Scoring Champs | A Brief History

Scoring. Sure, winning matters more, but it’s tough to win a ton of games if you ain’t scoring. 26 teams have scored more points than anyone else in a season. Let’s celebrate those 26 and see how their season ended.

1999 – Robio Murray

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 14
TOTAL POINTS: 20,812
POINTS PER GAME: 1,487
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 11.00%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 2,499 (Griff)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 8
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 6

This squad struggled out of the gate, splitting their first six games, but once I inserted Kurt Warner into my lineup, that was ball game. I wouldn’t lose again. I would finish the regular season with eight straight victories. In total, I would deliver eight games over 1,500 and six weekly high scores, including four straight between weeks 9-12 (that has never happened again). I would finish 11-3, earning the top-seed.

POSTSEASON: In the quarterfinals, I produced my worst game since week six, yet I still walked away a winner. In the semifinals and finals, I would cruise to two easy wins, becoming the league’s first Triple Crown winner (Top seed, Scoring Crown, League Champion).

2000 – Rick Mullin

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 14
TOTAL POINTS: 20,687
POINTS PER GAME: 1,478
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 11.34
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 785 (Robio)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 8
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

In just our second year, Rick broke the scoring record I set the previous season and much like me, he shook off a so-so start to finish strong. Through eight games, he was 5-3, but he would end the year winning his final six contests, soaking up three weekly high scores in our league’s first year with 12 squads. He would finish both first in points and first in the standings with an 11-3 record.

POSTSEASON: The playoffs started off well enough, as he eliminated 8-seed Jimmy, but in the semifinals, he failed to deliver and lost to 4-seed Griff, 1,398-1,313. The 85-point defeat kept the in-season Triple Crown out of Mullin’s hands.

2001 – Jason Carpenter

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 14
TOTAL POINTS: 21,816
POINTS PER GAME: 1,558
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 11.66%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 3,755 (Robio)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 8
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 5

The league commissioner moved his ass to New York and invited his roommate into the league. In all honestly, Jason wasn’t much of a football guy, who just drafted a near-perfect squad that never suffered an injury. He rolled through the regular season, finishing with a 11-3 record, after winning his final six games of the season. He dominated in points, crushing the record by averaging 1,558 points per contest; a record that would stand for nearly two decades. His 3,755 point gap between his points and the next guy remains a record to this day and his point total accounting for 11.66% all points is also still the highest mark.

POSTSEASON: Oddly enough, Jason’s squad shit the bed in the playoffs. He would score only 1,342, 1,217 and 1,273 points in his three postseason games, but it was more than enough. The finals should have been a matchup between his team and mine. My squad had wiped away an 0-4 start to win nine of my final ten games, finishing second in scoring. However, I was taken down in the semifinals by David. Jason’s final two foes in the playoffs both failed to score 1,000 points. His 3,872 total postseason points remains the least by a champion.

Fun fact: So why didn’t Jason come back? Well, he was a d-bag and fantasy had nothing to do with it. For whatever reason he decided to tell our two female roommates that I was racist (because I’m from Florida), which I quickly found out about because I was dating one of the girls. Later, we had our cable turned off because the bill wasn’t being paid, even though our rent payments were meant to cover everything, yet he wasn’t paying the bills. I also found out that he was overcharging us to the point where he was basically not paying anything. At that point, after the fantasy season was long over, me and the other roommates basically shunned him, forcing him to hide in his room all day, especially after he lost his job. Then we all moved out. Good times.

2002 – Justin Acerno

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 14
TOTAL POINTS: 20,161
POINTS PER GAME: 1,440
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 10.21
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 134 (Robio)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 4
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 2

For the second straight year, we had a one-hit wonder come in, earn a scoring crown and never return. Justin was an MTV PA, who joined the league alongside Burrier and Masterson. While did put up some big games through the year, he struggled a bit with consistency and never could piece a winning streak together. He never lost two games in a row, but he never won three straight games. He did finish strong though, winning three of his final four, topping 2,100 and earning to weekly high scores. The only game he lost, he lost because his foe scored 2,153 points. He ended the year 8-6, tied with me, but back then we valued division wins over total points, so Justin, who outscored me by just 134 points, had to settle for the 4-seed, as opposed to 3-seed.

