The running game has definitely taken off in recent years in the NFL. Which teams sport the best RB duos heading into 2025? Guys like Josh Jacobs, Saquon Barkley, and Derrick Henry all changed NFL teams from 2023 into 2024 and led their squads to the playoffs.
Barkley was a primary factor in the Eagles winning the Super Bowl, so we have seen more emphasis put on the running back position in recent years. As NFL defenses begin to figure out how to stop the downfield passing, teams are switching their focus to wearing opponents down on the ground.
And while there are many quality backs in the league, a few teams are in a better position than others heading into 2025. Let's power-rank the best RB duos in the league for the 2025 NFL Season.
Which teams sport the best running back duos?
5. Aaron Jones & Jordan Mason, Minnesota Vikings
Aaron Jones was extended by the Minnesota Vikings this offseason, and Jordan Mason was traded for from the San Francisco 49ers. With this backfield, it's clear that the Vikings front office is trying to give de-facto rookie QB JJ McCarthy everything he needs to succeed.
Jones has been one of the best dual-threat running backs of this generation, and Mason is a quality player himself who thrives in more of a RB2 role.
4. Derrick Henry & Justice Hill, Baltimore Ravens
Derrick Henry just missed out on another 2,000-yard season in the 2024 campaign with the Baltimore Ravens, and while Lamar Jackson is their next-best running threat, Justice Hill is a quality backup who always seems to make the most of his carries. Over his career, Hill has averaged a healthy 4.6 yards per carry. He also caught 42 receptions in 2024, so he's got receiving ability out of the backfield, which is always a plus. Can Henry again flirt with 2,000 yards as his closes in on a Hall of Fame NFL career?
3. Saquon Barkley & AJ Dillon, Philadelphia Eagles
AJ Dillon missed all of the 2024 NFL Season, but he was a productive player during the first four years of his career with the Green Bay Packers.
Over the last two seasons with Green Bay, Dillon amassed 1,812 yards from scrimmage and nine touchdowns. He averages 4.1 yards per carry over his career and is honestly going to feast playing behind Saquon Barkley, who ran for over 2,000 yards in the 2024 NFL Season.
With Barkley set to play in his age-28 season, there could be a decline coming, but the one-two punch of Barkley and Dillon is going to wear-down opposing defenses.
2. Bijan Robinson & Tyler Allgeier, Atlanta Falcons
Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier are the no. 2 ranked RB duo in our rankings for the 2025 NFL Season. Robinson may be the best dual-threat RB in the NFL, breaking out in a big way with the Falcons in 2024. Robinson totaled 1,456 rushing yards and 431 receiving yards. Over his two-year career, Robinson has totaled 3,350 yards on offense with 23 touchdowns.
Tyler Allgeier rushed for 644 yards in 2024 with the Falcons. He's averaged 4.4 yards per carry over his career and did rush for 1,035 yards in his rookie season back in 2022. Allgeier could honestly be a RB1 on a few teams in the NFL, and with him entering the final year of his rookie deal, you have to wonder if Atlanta would consider trading him since a Bijan Robinson extension is surely in the works next offseason.
1. Jahmyr Gibbs & David Montgomery, Detroit Lions
Unquestionably the best RB duo in the NFL, Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery totaled over 2,100 rushing yards and 28 rushing touchdowns in the 2024 NFL Season. Both players averaged at least 4.2 yards per carry. Furthermore, Gibbs and Montgomery totaled 88 receptions as well.
Gibbs totaled 1,929 yards from scrimmage, and Montgomery totaled 1,116. This duo is the engine that makes the Detroit Lions offense go, and there is no indication they plan on letting up in 2025.