The Most Consistent QB of 2016: Full Fantasy Top 10

Who had the most consistent fantasy quarterback season in 2016?

Consistency at quarterback in 2016 meant producing week after week without disappearing, and Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers is the only passer who wins on every measure the table offers. His 376 fantasy points were the most at the position, his 24 points per game also led all quarterbacks, and his best week of 37 was the highest single-game score any quarterback posted that year. Sweeping total scoring, per game scoring and peak week in the same season is the strongest consistency case the numbers can make.

Matt Ryan of the Atlanta Falcons finished second at 344 points and matched the 21 points per game that Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots also recorded, but Ryan's best week of 36 came in just shy of Rodgers' 37. The gap between first and second in total points was the widest separation anywhere in the top ten, which is why Rodgers' year reads as the steadiest rather than merely the largest.

Top 10 fantasy quarterback seasons of 2016: every row

The table lists rank, player, team, games played, total fantasy points, points per game, and best single week for each of the ten highest scoring quarterbacks of the season.

| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points per game | Best week | | 1 | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 376 | 24 | 37 | | 2 | Matt Ryan | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 344 | 21 | 36 | | 3 | Tom Brady | New England Patriots | 12 | 257 | 21 | 30 | | 4 | Drew Brees | New Orleans Saints | 16 | 332 | 21 | 33 | | 5 | Andrew Luck | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 304 | 19 | 34 | | 6 | Kirk Cousins | Washington Commanders | 16 | 300 | 19 | 30 | | 7 | Dak Prescott | Dallas Cowboys | 16 | 287 | 18 | 27 | | 8 | Matthew Stafford | Detroit Lions | 16 | 278 | 17 | 28 | | 9 | Russell Wilson | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 268 | 17 | 32 | | 10 | Blake Bortles | Jacksonville Jaguars | 16 | 17 | 267 | 28 |

Where the 2016 quarterback field bunched together

Below Rodgers and Ryan, the 2016 season was defined by compression rather than separation. Drew Brees of the New Orleans Saints scored 332 points and Tom Brady of the New England Patriots 257, yet both averaged 21 points per game, the same figure Matt Ryan posted. Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts and Kirk Cousins of the Washington Commanders each sat at 19 per game with totals of 304 and 300, while Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys, Matthew Stafford of the Detroit Lions, Russell Wilson of the Seattle Seahawks and Blake Bortles of the Jacksonville Jaguars all landed between 17 and 18 per game.

Brady's row is the one place where the totals column and the per game column tell different stories: his 257 points rank third, but he recorded them across 12 games rather than the 16 that everyone else in the top ten played. On a per game basis he belongs alongside Ryan and Brees; on the raw totals he finished behind Brees by a wide margin. That split is worth remembering whenever the 2016 ranking is quoted as a pure list of totals.

The best week column rewards the same passers who held the top spots. Rodgers' 37 and Ryan's 36 tower over the field, with Andrew Luck's 34 the only other week above 33. At the other end, Dak Prescott's best week of 27 was the smallest peak in the top ten, which frames his season as steady production without a signature eruption, while Russell Wilson's 32 shows his year contained at least one outing that rivaled the leaders' despite a lower overall total.