2022 Fantasy Football Studs
Stud: A NFL player who has proved himself to be a top scoring player at his position. These players should be started each week regardless of match-up and should only be benched during bye weeks and significant injuries. From our Fantasy Football Dictionary
Our writers have classified the following players as studs for 2022. We will be updating this list throughout the pre-season.
Name | Pos | Team | Age | Yrs Exp. |
Pos. Rank |
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Tom Brady | QB | TB | 45 | 22 | Unranked |
Brady leads the NFL in career passing yards (84,520) and touchdowns (624). He has a 243-73 record with seven Super Bowl titles while winning 10 games or more in 19 of his 20 full seasons, including the last 17 years (Brady only played one game in 2008). He has never had ... Read More | |||||
Josh Allen | QB | BUF | 27 | 4 | QB - #1 |
Allen finished first in quarterback scoring in back-to-back seasons. Over this span, he delivered 87 combined touchdowns with a high floor in the run game (102/421/8 and 122/763/6). He has 31 rushing touchdowns over his 61 career starts. Allen averaged 259 passing yards ... Read More | |||||
Justin Herbert | QB | LAC | 25 | 2 | QB - #2 |
In his third season with the Chargers, Herbert is one big-play receiver away from being the best quarterback in the league. He finished last year with an impressive 5,316 combined yards with 41 touchdowns. His floor has been high in scoring in his first two years in the ... Read More | |||||
Patrick Mahomes | QB | KC | 27 | 5 | QB - #5 |
After dominating the fantasy world in his first season as a starter for Kansas City in 2018 (5,369 combined yards with 52 touchdowns), Mahomes ranked 7th (334.55 – two missed games), 4th (429.80 – 15 starts), and 4th (427.25) in fantasy scoring in four-point scor... Read More | |||||
Lamar Jackson ![]() |
QB | BAL | 26 | 4 | QB - #7 |
Despite running the ball well again in 2022 (133/767), Jackson struggled to convert his rushes into touchdowns in the red zone. His only two scores on the ground came in in Week 2. He finished with the same completion rate (64.4) as 2020, but Jackson threw the most inter... Read More | |||||
Kyler Murray | QB | ARI | 25 | 3 | QB - #25 |
After an excellent season in 2020 (4,790 combined yards with 37 touchdowns), Murray left some stats on the table last year due to three missed games and regression in the run game (88/423/5 – 133/819/11 in 2020). He finished with further growth in his completion rate (69.2) and yards per pass attempt (7.9).
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