Updated Fantasy Football Rankings at Week 13: Top 70 RBs for the Rest of 2010

I’m finally ready to say it—Arian Foster is the 2010 fantasy MVP. I have had him ranked in the top five for awhile now, but Foster finally moves up to number one for the rest of the season after his fourth consecutive 20-point fantasy day as he tore apart the Philadelphia Eagles defense. Foster has proven that it doesn’t seem to matter what defense he is facing—he’s going to make them pay. With Chris Johnson struggling on a horrendous Tennessee offense and Adrian Peterson nursing an injury that may keep him out this week, it seems obvious that Arian Foster is the top running back in the league.

The San Francisco 49ers got terrible news on Tuesday when it was determined that their star running back, Frank Gore, would miss the remainder of the season with a broken hip that knocked him out of Monday night’s game against the Cardinals. Gore obviously falls off the list entirely, leading the way for Brian Westbrook to move up to 29th as well as rookie Anthony Dixon to make his first appearance on the list at 53rd. Westbrook did injure his ankle during the game in replacement of Gore, but is expected to get the start this week against the Packers.

Another player with serious injury concern is Minnesota Vikings all pro running back Adrian Peterson, who was either the number one or number two pick overall in almost every fantasy draft this season. Peterson left Sunday’s game against the Redskins with a supposed ankle sprain. While the tests concluded that Peterson had not suffered the dreaded “high ankle sprain” injury, there remains concern that the running back may miss this Sunday’s matchup against the league’s worst run defense, the Buffalo Bills. If Peterson does miss time, Toby Gerhart will be expected to fill in again this week and could be an instant fantasy consideration as he looked very good in relief last week. With the injury, Peterson falls to 9th among running backs and Gerhart moves up 22 spots to 40th.

Peyton Hillis makes his way all the way up to 5th this week, the highest he has ever been. Aside from maybe Arian Foster, Peyton Hillis has been the league’s most consistent fantasy running back in 2010—amazing from a player who went undrafted in almost every fantasy league this season. Like Foster, Hillis has made use of his receiving ability and has played well even against very good defenses, making him an every week must-start for fantasy owners. His three touchdowns against the Panthers were a career high and he is now the second-highest scoring running back this season.

The San Diego Chargers may have found their running back of the future—and it’s not their first round pick, Ryan Mathews. Instead, Mike Tolbert, who has been excelling in Mathews’ absence, has moved up to 18th among running backs going forward. Tolbert, who wasn’t even a fantasy consideration going into the season, has rushed for nine touchdowns in 11 games this season, adding back-to-back 100 yard rushing performances in the past two weeks. Though Mathews is expected to be back as soon as this week, Tolbert has done enough to be at least the team’s goal line back going forward, and likely their workhorse back as well.

View All of the Updated Fantasy Football Rankings at Week 13:

Quarterbacks | Running Backs | Wide Receivers | Tight Ends

RANK	PLAYER	TEAM	PREVIOUS RANK	MOVEMENT
1	Arian Foster	HOU	3	2
2	Chris Johnson	TEN	1	-1
3	Rashard Mendenhall	PIT	4	1
4	Michael Turner	ATL	5	1
5	Peyton Hillis	CLE	8	3
6	Maurice Jones-Drew	JAC	6	0
7	Jamaal Charles	KC	9	2
8	LeSean McCoy	PHI	10	2
9	Adrian Peterson	MIN	2	-7
10	Ray Rice	BAL	12	2
11	Knowshon Moreno	DEN	13	2
12	Steven Jackson	STL	11	-1
13	Matt Forte	CHI	15	2
14	Darren McFadden	OAK	16	2
15	Fred Jackson	BUF	19	4
16	BenJarvus Green-Ellis	NE	18	2
17	Thomas Jones	KC	14	-3
18	Mike Tolbert	SD	27	9
19	Brandon Jacobs	NYG	24	5
20	Ahmad Bradshaw	NYG	17	-3
21	LaDainian Tomlinson	NYJ	20	-1
22	Felix Jones	DAL	25	3
23	Cedric Benson	CIN	21	-2
24	Shonn Greene	NYJ	22	-2
25	LaGarrette Blount	TB	23	-2
26	Beanie Wells	ARI	26	0
27	Ronnie Brown	MIA	33	6
28	Mike Goodson	CAR	40	12
29	Brian Westbrook	SF	NR	-
30	Joseph Addai	IND	30	0
31	Ryan Mathews	SD	32	1
32	Danny Woodhead	NE	36	4
33	Ricky Williams	MIA	41	8
34	Jahvid Best	DET	28	-6
35	Ryan Torain	WAS	31	-4
36	Marshawn Lynch	SEA	29	-7
37	Donald Brown	IND	34	-3
38	Keiland Williams	WAS	35	-3
39	Jonathan Stewart	CAR	44	5
40	Toby Gerhart	MIN	62	22
41	Pierre Thomas	NO	38	-3
42	Michael Bush	OAK	39	-3
43	Chris Ivory	NO	47	4
44	Brandon Jackson	GB	42	-2
45	Cadillac Williams	TB	43	-2
46	Darren Sproles	SD	49	3
47	Reggie Bush	NO	37	-10
48	Tim Hightower	ARI	45	-3
49	Willis McGahee	BAL	46	-3
50	Justin Forsett	SEA	48	-2
51	Mike Hart	IND	50	-1
52	Rashad Jennings	JAC	57	5
53	Anthony Dixon	SF	NR	-
54	Chester Taylor	CHI	52	-2
55	Jason Snelling	ATL	53	-2
56	Javon Ringer	TEN	59	3
57	CJ Spiller	BUF	54	-3
58	Derrick Ward	HOU	55	-3
59	Kevin Smith	DET	56	-3
60	Bernard Scott	CIN	58	-2
61	John Kuhn	GB	60	-1
62	Julius Jones	NO	66	4
63	Javarris James	IND	61	-2
64	Marion Barber	DAL	51	-13
65	Ladell Betts	NO	63	-2
66	Jerome Harrison	PHI	64	-2
67	Laurence Maroney	DEN	65	-2
68	Tashard Choice	DAL	67	-1
69	Mike Bell	PHI	68	-1
70	Leon Washington	SEA	69	-1