POSTSEASON: In the end, it wouldn’t have mattered which seed he was. His boys, like they did throughout the season, failed to show for the quarterfinals and Justin became the first scoring champ to fall in the quarterfinals to 5-seed Griff, 1,256-1,088. However, he certainly wouldn’t be the last. The following season, Justin was invited back, but declined.

2003 – Robio Murray

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 14
TOTAL POINTS: 20,389
POINTS PER GAME: 1,456
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 10.21%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 644 (Burrier)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 6
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

Say what you want about me, but I simply dominated the early years of this league. Through the first five seasons, I finished first in scoring twice and second in scoring three more times. Of course, nothing about the way 2003 started pointed to another scoring crown. I lost by first four games, failing to score 1,300 in any of those contests, twice dipping below 1,000. However, a 2,099-point effort in week 5 (the 2,099-475 blowout remains the largest ass-kicking in league history) turned things around. I would win nine of my final ten games, scoring over 1,500 six times, topping 2,000 three times, with all three producing high scores. I may have started 0-4, but I finished 9-5, earning the top seed and the scoring crown easily.

POSTSEASON: While I should have been the heavy favorite and I was projected to face Burrier in the finals, I was worried about Calderon. The 8-seed had rallied from 1-6 to barely make the playoffs, but he was doing it by scoring, four times topping 1,500 and producing three weekly high scores. Well, my worries were confirmed, as Calderon shut the door on my dynasty, eliminating me, 1,953-1,535. It was the second straight season the scoring champ failed to escape the quarterfinals.

2004 – Colby Hall

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 14
TOTAL POINTS: 20,182
POINTS PER GAME: 1,442
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.72%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 207 (Burrier)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 8
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 4

In 2004, Colby joined the league by partnering with Jeff. I believe Greenblatt was responsible to drafting the team, while Colby ran the day-to-day. What they produced was one of the strangest seasons by a scoring champ. In fact, to this day, this is the only team to finish first in points, but not finish the regular season with a winning record.

The run began with a pair of defeats to open the season, but that’s when Colby was able to muscle Tiki Barber and Warrick Dunn away from me in a trade. It proved to be a brilliant move, as the Pounders would score back-to-back weekly high scores in weeks 3-4. Colby would end up winning six of their next nine after the 0-2 start, but then, despite scoring well, failed to secure a win in his final three contests. He would finish 6-8 on the year, barely holding onto the 8-seed. Of course, part of the problem was that Colby was in arguable the toughest division this league has ever seen, with all four members (Burrir, Calderon, Masterson and Colby) all making the playoffs. These teams also produced the league’s top three scorers (Colby #1, Burrier #2, Calderon #3, with Masterson finishing 7th), so it’s not shocking that Colby went just 1-5 in his division, despite scoring over 1,500 in three of those defeats.

POSTSEASON: In the quarterfinals, Colby’s boys didn’t put up huge numbers, but he nearly pulled off the upset, but 1-seed Griff did just enough, pulling out a 1,396-1,349 victory. It was the third straight season the scoring champ left the playoffs without securing a win.

2005 – Griff Coomer

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,349
POINTS PER GAME: 1,488
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.83%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 1,202 (Burrier)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 6
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

In 2005, we reduced the regular season down to 13 games to avoid that final week, but that wasn’t the only new thing that happened. Griff earned his first career scoring crown, which was ironic, since three times since 2000, it was Griff who ended the scoring champs season in the playoffs (2000, 2022, 2004).

