Ultimate Fantasy Football Strategy - ADP Analysis

ADP Analysis - Running Backs

Running back is the position that is the most in demand on draft day and in most drafts there are usually at least ten RBs drafted in the first round of a 12-team league. This is the case because there are so few good ones especially with the emerging running back by committee strategy that coaches seem to want to use more and more. Many managers are starting to draft a WR or QB in the late first round to move away from the running back trend. Is it justified to go RB-RB in the first two rounds of your draft no matter who is available? In this chart, I have also included the average points in a system where players earn one point per reception (PPR). Let’s take a look:

POS	ADP AVG	PTS AVG	PPR PTS AVG	POS	ADP AVG	PTS AVG	PPR PTS AVG
1	1	256	304	25	55	140	166
2	2	303	349	26	61	124	145
3	3	182	217	27	65	121	142
4	4	256	300	28	70	121	143
5	6	236	285	29	73	117	136
6	7	193	224	30	75	133	158
7	8	229	283	31	79	160	187
8	9	172	203	32	83	53	64
9	11	153	193	33	86	135	160
10	13	179	204	34	94	120	138
11	15	160	194	35	98	98	112
12	16	202	230	36	101	57	69
13	18	171	204	37	104	78	97
14	21	195	237	38	107	105	127
15	23	151	184	39	113	102	124
16	26	127	145	40	117	109	127
17	27	157	198	41	122	74	94
18	31	158	198	42	131	89	115
19	35	157	198	43	134	91	114
20	40	203	242	44	142	75	88
21	45	131	153	45	146	78	99
22	47	106	125	46	155	44	57
23	49	158	180	47	160	18	23
24	52	165	200	48	163	25	32

Just like the quarterbacks I put the running backs in groups of four and averaged them:

POS	ADP AVG	PTS AVG	PPR PTS AVG
1 to 4	3	249	293
5 to 8	7	208	249
9 to 12	14	174	205
13 to 16	22	161	192