| 371 | Mike James | 2897 |
| 372 | Robert Hughes | 2904 |
| 373 | Baron Batch | 2906 |
| 374 | David Fluellen | 2909 |
| 375 | Lawrence Thomas | 2929 |
| 376 | Keith Toston | 2936 |
| 377 | Matthew Dayes | 2945 |
| 378 | Da'Rel Scott | 2947 |
| 379 | Mike Cox | 2949 |
| 380 | Jeremy Stewart | 2954 |
| 381 | Devine Ozigbo | 2960 |
| 382 | Eldra Buckley | 2961 |
| 383 | Anthony Allen | 2981 |
| 384 | Jason Wright | 2985 |
| 385 | Justin Davis | 2986 |
| 386 | Michael Cox | 3003 |
| 387 | Paul Lasike | 3004 |
| 388 | Jonas Gray | 3015 |
| 389 | Richie Brockel | 3041 |
| 390 | Jim Kleinsasser | 3046 |
| 391 | Tim Castille | 3053 |
| 392 | Ricky Ortiz | 3073 |
| 393 | Tony Richardson | 3074 |
| 394 | Terrell Watson | 3108 |
| 395 | George Winn | 3118 |
| 396 | Nick Bawden | 3131 |
| 397 | Trey Watts | 3133 |
| 398 | Mike Karney | 3152 |
| 399 | Buddy Howell | 3165 |
| 400 | Collin Mooney | 3166 |
| 401 | Owen Marecic | 3168 |
| 402 | Reagan Mauia | 3169 |
| 403 | Moran Norris | 3189 |
| 404 | Johnny White | 3205 |
| 405 | Manase Tonga | 3222 |
| 406 | Tion Green | 3223 |
| 407 | Derrius Guice | 3240 |
| 408 | Garrett Wolfe | 3242 |
| 409 | Ray Agnew (RB) | 3248 |
| 410 | Bo Scarbrough | 3259 |
| 411 | Brock Bolen | 3281 |
| 412 | Qadree Ollison | 3306 |
| 413 | Nate Eachus | 3320 |
| 414 | Richard Gordon | 3332 |
| 415 | D.J. Foster | 3333 |
| 416 | Ryan D'Imperio | 3336 |
| 417 | Ladell Betts | 3348 |
| 418 | Myles Gaskin | 3350 |
| 419 | Josh Vaughan | 3362 |
| 420 | Clinton Portis | 3373 |
| 421 | Detrez Newsome | 3374 |
| 422 | Winston Venable | 3375 |
| 423 | De'Angelo Henderson | 3394 |
| 424 | Mike Hart | 3395 |
| 425 | Roc Thomas | 3396 |
| 426 | Byron Marshall | 3433 |
| 427 | Kerrith Whyte | 3436 |
| 428 | Dennis Johnson (RB) | 3447 |
| 429 | Fred Taylor | 3449 |
| 430 | Patrick Ricard | 3459 |
| 431 | Darius Reynaud | 3462 |
| 432 | David Williams (RB) | 3467 |
| 433 | Tyrell Sutton | 3472 |
| 434 | James Davis (RB) | 3488 |
| 435 | Khari Blasingame | 3489 |
| 436 | Aaron Brown (RB) | 3505 |
| 437 | Shaun Wilson | 3513 |
| 438 | Gartrell Johnson | 3527 |
| 439 | Storm Johnson | 3530 |
| 440 | Devante Mays | 3540 |
| 441 | Jordan Scarlett | 3541 |
| 442 | David Cobb | 3555 |
| 443 | Quinton Ganther | 3557 |
| 444 | Ryan Nall | 3558 |
| 445 | De'Lance Turner | 3575 |
| 446 | Michael Bennett (RB) | 3578 |
| 447 | Michael Hill | 3579 |
| 448 | Darrin Reaves | 3607 |
| 449 | Jeremiah Johnson | 3609 |
| 450 | Brandon Saine | 3626 |
| 451 | Kendall Gaskins | 3628 |
| 452 | Cierre Wood | 3647 |
| 453 | Ryan Williams | 3649 |
| 454 | Armond Smith | 3665 |
| 455 | Mossis Madu | 3667 |
| 456 | Dominique Jones | 3675 |
| 457 | Jarryd Hayne | 3682 |
| 458 | Kevin Faulk | 3698 |
| 459 | Jerious Norwood | 3713 |
| 460 | Richard Murphy | 3714 |
| 461 | Josh Harris (RB) | 3733 |
| 462 | George Atkinson (RB) | 3772 |
| 463 | Alonzo Harris | 3802 |
| 464 | Ryan Mahaffey | 3805 |
| 465 | Kyle Adams | 3814 |
| 466 | Brit Miller | 3836 |
| 467 | Evan Rodriguez | 3837 |
| 468 | Korey Hall | 4087 |
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