Like so many past scoring champs, Griff’s journey started slowly. He failed to hit 1,000 in week one and drop his first two games. A 1,951-point effort in a win over Eric finally woke his team up. He would win eight of his final 11, scoring three weekly high scores, finishing the season with back-to-back 1,600-point games. He finished with eight wins but had to settle for the 4-seed, losing the division to 9-win Don. He would outscore Burrier in total points by a solid 1,202 points. It was the third straight year Rich B finished second in points scored.

POSTSEASON: First and foremost, Griff did what no other scoring champ had done since 2001…he won his quarterfinals game, easily defeating his wife, 1,792-1,190. The following week, 6-seed David kept it close, but Griff escaped with a 1,388-1,295 victory. In the finals, he would face 7-seed Colby, thus avoiding any team seeded 1-4 in the postseason. It was no contest, as Griff defeated Colby, 1,882-739. The 1,143-point margin of victory remains the largest ever in the title game, as Griff became the third scoring champ to win it all.

2006 – Molly Coomer

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 17,631
POINTS PER GAME: 1,356
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.26%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 385 (Robio)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 2
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

A year after her hubby won earned the scoring crown, Molly kept the award in the home by earning his first award, although her 1,356 points per game remains the lowest ever by a scoring champ. I honestly wish I could remember why there were so few points scored that season. Only three teams averaged over 1,300. Hell, the top seed (Burrier) only averaged 1,274 points per game.

Anyhow, Molly, started off well, winning her first three and seven of her first nine games. She topped 1,500 just once, but had two weekly high scores. He dropped back-to-back games in weeks 9-10, but then rallied to win her final three games, topping 1,500 once more and then ending the season with a 1,326-point high score victory over Colby. She finished 10-3, but missed out on the top seed, as head-to-head was the first tiebreaker back then, so she settled for the 2-seed.

POSTSEASON: In the end, it wouldn’t have mattered what seed she was, she would have lost. She ended up falling to Don, 1,499-1,296, who would go on to win the championship. He would begin to replace Griff as the scoring crown killer.

2007 – Don Vozzola

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,027
POINTS PER GAME: 1,464
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 10.09%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 275 (David)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 5
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 1

Two years after he earned his first career top seed, one year after he eliminated the scoring champ in the quarterfinals and won his first championship, Don produced his first scoring crown in 2007. The season began poorly. Despite scoring well, he started the year 0-2, after Eric and Molly both produced weekly high scores again him. Don would go on to win his next three, then lose two in a row, with another foe producing a weekly high score. He. was 3-4, with three defeats happening while facing the week’s highest point total.

In week eight, he finally turned things around. He would win five of his next six, highlighted by a 2,228-932 victory over Burrier in week nine. When it was all said and done, Don was 8-5, beating out David for the scoring crown by 275 points.

POSTSEASON: He entered the postseason as the 2-seed, but like four of the last five scoring champs, Don failed to escape the quarterfinals, losing to 7-seed Calderon, 1,604-1,436. Nine years into the league and while three scoring champs had won the title, five had now lost in the quarterfinals.

2008 – Robio Murray

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,027
POINTS PER GAME: 1,464
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 10.09%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 1,917 (Bob)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 7
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 6

My 2008 squad proved to be my third team to produce a scoring crown, but it didn’t start the season as one. In fact, it was a combination of trading and free agent pickups that turned a decent team into a great team. I began the year 1-3, averaging only 1,125 points per game. I was near the bottom in scoring. However, thanks to DeAngelo Williams (who I picked up off the wire after week five), my team started to roll. Over the next nine weeks, I would go 6-3. My squad would top 1,500 seven times (including a 2,100-pt game) and I would produce six weekly high scores, something I’ve done twice now and remain the only person to do it. In those final nine games, my team averaged 1,614 points per contest. Due to my rough start, I only finished with seven wins and had to settle for the 5-seed.

