Scott Engel is beginning his 14th season as the official fantasy writer and analyst for Seahawks.com. Scott is an inaugural member of the Fantasy Sports Writers Association's Hall of Fame. He is a four-time FSWA award winner and 13-time nominee. You can find more of his fantasy analysis on RotoBaller.com, The Athletic, and SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio.
July signals the start of the new fantasy football season, and fantasy leaguers everywhere will soon begin to prepare for their upcoming drafts. We look forward to providing the best 2025 Fantasy Football Draft Prep possible. First, though, as a fun and unique lead-in to our comprehensive coverage, we salute the greatest Seahawks players ever who helped our teams win championships and deliver big wins. These are the standouts who made fantasy success possible.
The Seahawks legends featured here certainly deserve the highest recognition during the team's celebration of 50 seasons, where the top 50 players in franchise history are being honored on seahawks.com. You cheered for these players as Seahawks, and they also helped you achieve fantasy football glory.
Much of the data featured here is via stathead.com, an essential central resource for all-time NFL and fantasy information. When building the list, we considered many key points to rank these all-time Seahawks. Factors included impact during the prime of a career, positions played, eras in which the selections played, and best seasons.
For optimum historical purposes, we defined the "modern" Fantasy era as the mid-1990s onward, when fantasy football emerged as a national phenomenon. Point totals and averages included are for PPR scoring formats. Naturally, we set our countdown at 12 players, and supply links to 50th anniversary profiles where applicable.
12) RB Chris Warren
Warren ranks fifth among Seahawks running backs all-time with 1264.8 fantasy points for his career. In 1994 and 1995, he rushed for 1,545 and 1,346 yards, respectively, with a total of 24 rushing touchdowns combined for those seasons. He finished with 280-plus points in each campaign. Warren blended smooth running skills and physical prowess as he functioned as a key starter on many teams early in the modern Fantasy era.
11) WR Doug Baldwin
Baldwin's 2015 season is the second-best by a wide receiver in Seahawks team history. He caught 78 passes for 1,069 yards and 14 TDs. Baldwin registered the fourth-most fantasy points by any wide receiver in franchise history with 1450.5. The best fantasy performance of Baldwin's career was on Nov. 29. 2015 vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers, when he had six receptions for 145 yards and caught three TD passes, scoring 38.5 points.
In 2016, Baldwin finished with 94 receptions for 1,128 yards. He was capable of challenging defenses as both a possession and downfield receiver, and well outperformed preseason fantasy forecasts during his best years.
10) WR DK Metcalf
Over six seasons, Metcalf was an upside player who averaged 13.8 Fantasy Points Per game, the third-best average for a Seahawks WR in team history. Most notably, his 2020 campaign was the best by any Seattle WR fantasy-wise. That year, he caught 83 passes for a team-record 1,303 yards and 10 TDs, totaling 271.3 points. His best game was on Nov. 1, 2020, vs. the 49ers, when he caught 12 passes for 161 yards and two TDs for 40.1 fantasy points.
9) WR Joey Galloway
One of the most thrilling players to wear the Seahawks uniform, Galloway averaged 14.2 Fantasy Points Per Game during the 1995 to 1999 campaigns, the most for a WR in franchise history. In 1997 and 1998, he surpassed 1,040 yards in each year and rolled up a total of 22 TD receptions. Galloway logged two of the top five WR seasons in Seahawks fantasy history, in 1995 and 1998.
Any fantasy player who started Galloway in '95 cannot forget his 43.0 point performance vs. Jacksonville on Nov. 12, 1995. He caught five passes for 114 yards and two TDs and rushed for an 86-yard TD. It was the fourth-best fantasy WR performance in franchise history. On Oct. 26, 1997, vs. Oakland, Galloway caught seven balls for 117 yards and three TDs to total 41.1 points. It was the sixth-best fantasy WR performance in Seahawks history.
8) RB Ricky Watters
One of the top all-around fantasy running backs of the 1990s, Watters was a highly impactful dual-threat fantasy football producer with the Seahawks from 1998 to 2001. He averaged 16.2 Fantasy Points Per Game, the third-most in franchise history. In 2000, Watters rushed for 1,242 yards and seven TDS and caught 63 passes for 613 yards and two scores.
