| Competition: | Besta deild karla |
| Season: | 2022 |
| Dates: | 18 April – 29 October 2022 |
| Winners: | Breiðablik |
| Relegated: | Leiknir ÍA |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Breiðablik |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa Conference League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Víkingur Reykjavík KA |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Matches: | 132 |
| Total Goals: | 461 |
| League Topscorer: | Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson |
| Longest Wins: | 9 matches Breiðablik |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 13 matches Víkingur Reykjavík |
| Longest Winless: | 12 matches ÍBV |
| Longest Losses: | 7 matches ÍA |
| Updated: | 10 October 2022 |
| Prevseason: | 2021 |
| Nextseason: | 2023 |
The 2022 Besta deild karla was the 111th season of top-flight Icelandic football. Twelve teams contested the league, including the defending champions Víkingur Reykjavík, who won their sixth league title in 2021.[1] It was the first season of the league after it was rebranded as Besta deild karla.[2]
The 2022 Besta deild karla is contested by twelve teams, ten of which played in the division the previous year and two teams promoted from 1. deild karla. The bottom two teams from the previous season, HK and Fylkir (both relegated after one year in the top flight), were relegated to the 2022 1. deild karla and were replaced by Knattspyrnufélagið Fram (promoted after a seven-year absence) and ÍBV (promoted after a two-year absence), champions and runners-up of the 2020 1. deild karla respectively.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breiðablik | Kópavogur | Kópavogsvöllur | 3,009[3] | |
| FH | Hafnarfjörður | Kaplakriki | 6,450[4] | |
| Fram | Reykjavík | Laugardalsvöllur | 9,800 | |
| ÍA | Akranes | Norðurálsvöllurinn | 3,054[5] | |
| ÍBV | Vestmannaeyjar | Hásteinsvöllur | 2,300 (534 seated) | |
| KA | Akureyri | Akureyrarvöllur | 1,645[6] | |
| Keflavík | Reykjanesbær | Keflavíkurvöllur | 5,200 | |
| KR | Reykjavík | Alvogenvöllurinn | 3,333[7] | |
| Leiknir | Reykjavík | Leiknisvöllur | 1,025 | |
| Stjarnan | Garðabær | Samsung völlurinn | 1,440 | |
| Valur | Reykjavík | Valsvöllur | 2,465[8] | |
| Víkingur R. | Reykjavík | Víkingsvöllur | 2,023[9] |
Each team was originally scheduled to play home and away once against every other team for a total of 22 games each.[10]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Nökkvi Þeyr Þórisson | KA | 17 |
| 2 | Guðmundur Magnússon | Fram | |
| 3 | Ísak Snær Þorvaldsson | Breiðablik | 14 |
| 4 |  Patrik Johannesen | Keflavík | 12 |
| 5 | Jason Daði Svanþórsson | Breiðablik | 11 |
| Emil Atlason | Stjarnan | ||
| 7 | Andri Rúnar Bjarnason | ÍBV | 10 |
| 8 | Dagur Dan Þórhallsson | Breiðablik | 9 |
| Helgi Guðjónsson | Víkingur Reykjavík | ||
| Matthías Vilhjálmsson | FH | ||
| Eyþór Aron Wöhler | ÍA | ||
| Hallgrímur Mar Steingrímsson | KA |