POSTSEASON: I kept my dominating ways going in the postseason, crushing both 4-seed Bob and 3-seed Colby, scoring 1,641 and 1,760 points. In the title game, I had a rematch with Don. While he was the favorite in 2006, I was the favorite in 2008. Unfortunately, I overthought it and benched DeAngelo Williams. The guy I put in did well, but Williams went for 199 yards and four touchdowns. I lost to Don, 1,216-1,041. Still haunts me to this day. Not only had Don just won his second title in three seasons, in both postseason, he had to go through the scoring champ. I became the first scoring champ to lose in the title game.

2009 – Matt Neatock

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS:19,459
POINTS PER GAME: 1,497
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.78%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 720 (Bob)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 7
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 1

By this time, being the scoring champ didn’t bring much value in the postseason. Over the last eight years, the person holding the scoring crown failed to win it all every year except once (Griff in 2005). Would that change in 2009? For Matt, he was riding his 2007 draft class of Adrian Peterson and Wes Welker, alongside Aaron Rodgers this time around. He won it all in 2007, but flopped in 2008. what would 2009 bring?

Well, it brought points and wins…and lots of both. Matt cruised through his first two, scoring 1,608 and 1,881 points. By the time the season was eight weeks old, he was 7-1, leading the league in scoring, behind five games over 1,500, including three where he topped 1,800. He finished warm, taking three of his final five, but he never fell below 1,100, as his stud squad remained healthy all year. He was 10-3, earning the top seed and scoring crown and seemed destined to earn that second title.

POSTSEASON: And that’s exactly what he did. Matt dominated the postseason against 8-seed Eric, 5-seed, Calderon and 3-seed Griff. He scored 1,832, 1,950 and 1,608 points in his three contests. The closest anyone got was Griff in the finals, losing by “only” 224 points. His 5,390 points scored in the postseason were the most ever scored at that time. If you added both regular season and postseason points, Matt averaged 1,553 points per game, which was the most in league history at the time.

2010 – Rich Calderon

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 18,754
POINTS PER GAME: 1,443
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.72%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 531 (Matt)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 5
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 1

Calderon earned his first ever career scoring crown in 2010, not so much by dominated with big weekly totals, but rather he stayed consistency good. In fact, this team topped 1,500 only five times and scored over 1,600 just once. Yet, he dipped below 1,300 only twice all year.

One of those two games came in week one, where he fell to Masterson, 1,261-1,226. He would win his next four, before losing to Jeff in week six. His 1,134 points scored in that defeat would be his lowest output in the regular season. He would end up winning five of his final seven and his 9-4 record was good enough for the 2-seed.

POSTSEASON: Oddly enough, despite leading the league in points, I don’t recall listed Calderon as one of my favorite heading onto the playoffs. Instead, I had 12-1 me and 9-4 Bob as the favorites. Fortunately for me, I looked like a genius, as Calderon’s boy failed to show up for the postseason. They would lose to 7-seed Don, 1,114-726. His 726 points scored are the lowest ever by a scoring champ in the quarterfinals, becoming the sixth scoring champ to not win a single playoff game.

2011 – Molly Coomer

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 133
TOTAL POINTS: 19,962
POINTS PER GAME: 1,536
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.55%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 69 (Rob M)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 8
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

If you want to pinpoint when the “Era of Points” began, look no further than 2011, when both Molly and Masterson averaged over 1,500 points per game. They became the first two to do it since Jason in 2001. Molly, who was delivering her second career scoring crown, dominated nearly all season. In fact, she had just two bad games all year, when she scored 978 in week three (weekly low score) and 1,129 points. Other than those two, she won every other game among her first 12 contests, breaking 1,500 seven times, producing three weekly high scores. In week 13, she fell to Griff, despite scoring 1,795 points (her eighth 1,500-pt game, which tied the record). At 10-3, she was not only the scoring champ, holding off Masterson by a 5-yard TD run, but she earned the top seed.