Watters' best game as a Seahawk was on Nov. 21, 1999, against Kansas City, when he amassed 174 yards from scrimmage and three TDs for 39.4 points. He was one of the most versatile RBs who played for Seattle.
7) WR Tyler Lockett
Lockett achieved the most productive fantasy performance by a Seahawks wide receiver in the modern fantasy football era. On October 25, 2020, he propelled fantasy teams to decisive victories with a magnificent 15-reception, 200-yard, three-TD outing vs. Arizona. He totaled 53.0 PPR points, the most fantasy points scored by any Seahawk in 18 years and the most by any Seahawks WR since 1987. It was also the second-best fantasy outing of any NFL WR since 2010 at the time.
On Nov. 3, 2019, Lockett caught 13 passes for 152 yards and two TDs against Tampa Bay, totaling 40.2 points. Lockett's 2020 season, when he caught a franchise record 100 passes for 1,054 yards and 10 TDs, is the third-best all-time in team history among WRs. He totaled 265.4 points. His 1938.0 fantasy points from 2015 to 2024 are the second-most all-time among Seattle WRs and fourth overall.
6) RB Curt Warner
Warner was the Seahawks' first superstar RB and the first 'Hawk to become a prominent fantasy player at the position. His 1346.2 career fantasy points still rank as the second-most in team history among RBs. Warner averaged 14.4 Fantasy Points Per Game, seventh-best in team history. In his outstanding rookie season of 1983, Warner rushed for 1,449 yards and 13 TDs, scoring 297.4 Fantasy Points, the most for a Seahawks player before 2000.
On Dec. 20, 1986, vs. the Broncos, he rushed for 192 yards and three TDs, registering 43.1 points, the third-most ever by a Seahawks RB. Warner artistically made defenders miss and was one of the franchise's earliest fantasy standouts.
5) Seahawks Fantasy Defense
The "Legion of Boom" era certainly has its deserved place in Seahawks fantasy lore. From 2012 to 2015, the Seahawks defense placed in the Top 6 unit every season and finished second overall in 2012 and 2013. That sort of annual consistency by a fantasy defensive unit was very hard to replicate.
In the 2013 season that led to a Super Bowl win, the Seahawks had 44 sacks, 28 interceptions, and 225 points allowed. They totaled 213 fantasy points during the regular season. In 2012, in a 58-0 Week 14 win over the Cardinals, the Seahawks delivered one of the best defensive performances in fantasy football history.
Richard Sherman returned an interception for a TD, and Malcolm Smith returned a fumble for a TD. The Seattle defense logged three sacks, four fumble recoveries, four interceptions, and allowed 154 yards. The unit scored in the 40-point range on most fantasy platforms.
During the Seahawks' historic LOB era, fantasy players would often consider benching starters who faced the secondary that featured Sherman, Earl Thomas and Kam Chancellor. Cliff Avril, Chris Clemons, and Michael Bennett were among the top pass rushers to boost the sack totals. while Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright were key playmakers for the unit.
4) WR Steve Largent
In the days before fantasy football exploded in popularity on the internet, Largent was the best overall fantasy player from the Seahawks for more than a decade. He authored the best single-game fantasy performance in team history, scoring 59.1 PPR points on Oct. 18, 1987, vs. Detroit. Largent caught 15 passes for 261 yards and three TDs, which is still the fifth-best fantasy outing for any WR in NFL history.
The Seahawks' first elite offensive player totaled 2728.3 career fantasy points from 1976 to 1989, which remains the second-most in team history. Largent posted eight seasons of 1,050-plus receiving yards and eight campaigns in which he finished with eight-plus TDs. The franchise's first Hall of Famer was a crucial player on many fantasy championship squads in the "pen and pad" era.
3) QB Russell Wilson
From his rookie season in 2012 through the 2020 campaign, Wilson finished as a fantasy QB1 in every season. He placed in the Top 3 at QB three times, the Top 8 six times, and in 2017, Wilson finished as the No. 1 QB in Fantasy Football. He totaled 347.9 fantasy points in '17. That year, Wilson passed for 3,983 yards and 34 TDs with 586 rushing yards and three TDs. In 2020, he posted 359.8 points, the second-most ever by a Seahawks player, finishing with a career-high 40 TD passes.
