In response to an ESPN feature on the NFL's Top 64 Running Backs ranking each team's projected starter and backup, I compiled my own Top 25 NFL RB List.
I didn't include rookies, specifically because they have no body of work in the NFL on which they can be judged. This list is essentially my ranking of the running backs which I'd feel comfortable having as my starter if I were an NFL head coach or GM.
(ESPN/Scouts Inc. ranking in parentheses)
1) LaDainian Tomlinson - SD (1)
2) Adrian Peterson - MIN (2)
3) Brian Westbrook - PHI (4)
4) Steven Jackson - STL (3)
5) Willis McGahee - BAL (12)
6) Willie Parker - PIT (13)
7) Larry Johnson - KC (5)
8) Clinton Portis - WSH (9)
9) Joseph Addai - IND (6)
10) Maurice Jones-Drew - JAX (14)
11) Marion Barber - DAL (8)
12) Ronnie Brown - MIA (19)
13) Fred Taylor - JAX (11)
14) Thomas Jones - NYJ (24)
15) Chester Taylor - MIN (26)
16) Frank Gore - SF (7)
17) Edgerrin James - ARI (21)
18) Laurence Maroney - NE (18)
19) Jamal Lewis - CLE (15)
20) Deuce McAllister - NO (33)
21) DeAngelo Williams - CAR (27)
22) Justin Fargas - OAK (31)
23) Ladell Betts - WSH (52)
24) LaMont Jordan - OAK (49)
25) Travis Henry - N/A (36)
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