POSTSEASON: Unfortunately, scoring lots of points in the regular season doesn’t matter in our postseason. In a wacky quarterfinals, Molly lost to 8-seed Don, 1,399-1,344. It was the fourth time Don had eliminated the scoring champ in the playoffs since 2006. Meanwhile, Rob, who also average over 1,500 per game, lost by two points to Bob in the quarterfinals, 1,625-1,623.

2012 – Eric Vozzola

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,542
POINTS PER GAME: 1,503
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.54%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 906 (Griff)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 5
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 2

In 2012, Eric became the newest member to join the “Scoring Champ” club, proving that last year’s point bump was no fluke, as he became the fourth person to ever average over 1,500. Nowadays, it common. The points translated into wins early in the season for Eric, who started the year 5-0, behind three games over 1,600 (one over 2,000) and two weekly high scores. After that, things got a little shaky. He would finish the season just 4-4, but in three off his defeats, he faced the week’s highest scorer. When the regular season ended, he was 9-4, sitting pretty as the 3-seed.

POSTSEASON: Fortunately, he was able to avoid the quarterfinals flop, easily dispatching 6-seed Masterson. He struggled a bit in the semifinals, scoring only 1,163 points, but Burrier flopped by scoring only 677. Eric was in the finals for the first time in his career, becoming the first scoring champ to reach the title game since Matt in 2009. The title game was wild. Eric began the game trailing 951-0 after Matt Ryan and Roddy White dominated Saturday night. However, just about everyone on Eric’s squad showed up and by Monday night, Eric was done and had 1,871 points, while I only had 1,649 points. Yet, I still had Marshawn Lynch, who dominated, scoring 324 points, handing me the victory. The 3,844 combined points remains the most ever in a title game and Eric’s 1,871 points are the most points scored by a team that failed to win the title game. In total that year, he averaged 1,594 points per game (regular season and playoff), which remains the most by a team that didn’t win a championship.

2013 – Robio Murray

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,489
POINTS PER GAME: 1,499
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.36%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 66 (Rob M)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 5
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

Coming off my fourth career title, my squad dreamed of back-to-back titles and they put up the points to achieve this dream. I averaged one point short of 1,500 per game. I opened the season with a defeat to Masterson, but then won my next six, topping 1,600 three times, producing two weekly low scores. I finished the season winning four of six, delivering 10 wins and the top seed. This was the first time since 1999 where I had a shot for the in-season Triple Crown.

POSTSEASON: Things started well, as I easily defeated 8-seed Jeff in the quarterfinals. However, once again, a lineup decision cost me big in the semifinals, as lost to Griff for the only time in the postseason for my career, falling 1,105-1,038. The 1,038 points was my lowest output of the season. I became the second scoring champ, and first since Rick in 2000, to lose in the semifinals.

2014 – Bob Castrone

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 20,169
POINTS PER GAME: 1,551
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.70%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 721 (Colby)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 7
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 3

One would have never guessed that this team would prove to be one of the best ever when the season first started, as Bob fell to Masterson, 1,375-861, which was the week’s lowest point total. Even after four weeks, when he was 3-1, this squad still didn’t scream dominate. He won three in a row, but he never scored more than 1,334 and two of his foes were the week’s lowest point total. However, a week five win over me finally kicked things into high gear.

Bob would top 1,500 in five straight contests, including back-to-back high score in weeks 8-9. At the trading deadline Castrone would turn a good team into a great team with three trades that helped him lands stars like Le’Veon Bell and Calvin Johnson. He would go on to win 10 of 11 games until the final week, where he actually scored 2,089 points and lost. It was the most points ever scored in a loss at that time. Still, at 10-3, Bob was the top seed and scoring champ, looking to become the first Triple Crown winner since Matt in 2009.

