Biggest Single-Week Fantasy Performances of 2024
Ja'Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals delivered the biggest single-week fantasy performance of 2024, a 55-point week that stood alone at the top of the league's best-week column. Chase paired that week with a 403-point season across 17 games, more total fantasy points than any other player that year. The next best single weeks belonged to Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills at 52 points, with three players tied at 46. If you want one week that decided fantasy matchups by itself in 2024, Chase's 55 is the answer.
What Were the Biggest Single-Week Fantasy Scores of 2024?
The best-week column from the 2024 season tells a clear story: Ja'Marr Chase's 55-point week had no equal, and only Josh Allen came close at 52. Behind them, a three-way tie at 46 points connected three very different seasons, those of Jauan Jennings, Saquon Barkley and Jahmyr Gibbs. The table below shows the full top ten of the 2024 season with each player's best week, total points and points per game.
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points Per Game | Best Week | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Ja'Marr Chase | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 403 | 24 | 55 | | 2 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 17 | 377 | 22 | 52 | | 3 | Jauan Jennings | San Francisco 49ers | 17 | 210 | 12 | 46 | | 4 | Saquon Barkley | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 349 | 21 | 46 | | 5 | Jahmyr Gibbs | Detroit Lions | 17 | 363 | 21 | 46 | | 6 | Alvin Kamara | New Orleans Saints | 17 | 265 | 16 | 44 | | 7 | Jared Goff | Detroit Lions | 17 | 322 | 19 | 41 | | 8 | Davante Adams | Las Vegas Raiders / New York Jets | 17 | 239 | 14 | 41 | | 9 | Drake London | Atlanta Falcons | 17 | 281 | 17 | 41 | | 10 | Tee Higgins | Cincinnati Bengals | 17 | 222 | 13 | 40 |
Who Actually Separated in the Best-Week Column?
The gap between the top of the best-week column and everyone else is where 2024 gets interesting. Chase at 55 and Allen at 52 sit above the field, then the column drops to 46 and stays crowded from there down, with four players bunched between 40 and 41 points. That shape matters for anyone judging single-week upside: only two players in this top ten posted a week that clearly stood apart from their own group.
Jauan Jennings is the outlier of the table. His 46-point week matches the best weeks of Saquon Barkley and Jahmyr Gibbs, yet his season total of 210 points is the smallest in the top ten and his 12 points per game is also the lowest. Jennings produced a week as big as the ones posted by two of the season's top running backs, but the rest of his year did not carry that level. That contrast is the sharpest in the 2024 numbers.
How Did the Best Weeks Compare Across Positions?
Quarterbacks claim the two biggest single weeks, with Josh Allen's 52 finishing second only to Chase's 55. Running backs hold the tie at 46 through Barkley and Gibbs, and Alvin Kamara sits just behind them at 44, giving running backs three of the top six best weeks in this group. Wide receivers fill more of the table but cluster lower in the column: after Chase, the receivers here posted best weeks of 46, 41 and 40.
The Detroit Lions placed two players in the top ten, Jahmyr Gibbs and Jared Goff, and their best weeks landed close together at 46 and 41. The Cincinnati Bengals also landed two names, Ja'Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, though their best weeks of 55 and 40 sit at opposite ends of this column. Davante Adams is the one entry split across two teams, listed with the Las Vegas Raiders and the New York Jets.
Where the Per-Game Numbers Disagree With the Totals
Ordering the table by best week rather than season total reshuffles it in ways worth noticing. Jahmyr Gibbs outscored Saquon Barkley for the season, 363 points to 349, yet their best weeks are identical at 46. Drake London's season of 281 points ranks ninth here, but his 17 points per game beat both Davante Adams at 14 and Tee Higgins at 13, players whose totals sit near his.
At the top, the two orderings agree. Chase leads the season list at 403 points and the best-week list at 55, and his 24 points per game also leads the table, ahead of Allen's 22. When the total, the per-game rate and the single biggest week all point to the same player, the verdict on 2024's best fantasy performer is not a close call.
Common questions
What was the single biggest fantasy week of the 2024 season?
- Ja'Marr Chase of the Cincinnati Bengals posted a 55-point week in 2024, the largest single-week total on the board. Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills came closest at 52 points, and no one else in this group matched that single-week total.
Which players tied for the third-biggest fantasy week of 2024?
- Jauan Jennings of the San Francisco 49ers, Saquon Barkley of the Philadelphia Eagles and Jahmyr Gibbs of the Detroit Lions each posted a best week of 46 points, a three-way tie for third behind Chase and Allen.
Who had the biggest single week among running backs in 2024?
- Saquon Barkley and Jahmyr Gibbs share the running back lead with best weeks of 46 points each. Alvin Kamara of the New Orleans Saints follows them at 44.
Did any quarterback besides Josh Allen post a huge single week in 2024?
- Josh Allen's 52-point week was the largest by a quarterback in this group, and Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions added a best week of 41 on his way to 322 points for the season.