Top 10 Fantasy QB Seasons of 2022
Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs posted the top fantasy quarterback season of 2022, scoring 411 fantasy points across 17 games. Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills finished second with 392 points, and Jalen Hurts of the Philadelphia Eagles took third with 374. Mahomes, with 411 points, and Allen, with 392, stood alone at the top, which made 2022 a year with a clear top tier of two at the position.
The Full 2022 Quarterback Scoring Table
The table below lists the ten highest-scoring fantasy quarterback seasons of 2022, ordered by total fantasy points. Every figure is drawn from the final 2022 season record.
| Rank | Player | Team | Games | Points | Points Per Game | Best Week | | 1 | Patrick Mahomes | Kansas City Chiefs | 17 | 411 | 24 | 35 | | 2 | Josh Allen | Buffalo Bills | 16 | 392 | 24 | 35 | | 3 | Jalen Hurts | Philadelphia Eagles | 16 | 374 | 23 | 34 | | 4 | Joe Burrow | Cincinnati Bengals | 16 | 345 | 22 | 39 | | 5 | Geno Smith | Seattle Seahawks | 17 | 304 | 18 | 32 | | 6 | Justin Fields | Chicago Bears | 17 | 294 | 17 | 41 | | 7 | Trevor Lawrence | Jacksonville Jaguars | 17 | 290 | 17 | 33 | | 8 | Kirk Cousins | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 286 | 17 | 30 | | 9 | Daniel Jones | New York Giants | 17 | 285 | 17 | 36 | | 10 | Jared Goff | Detroit Lions | 17 | 280 | 16 | 29 |
Where the 2022 QB Board Separated
The most striking break in the 2022 quarterback board sits between fourth and fifth. Joe Burrow scored 345 points for the Cincinnati Bengals, and the next name on the list, Geno Smith of the Seattle Seahawks, finished at 304. Above that break, four quarterbacks posted 345 points or more; below it, no one else in the top ten finished above 294. The 2022 season effectively had a four-man elite tier and then a second tier that began with Geno Smith.
Within that second tier, the margins were razor thin. Kirk Cousins, Daniel Jones, and Trevor Lawrence landed at 286, 285, and 290 points respectively, and Jared Goff of the Detroit Lions closed the list at 280. Five quarterbacks finished packed inside that narrow band, so a single big week could have reordered the bottom half of the board.
How the Per-Game Column Differed From the Totals
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen were inseparable on a per-game basis: both averaged 24 fantasy points, with Mahomes reaching that mark over 17 games and Allen over 16. Jalen Hurts followed at 23 points per game, so the top three in per-game scoring matched the top three in total scoring even though the games column differed.
Further down, the two columns told slightly different stories. Jared Goff's 16 points per game was the lowest figure among the ten, yet his 17 games carried him to a top ten finish. Geno Smith averaged 18 points per game, the best mark of anyone outside the top four, which is why his fifth-place total came with the highest per-game number in the second tier.
The Biggest Single Weeks of the 2022 QB Season
Justin Fields owned the best single week of any quarterback in 2022, exploding for 41 fantasy points in his top game despite ranking sixth in season total at 294. That 41-point week stands ahead of every other best-week figure on the board, including Joe Burrow's 39, which ranked second among the ten.
By contrast, Kirk Cousins' best week of 30 was the smallest peak of the group, and Jared Goff's top week of 29 was the only other best week below 32. Daniel Jones at 36 and Jalen Hurts at 34 both posted stronger peaks than their final ranks might suggest, underscoring how often the 2022 quarterback race turned on a handful of explosive Sundays rather than steady accumulation alone.
Common questions
Who scored the most fantasy points at quarterback in 2022?
- Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas City Chiefs led all quarterbacks with 411 fantasy points in 2022, played over 17 games at 24 points per game.
How many fantasy points did Josh Allen score in 2022?
- Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills scored 392 fantasy points in 2022 over 16 games, the second-highest total at the position behind Patrick Mahomes.
Which quarterback had the best single fantasy week in 2022?
- Justin Fields of the Chicago Bears had the highest single week among the top ten 2022 quarterbacks with 41 fantasy points, ahead of Joe Burrow's 39.
Did Geno Smith finish as a top five fantasy quarterback in 2022?
- Yes. Geno Smith finished fifth among quarterbacks in 2022 with 304 fantasy points for the Seattle Seahawks, averaging 18 points per game across 17 games.
How many quarterbacks reached 304 points or more in 2022?
- Five quarterbacks reached 304 fantasy points in 2022: Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen, Jalen Hurts, Joe Burrow, and Geno Smith. Kirk Cousins, next on the list, finished at 286.
What did Daniel Jones score in fantasy in 2022?
- Daniel Jones of the New York Giants scored 285 fantasy points in 2022 over 17 games, finishing ninth among quarterbacks with a best week of 36.