POSTSEASON: In the playoffs, the good times just kept rolling. A week after scoring over 2,000 in a week 13 defeat, Bob scored 2,333 in a win over 8-seed Calderon. He topped 1,500 in a semifinal’s win over 7-seed Griff. In the finals though, Neatock gave him a battle, but Bob held on by just a single point, 1,495-1,494. This squad, to this day, remains the 3rd best ever, based on our “Greatest Seasons” math. His combined points per game average for the postseason and regular season (1,599) remains the third most ever scored.

2015 – Bob Castrone

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,594
POINTS PER GAME: 1,507
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.55
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 386 (Griff)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 8
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 1

In 2015, Bob became the first person to produce back-to-back scoring crowns and he came out of the gate swinging this time. After winning 13 of his final 15 games the previous season, he would start his 2015 campaign 8-0, topping 1,500 six times (and one weekly high score). That means he had won 21 of his last 23 games, which remains the best 23-game run in league history. In week nine, he suffered his first defeat to Griff, despite scoring 1,670 points. When the season was over, he sat as the top-seed again, going 11-2, although there were hints of trouble. He had lost his best back to a season ending injury and while he did swing some trades, the team wasn’t as good as it was at the start. In fact, Bob twice failed to hit 1,100 points in his final three games.

POSTSEASON: In the quarterfinals, his boys dominated, scoring over 2,000 for the second straight quarterfinals game in a win over 8-seed Burrier. However, in the semifinals, Bob’s dream of a repeat came to an end at the hands of Colby, who took out the scoring champ and defending champ by just 81 points, 1,398-1,317.

2016 – Rich Calderon

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,921
POINTS PER GAME:
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.56%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 429 (Jeff)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 6
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 4

If anyone ever established themselves as the scoring champ right off the bat, it would be Calderon in 2016. He opened up the first month of the season with three weekly high scores, including one game over 1,700 and two over 2,000. Oddly enough, the one time he failed to secure the high score, he only scored 946 points in a week three defeat to Don. After the opening month, the points slowed, but through 12 weeks, he never dipped below 1,250, topped 1,500 three more times and finished the year averaging 1,532 points per game, after. scoring just 1,172 in the final week (his lowest point total of the season). He finished the year with only four defeats, earning the two-seed behind Jeff, who finished second in scoring (going 11-2).

POSTSEASON: The 2-seed historically hadn’t always been kind to Calderon and that week 13 performance probably made him a little nervous, but he had little reason to worry, as he would deliver what would be at that time, the third most postseason points ever. He eliminated 7-seed Eric, 1,878-1,144, then took down 5-seed Bob, 1,588-1,146. In the finals, we got a classic matchup featuring the top two seeds and top two scoring teams in the league. It was the first time that had happened since 1999 (Robio/Griff). Like that 1999 game, this contests wasn’t even close, as Rich’s boys topped 1,800 for the second time in the playoffs, defeating Jeff, 1,846-1,180. For just the sixth time ever, a scoring champ would win the actual championship.

2017 – Matt Neatock

REGULAR SEASON GAMES: 13
TOTAL POINTS: 19,618
POINTS PER GAME: 1,509
% OF ALL PTS SCORED THAT YEAR: 9.75%
GAP BETWEEN SECOND BEST SCORER: 1,791 (Eric)
1,500-POINT GAMES: 7
WEEKLY HIGH SCORES: 6

In what is arguable one of the strangest scoring champ seasons ever, Matt’s 2017 squad was really dominant, but also had its slip-ups. He started off slow. He got the week one win, but did it scoring only 1,209 points. However, in week two, he would earn the weekly high score, beating Marc 1,660-1,235. He would begin the season 4-0, with two weekly high scores, but he would finish the year just 5-4. Having said that, he earned the high score in four of his five wins. Meanwhile, in his three defeats, his opponents had the high score, which meant 10 of Matt’s 13 games featured the week’s highest point total by a team (which I believe is the most). Yet, in those defeats, Neatock’s boy tended not to show. In fact, in his four losses, he averaged only 1,157 points per game. When the regular season ended, he was the league’s highest scorer by good margin. He sat at 9-4, in sc