The top FTSE 100 dividend shares to buy now Image source: Getty Images. The Covid-19 pandemic hammered FTSE 100 dividend shares in 2020. The dividend trend cycle had been in a positive spell too. In 2018, London’s top index yielded 4.7%, ahead of its long-term average. A year later, companies were already paring back their final dividends. And for 2020, we’re looking at a yield of around 3.5%. It’s worse than it sounds too, as that yield is on a depressed FTSE 100. Before the pandemic, analysts were forecasting more than £90bn to be paid out in FTSE 100 dividends i...