Who scored the most fantasy points at quarterback since 2016?

Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, with 428 fantasy points in 2024. That season also averaged 25 points per game across 17 games, and his best week reached 36 points.

Did Patrick Mahomes have a better fantasy season in 2018 or 2022?

By total points, 2018 edges it: 415 points for the Kansas City Chiefs that year against 411 in 2022. The 2018 season also averaged 26 points per game versus 24 in 2022, and its best week of 39 beats the 35 from 2022, so 2018 wins on every column.

How many seasons did Josh Allen place in the top ten since 2016?

Four. Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills ranked fifth through eighth with his 2021, 2020, 2022 and 2023 seasons, scoring 397, 396, 392 and 387 points respectively.

What was the biggest single fantasy week by a quarterback in this top ten?

Josh Allen's 40-point week during his 2023 season with the Buffalo Bills, the highest best-week figure on the entire list.

Which teams are represented in the top quarterback seasons since 2016?

Five: the Baltimore Ravens with two Lamar Jackson seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs with two Patrick Mahomes seasons, the Buffalo Bills with four Josh Allen seasons, and the Green Bay Packers with Aaron Rodgers and the Arizona Cardinals with Kyler Murray adding one season each from 2020.

Was Aaron Rodgers or Kyler Murray the better 2020 fantasy quarterback?

Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers finished higher, 383 points to 379 for Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals, and both played 16 games. Murray's best week of 38 topped Rodgers' 31, so the totals favored Rodgers while the single-week upside belonged to Murray.

The Best Fantasy Football QB Seasons Since 2016

Lamar Jackson's 2024 season with the Baltimore Ravens is the best fantasy football quarterback season since 2016, with 428 fantasy points across 17 games. His 2019 Ravens season ranks second at 416 points, and Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs holds third with 415 points from 2018. The whole span belongs to a small group: Jackson, Mahomes, and Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills account for eight of the top ten seasons since 2016.

Which quarterback had the best fantasy season since 2016?

Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens sits alone at the top of the modern leaderboard. His 2024 season produced 428 fantasy points in 17 games, an average of 25 points per game, with a best single week of 36. His 2019 campaign, at 416 points in 16 games with 26 points per game, actually beat his 2024 season on a per-game basis and posted a higher best week at 37. Taken together, the two Jackson seasons bracket the top of the list, and no other quarterback since 2016 has reached either total.

The full top 10 quarterback seasons since 2016

The ranking below covers every season from 2016 onward, led by Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs passers at the top and a Green Bay Packers and an Arizona Cardinals season filling the final spots.

| Rank | Player | Team | Season | Games | Points | Points per game | Best week | | 1 | Lamar Jackson | Baltimore Ravens | 2024 | 17 | 428 | 25 | 36 | | 2 | Lamar Jackson | Baltimore Ravens | 2019 | 16 | 416 | 26 | 37 | | 3 | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | 2018 | 16 | 415 | 26 | 39 | | 4 | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | 2022 | 17 | 411 | 24 | 35 | | 5 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 2021 | 17 | 397 | 23 | 37 | | 6 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 2020 | 16 | 396 | 25 | 38 | | 7 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 2022 | 16 | 392 | 24 | 35 | | 8 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 2023 | 17 | 387 | 23 | 40 | | 9 | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers | 2020 | 16 | 383 | 24 | 31 | | 10 | Kyler Murray | Arizona Cardinals | 2020 | 16 | 379 | 24 | 38 |

How do Jackson's two peak seasons compare?

The gap between Jackson's two entries is a story of volume versus rate. His 2024 season spans 17 games and reaches the higher total, while his 2019 season covers 16 games and scores at the higher per-game mark, 26 against 25. The best week column also favors 2019, where his 37-point outing beats the 36-point high from 2024. On totals, 2024 wins the ranking; on a week-to-week basis, 2019 was the sharper season.

Patrick Mahomes is the only other passer with two seasons of at least 411 points. His 2018 season with the Kansas City Chiefs averaged 26 points per game, matching Jackson's 2019 rate, and his 39-point best week that year stands taller than the best week of either Jackson season. His 2022 entry is a volume season: 411 points over 17 games with a lower per-game figure of 24.

Why Josh Allen's consistency stands out on this list

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills appears four times, more than any quarterback in the top ten. His seasons run from 2020 through 2023 in an unbroken stretch, with totals of 396, 397, 392 and 387 points in that order. No other passer on the list strings together even three qualifying seasons, and that run is what separates Allen in any discussion of the era's best fantasy quarterbacks, even though none of his seasons claims the top spot.

Allen's 2023 season carries the single highest best week of the entire top ten, a 40-point outing that tops the 39 from Mahomes in 2018 and the 38s from Allen's own 2020 and Kyler Murray's 2020. His per-game figures of 23 to 25 points per game sit just below the Jackson and Mahomes peaks, which is why four strong seasons still land no higher than fifth on the list.

Where the leaderboard drops off

The bottom of the table marks the clear boundary. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers lands ninth with 383 points in 2020, and his best week of 31 is the lowest single-week high in the group. Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals closes the list at 379 points that same season, and his 38-point best week shows he hit the same explosive highs as Allen's 2020 campaign even at a lower total.

Between fifth and eighth place the table is all Buffalo Bills, and every one of those Allen seasons outscored both the Rodgers and Murray entries. The 2020 season is the only year with three entries: Allen, Rodgers and Murray all land their lone top-ten seasons in it, making 2020 the deepest year for quarterback production on this list.

What this history means for judging quarterbacks

Two patterns define the era since 2016. First, repeat appearances rule: Jackson, Mahomes and Allen fill eight of ten spots, so the best fantasy quarterback seasons cluster around a handful of names rather than spreading across the league. The four highest totals belong to Jackson and Mahomes.

Common questions

Who scored the most fantasy points at quarterback since 2016?: Lamar Jackson of the Baltimore Ravens, with 428 fantasy points in 2024. That season also averaged 25 points per game across 17 games, and his best week reached 36 points.
Did Patrick Mahomes have a better fantasy season in 2018 or 2022?: By total points, 2018 edges it: 415 points for the Kansas City Chiefs that year against 411 in 2022. The 2018 season also averaged 26 points per game versus 24 in 2022, and its best week of 39 beats the 35 from 2022, so 2018 wins on every column.
How many seasons did Josh Allen place in the top ten since 2016?: Four. Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills ranked fifth through eighth with his 2021, 2020, 2022 and 2023 seasons, scoring 397, 396, 392 and 387 points respectively.
What was the biggest single fantasy week by a quarterback in this top ten?: Josh Allen's 40-point week during his 2023 season with the Buffalo Bills, the highest best-week figure on the entire list.
Which teams are represented in the top quarterback seasons since 2016?: Five: the Baltimore Ravens with two Lamar Jackson seasons, the Kansas City Chiefs with two Patrick Mahomes seasons, the Buffalo Bills with four Josh Allen seasons, and the Green Bay Packers with Aaron Rodgers and the Arizona Cardinals with Kyler Murray adding one season each from 2020.
Was Aaron Rodgers or Kyler Murray the better 2020 fantasy quarterback?: Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers finished higher, 383 points to 379 for Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals, and both played 16 games. Murray's best week of 38 topped Rodgers' 31, so the totals favored Rodgers while the single-week upside belonged to Murray.