Wilson logged the second through sixth-best fantasy seasons in franchise history. His 19.3 Fantasy Points Per Game are the most in Seahawks history, as are his 3063.3 total points. On Sept. 22, 2019, vs. New Orleans, Wilson passed for 406 yards and two TDs, and rushed for 51 yards and two TDs, piling up 41.3 fantasy points. It was the best fantasy performance ever by a Seahawks QB.
For nine seasons, Wilson was a dynamic dual-threat QB who also operated as a regular QB1 in fantasy football.
2) RB Marshawn Lynch
Lynch was a top-level fantasy RB1 from 2011 to 2014. During those seasons, he finished as a Top 6 fantasy RB every year and as a Top 5 RB for three consecutive years. Lynch averaged 15.7 Fantasy Points Per Game for his career, the third-most among non-quarterbacks in franchise history. His 58 rushing TDs are the second-most in team history and illustrated that he was a highly coveted fantasy draft target.
Lynch's best fantasy outing with the Seahawks was on Nov. 9, 2014, against the Giants. He rushed for 140 yards and four TDs, totaling 41.3 points. Tremendous determination set Lynch apart as a runner, and it was an intangible that translated into terrific fantasy production.
1) RB Shaun Alexander
From 2001 to 2005, Alexander was one of the most productive players in all of fantasy football. He totaled 16-plus total TDs in every season during that span and stacked up 20-plus end zone visits in '04 and '05. Alexander rushed for 1,300-plus yards in four of those five campaigns. He recorded the four best fantasy running back seasons in team history, scoring 300-plus fantasy points in every year from 2002 to 2005.
At the peak of his productivity, Alexander was the only Seahawks player to ever be considered as a No. 1 overall draft pick in fantasy football. He was a consistently high first-round fantasy selection during his very best years.
Alexander posted the most-ever PPR fantasy points (376.8) and Fantasy Points Per Game in a season (23.5) in team history in his MVP campaign of 2005, when he rushed for 1,880 yards and 27 TDs, the second-most in NFL history. His 16.35 points per game is the second-highest average in team history and the best for any non-QB.
On Sept. 29, 2002, vs. Minnesota, Alexander scored 56.1 fantasy points, the second-most in team history, as he totaled 231 yards from scrimmage with five total TDs. It was the greatest fantasy performance by a Seahawks player and ranked fourth all-time for any RB in the modern era. On Nov. 11, 2001, vs. Oakland, Alexander totaled 46.3 Fantasy points, the fourth-highest in team history, as he rushed for 266 yards and three TDs.
Alexander scored the most fantasy points by any non-QB who played for the Seahawks (1,946). His great vision, deceptive quickness, elusiveness, and tenacity near the goal line were traits that marked him as the greatest fantasy football player in Seahawks history.
Honorable Mentions
Jimmy Graham had the best two fantasy seasons by any tight end in franchise history in 2016 and 2017, catching 16 total TD passes. … Darrell Jackson averaged 14.1 Fantasy Points Per Game, second-best among Seahawks WRs all-time. … Chris Carson averaged 14.4 Fantasy Points Per Game, fourth-best among Seahawks RBs. … John L. Williams scored 1,524 fantasy points from 1986 to 1993, second-most among Seahawks RBs all-time.
Brian Blades scored 1553.6 fantasy points from 1988 to 1998, third-most all-time by a Seahawks WR. … Matt Hasselbeck scored 1738.3 fantasy points as a Seahawk, second-most among QBs. … Daryl Turner caught seven passes for 121 yards and four TDs on Sept. 15, 1985, vs. San Diego for 43.1 fantasy points, the third most ever for a Seahawks WR. … Geno Smith averaged 15.7 Fantasy Points Per Game, mostly as a starter over three seasons, the second-best QB average by a Seahawk.
Fantasy Insider Scott Engel ranked the top 12 greatest Seahawks in franchise history in terms of fantasy football. Check out who made the list.
12 - RB Chris Warren
11 - WR Doug Baldwin
10 - WR DK Metcalf
9 - WR Joey Galloway
8 - RB Ricky Watters
7 - WR Tyler Lockett
6 - RB Curt Warner
5 - Seahawks Fantasy Defense
4 - WR Steve Largent
3 - QB Russell Wilson
2 - RB Marshawn Lynch
1 - RB Shaun Alexander
