Matthew Stafford's Best Fantasy Seasons: The Full Top 8
Matthew Stafford's best fantasy season on the record is 2025 with the Los Angeles Rams, when he scored 350 fantasy points across 17 games and averaged 21 points per game. His 2021 season with the Los Angeles Rams ranks second at 326 points, and his 2016 season with the Detroit Lions ranks third at 278. On the strength of both the total and the per-game average, 2025 stands clearly as his finest fantasy year.
What Were Matthew Stafford's Best Fantasy Seasons?
The table below ranks every Matthew Stafford season in the record by total fantasy points, from his 350-point 2025 campaign down through the eight seasons tracked here. Each row shows the team he played for that year, his game count, his scoring total, his per-game average, and his highest single week.
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points Per Game | Best Week | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Matthew Stafford | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 350 | 21 | 31 | | 2 | Matthew Stafford | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 326 | 19 | 30 | | 3 | Matthew Stafford | Detroit Lions | 16 | 278 | 17 | 28 | | 4 | Matthew Stafford | Detroit Lions | 16 | 270 | 17 | 27 | | 5 | Matthew Stafford | Detroit Lions | 16 | 257 | 16 | 26 | | 6 | Matthew Stafford | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 239 | 14 | 24 | | 7 | Matthew Stafford | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 215 | 13 | 28 | | 8 | Matthew Stafford | Detroit Lions | 16 | 212 | 13 | 25 |
How Far Ahead Was 2025 From the Rest?
The gap between first and second is where this list gets interesting. Stafford's 2025 season with the Los Angeles Rams produced 350 points, while his next best year, 2021, finished at 326. Both of those seasons came in 17 games, so the per-game column tells the same story: 21 points per game in 2025 against 19 in 2021. His best single week in 2025, a 31-point game, is also the highest single week anywhere on his record.
The two Rams years at the top also separate from the Detroit Lions years below them. His third-ranked 2016 season with the Detroit Lions reached 278 points in 16 games at 17 points per game, followed closely by 2017 at 270 points and the same 17-point per-game average. So while 2016 and 2017 sit third and fourth, the record shows they were nearly even with each other, even as both sat well behind the two Rams seasons above.
Which Seasons Filled Out the Bottom Half?
The fifth through eighth spots spread across two teams and two scoring tiers. His 2020 season with the Detroit Lions ranks fifth at 257 points and 16 points per game, then the drop-off arrives: 2023 with the Los Angeles Rams at 239 points and 14 per game, 2024 with the Los Angeles Rams at 215 points and 13 per game, and 2018 with the Detroit Lions at 212 points, also 13 per game.
One wrinkle sits in the best-week column. His seventh-ranked 2024 season posted a best week of 28 points, which is higher than the best weeks of the three seasons ranked directly above it. Even in a down year by total scoring, that single 28-point game matched the peak of his third-ranked 2016 season.
What Does the Per-Game Column Say About His Peak?
Sorting by per-game scoring rather than totals does not change the top of this list at all. The 2025 season leads at 21 points per game, 2021 follows at 19, and the 2016 and 2017 Detroit Lions seasons tie at 17. Below that, 2020 sits at 16, 2023 at 14, and 2024 and 2018 tie at 13. In other words, the per-game view and the total-points view agree on the ordering of this entire record, season for season, rank for rank.
That agreement is worth noticing because the record spans seasons of both 17 games and 16 games. Four of the listed seasons (2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020) came with the Detroit Lions and ran 16 games each, while the Los Angeles Rams seasons each ran 17 games. Even so, the ranking holds whichever column you trust, and the 2025 Los Angeles Rams season tops both.
Common questions
What was Matthew Stafford's best fantasy season?
- 2025 with the Los Angeles Rams. He scored 350 fantasy points in 17 games, averaging 21 points per game, with a best single week of 31 points. Every one of those numbers is the highest of his recorded seasons.
How many fantasy points did Matthew Stafford score in 2021?
- 326 fantasy points across 17 games with the Los Angeles Rams, an average of 19 points per game and a best week of 30. That total ranks second on his record, behind only his 350-point 2025 season.
Which Matthew Stafford seasons came with the Detroit Lions?
- Four seasons on this record: 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2020. His best Detroit Lions year was 2016, when he scored 278 fantasy points in 16 games at 17 points per game, ranking third on his career list.
"Did Matthew Stafford ever finish one of these seasons with a per-game average higher than 19 points?"
- Yes, once. "His 2025 season with the Los Angeles Rams averaged 21 points per game, the highest per-game figure anywhere on this record." His next best average is 19 points per game, from the 2021 season.
What was Matthew Stafford's biggest single fantasy week?
- A 31-point week during his 2025 season with the Los Angeles Rams, the highest single-game figure on his record. His 2021 season came close with a best week of 30 points.