Ezekiel Elliott's Best Fantasy Seasons: Every Year Ranked by Points

Which of Ezekiel Elliott's Seasons Scored the Most Fantasy Points?

This table lists every Ezekiel Elliott season in our records, ranked by total fantasy points. He played running back for the Dallas Cowboys in each of these years.

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points per game | Best week | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 329 | 21 | 37 | | 2 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 325 | 20 | 41 | | 3 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 312 | 19 | 31 | | 4 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 246 | 14 | 27 | | 5 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 222 | 14 | 28 | | 6 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 11 | 203 | 18 | 41 | | 7 | Ezekiel Elliott | Dallas Cowboys | 17 | 186 | 11 | 18 |

How Close Were Elliott's Top Three Seasons?

The gap between first and third on his own list is small: 329 points in 2018, 325 in 2016, and 312 in 2019. All three of those seasons ran 16 games, and each produced a per-game average of at least 19. His best individual weeks in that stretch were 41 in 2016 and 37 in 2018, so both the volume and the peak performances point to those years as his strongest work.

The 2017 season is the outlier in this group. Elliott appeared in only 11 games that year, yet his 203 points still rank ahead of his full 2022 campaign, because his per-game average of 18 sits third best among all seven seasons. He also matched his career-best single week of 41 in 2017, tying the peak from 2016.

That per-game column tells a different story than the totals. In the rankings by average, 2017's 18 per game beats both 2021 and 2020, which sit at 14 apiece despite larger point totals of 246 and 222. Only the top three seasons, at 21, 20 and 19 per game, clearly outpace it.

Where Did Elliott's Scoring Decline?

After 2019, the totals step down in a consistent way. The 2021 season produced 246 points in 17 games, the 2020 season produced 222 in 16 games, and the 2022 season produced 186 in 17 games with an average of 11 and a best week of 18. His strongest single week in that later stretch was 28 in 2020, well short of the 41-point peaks he hit in 2016 and 2017.

The best-week column separates the eras sharply. His two 41-point weeks came in 2016 and 2017, his 37-point week came in 2018, and his 31-point week came in 2019. From 2020 onward, no single week exceeded 28, which is the clearest signal in the table that his explosive games clustered in his first four seasons.

What Do These Numbers Say About Elliott as a Fantasy Back?

Three seasons at or above 312 points is the core of his resume. He reached 20 points per game in two of them and 19 in the third, and he did it while carrying a 16-game workload each time. That combination of durability and weekly production is what places 2018, 2016 and 2019 at the top of his own leaderboard.

The verdict on his best year comes down to 2018 versus 2016. The 2018 season leads in total points at 329 and in per-game average at 21, while 2016 holds the edge in best week at 41. Since two of the three columns favor 2018, it stands as his finest fantasy season.