2025 Fantasy Football Week 6 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

Fantasy Football Championships are won with trades.

Here, I continue a series previously captained by RSJ’s MOH in 2023 and 2024, and Jackson Barrett before him. In my version, I’ll be basing these trade value charts off The Wolf’s Rest Of Season Rankings, who finished 2nd of 172 experts in FantasyPros’ Multi-Year Draft Rankings. These charts adjust values to account for positional need, assigning values based on a 1QB, 12-team, full PPR league, where quarterbacks are generally harder to trade due to a lack of positional need, unlike in Superflex leagues.

Each week throughout the season, these values will be altered to reflect the player’s value for the rest of the season. Be sure to tune back each week throughout the season. We’ll be adjusting the chart, discussing risers & fallers, and pinpointing other backs of interest, and providing a refresher on optimal trade strategy.

The trade value chart for each position is linked below.

Fantasy Football Week 6 Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

Running Back Risers

Jacory Croskey-Merritt rose 12 spots into our rankings’ RB2 range while he made as convincing a case he could for a consistent primary role in the Commanders’s backfield.

It only took him 14 carries to muster 111 yards and two scores, adding 2 catches for another 39 yards, while Jeremy McNichols and Chris Rodriguez Jr. only combined for six carries combined. Bill’s ceiling is always going to be a little capped by Jayden Daniels, who had eight carries of his own in week 5, but this is the kind of game a lot of us were waiting for from JCM. Should this turn out not to be the norm, say Washington’s other backs are back to having a significant role again as early as next week, there’s no reason to be cautious with today’s valuation of Bill, it’s the better bet to assume he’s made the backfield his moving forward.

Running Back Fallers

Trey Benson falls from RB24 to the RB50’s after going on IR after getting surgery to repair meniscus tissue, with an estimated return around week 10. What also contributed to the fall, was that he didn’t separate himself as an obvious starter against the Seahawks in week 4. The Seahawks have been good against the run so far this year, but many were hoping for more at home on a Thursday night than 52 scoreless yards on 13 total touches. Needless to say optimism will be a lot more cautious when he returns later this year.

Other Running Backs Of Interest

Rico Dowdle put up video game numbers against the Dolphins in week 5 with 206 yards on the ground, 28 throught the air and a touchdown for 30.9 half-PPR fantasy points. But with Chuba Hubbard possibly only being out this past week with a calf injury, it’s important to remember that Dowdle’s performance more than doubled his yardage from scrimmage over the other four weeks of the season combined.

Changes do happen, and maybe there’s adjustments made in the Carolina backfield that will make Dowdle a fantasy-viable option even with Hubbard healthy. Or, maybe this makes Dowdle a good throw-in on a trade package that helps get a desirable deal done that previously wouldn’t have.

Trade Strategy Reminders

Aim To Fill Holes On Your Roster, And Your Trade Partner’s

In general, trade offers that clearly help both teams’ overall value, not just your own, will make a trade partner more cooperative, but being mindful of depth concerns with all teams involved with a trade will only increase the chance of that cooperation. Be mindful not just of weak positional depth, but a surplus of positional depth, with all your league’s rosters. You might have a shortlist of players you’d love to be able to trade for, but if what you have to offer isn’t what your trade partner needs, your offers will likely fall on deaf ears. Say you’re weak at RB, and have a surplus at WR. Teams that are strong at RB, but weak at WR, are naturally more eager to haggle.

Never Mention The Words “But The Trade Calculator Says”

Charts and calculators are a reference that can help find ideal trades, but they’re not gospel, and trying to make your potential trade partner think otherwise could shut the door on negotiations real quick. Even if your charts/calculators show the trade offer to be in your league mate’s favor, they probably have tools and references of their own, and the next time “But the trade calculator says” changes someone’s mind, may be the first time.

Be Careful How Low-Ball Your Offers Are

Speaking of bad faith, a trade offer that is too clearly in your favor puts you in danger of potential trade partners shutting you out not just for that particular trade negotiation, but any future ones as well. It’s a great feeling to get those kind of lopsided trade deals, but the ones that are so bad they only go through 1-percent of the time likely aren’t worth hitting the send button to begin with. At their core, fantasy players aren’t complete masochists just want to have fun with it, and somebody sending them insulting offers isn’t fun.

Trade Value Chart: Running Backs

QB | RB | WR | TE