10 greatest fantasy football running back seasons of all time
The players on this list got it done as runners and receivers, and they scored A LOT of touchdowns. And at least two of them pre-date online fantasy football as we know it today. Yet, their production translated to some of the greatest seasons ever, according to Pro-Football-Reference data.
These are the highest-scoring fantasy football RB seasons of all-time.
10. 2003 LaDainian Tomlinson (343.8 points)
9. 1995 Emmitt Smith (352.8 points)
8. 2019 Christian McCaffrey (355.2 points)
7. 1975 O.J. Simpson (355.3 points)
6. 1998 Terrell Davis (356.5 points)
5. 2005 Shaun Alexander (361.8 points)
4. 2002 Priest Holmes (370.7 points)
3. 2003 Priest Holmes (371.0 points)
2. 2000 Marshall Faulk (378.9 points)
1. 2006 LaDainian Tomlinson (425.1 points)
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The ever-so-serene Sarina Wiegman, who in football rules with her head, not her heart, is not usually emotional. But when Chloe Kelly dispatched her penalty to crown England European Champions for the second time, the Dutch head coach screamed 'Chloe!', hugged the winger and kissed her on the cheek. Pure unbridled joy. Advertisement When Wiegman's favourite artist Burna Boy entered the stage in front of Buckingham Palace at the Lionesses' homecoming on Tuesday, her jaw dropped in shock. 'Oh, no way!' she shouted into the microphone. The England boss rapped with the Grammy-winning Nigerian artist, nailing every word in 'For My Hand', her most listened to song in 2023. They danced together, holding each other so tight, so tight, as the lyrics go, in front of 65,000 people lining the Mall and millions watching on live television. 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'My family, my dad, everyone who has got me here today, they have been my support network from the very start, I can't wait to celebrate with them.' The players, clutching white pizza boxes, came through the mixed zone, where post-match interviews take place, with Don't Stop Believin' blasting out of the boom box speaker. For Aggie Beever-Jones, she could not have had a better 22nd birthday. 'What a present!' she said. 'This will be the best day of my life. I can't quite believe it.' 'I wish they were all here,' captain Leah Williamson said about her cousin's family watching from Milton Keynes. 'You are going to make me cry… We're going to party as hard as we can. For anybody that has work tomorrow, we'll do your party and for anybody that doesn't, let's get lit!' At the Dolder Grand, the team's five-star hotel in Zurich, where the words 'the home of New England' are printed on the wall, family and friends, as well as Reggie, their barista's dog, greeted the team. Sporting T-shirts with the words 'Champions 25', gold medals hung around their neck, they entered the function room, glasses of fizz in hand. Lucy Bronze wrote: 'England champions of Europe' in black marker pen at the top of the tournament wall chat, taking England's disc-shaped badge home as a souvenir. Advertisement Tall white banners with each player's name and photo draped down from the ceiling. Silver inflatable balloons spelling 'Lionesses' hung above a table dressed with red balloons, six footballs on top of big glass jars with the result of each of England's six games, and the words 'Strong. United. Unforgettable. You made us proud' printed in red ran along the bottom. Some attendees piled into the photo booth, which printed snaps with the caption: one family. Just as they did at Euro 2022, Wiegman and Williamson cut a three-tiered white cake with a red cross and black and white football on the top. 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