Top 10 Fantasy Football QB Seasons of 2020
Josh Allen paced all fantasy quarterbacks in 2020, posting 396 points over 16 games with 25 per contest. Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers finished second at 383 points, and Kyler Murray of the Arizona Cardinals took third at 379. Allen's combination of the highest total and the highest per-game mark makes his 2020 season the clear top of the class.
The Complete 2020 Quarterback Scoring Table
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points Per Game | Best Week | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 396 | 25 | 38 | | 2 | Aaron Rodgers | Green Bay Packers | 16 | 383 | 24 | 31 | | 3 | Kyler Murray | Arizona Cardinals | 16 | 379 | 24 | 38 | | 4 | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | 16 | 368 | 23 | 40 | | 5 | Deshaun Watson | Houston Texans | 16 | 367 | 23 | 32 | | 6 | Russell Wilson | Seattle Seahawks | 16 | 358 | 22 | 35 | | 7 | Ryan Tannehill | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 338 | 21 | 37 | | 8 | Tom Brady | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 16 | 338 | 21 | 37 | | 9 | Lamar Jackson | Baltimore Ravens | 16 | 331 | 21 | 35 | | 10 | Justin Herbert | Los Angeles Chargers | 16 | 329 | 21 | 38 |
The table holds ten quarterbacks from ten different teams, a spread that runs from the Buffalo Bills at the top to the Los Angeles Chargers at the bottom. Every row in the 2020 top ten logged 16 games, so the ordering rests entirely on how much scoring each passer produced within that shared workload.
How Josh Allen Held Off Rodgers and Murray
Josh Allen finished first at 396 points, with Aaron Rodgers at 383 and Kyler Murray at 379 directly behind him. What separates Allen is the per-game column: his 25 points per game stands above the 24 posted by both Rodgers and Murray, so the leaderboard's top spot is corroborated by rate of scoring rather than resting on total volume alone.
Rodgers and Murray landed on the same per-game figure of 24, which means the tie between second and third was broken purely on the total points column. Rodgers holds the edge there at 383 to 379, a margin that held up over the full season even though Murray matched his weekly output on average.
Where the 2020 Field Bunched Together
The middle of the 2020 table is unusually tight. Patrick Mahomes sits fourth at 368 points and Deshaun Watson fifth at 367, separated by a single point, with Russell Wilson close behind at 358. From fourth place through sixth, three quarterbacks sit within the same narrow band of the standings.
The squeeze is even tighter at the back. Ryan Tannehill and Tom Brady posted identical numbers across the board: 338 points, 21 per game and a best week of 37 apiece. Lamar Jackson follows at 331 and Justin Herbert at 329, and the whole bottom four shares the same 21 points per game. In a season where the leaders clustered this way, draft position between the seventh and tenth passers mattered far less than the gap separating the top three from everyone else.
The Best Single Weeks of the 2020 QB Season
Patrick Mahomes owned the biggest single week among 2020 quarterbacks with a 40-point best week, even though he finished fourth in total points. That 40-point best week tops the 38-point best weeks recorded by Josh Allen, Kyler Murray and Justin Herbert.
The best-week column also exposes the shape of Aaron Rodgers' season. His 383 points rank second, yet his best week of 31 is the lowest peak in the entire top ten, lower than the 32 that Deshaun Watson reached and far below Mahomes' 40. Justin Herbert finished tenth overall, and his 38-point best week matched the best weeks of Josh Allen and Kyler Murray.
Common questions
Who was the number one fantasy quarterback in 2020?
- Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills, with 396 fantasy points in 16 games, ahead of Aaron Rodgers at 383 and Kyler Murray at 379.
How many fantasy points did Josh Allen score in 2020?
- Josh Allen scored 396 fantasy points in 2020, averaging 25 points per game across 16 games with a best week of 38.
Which quarterback had the best single fantasy week in 2020?
- Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs, whose best week of 40 points topped the 38-point peaks posted by Josh Allen, Kyler Murray and Justin Herbert.
Did Kyler Murray outscore Aaron Rodgers in 2020?
- No. Both averaged 24 points per game, but Aaron Rodgers finished with 383 total points to Kyler Murray's 379, keeping Rodgers second on the season leaderboard.
How many quarterbacks topped three hundred sixty fantasy points in 2020?
- Five: Josh Allen at 396, Aaron Rodgers at 383, Kyler Murray at 379, Patrick Mahomes at 368 and Deshaun Watson at 367.