Matthew Stafford

QB

#9

Experience: 16 years

Height: 6-3

Age: 36

Weight: 214 lbs

College: Georgia

2024 SEASON

TDS

20
INT

8
YDS

3573
RTG

95.15

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Passing

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	COMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	INT	1st	1st%	20+	SCK	SCKY	RATE
2024	Los Angeles Rams	15	485	323	66.6	3573	7.4	69	20	8	168	34.6	42	28	213	95.2
2023	Los Angeles Rams	15	521	326	62.6	3965	7.6	80	24	11	187	35.9	62	30	205	92.5
2022	Los Angeles Rams	9	303	206	68	2087	6.9	75	10	8	105	34.6	21	29	208	87.4
2021	Los Angeles Rams	17	601	404	67.2	4886	8.1	79	41	17	233	38.8	65	30	243	102.9
2020	Detroit Lions	16	528	339	64.2	4084	7.7	73	26	10	205	38.8	54	38	254	96.3
2019	Detroit Lions	8	291	187	64.3	2499	8.6	66	19	5	117	40.2	41	18	137	106
2018	Detroit Lions	16	555	367	66.1	3777	6.8	67	21	11	198	35.7	44	40	255	89.9
2017	Detroit Lions	16	565	371	65.7	4446	7.9	71	29	10	209	37	61	47	287	99.3
2016	Detroit Lions	16	594	388	65.3	4327	7.3	73	24	10	217	36.5	52	37	216	93.3
2015	Detroit Lions	16	592	398	67.2	4262	7.2	57	32	13	223	37.7	49	44	251	97
2014	Detroit Lions	16	602	363	60.3	4257	7.1	73	22	12	209	34.7	53	45	254	85.7
2013	Detroit Lions	16	634	371	58.5	4650	7.3	87	29	19	221	34.9	62	23	168	84.2
2012	Detroit Lions	16	727	435	59.8	4967	6.8	57	20	17	264	36.3	63	29	212	79.8
2011	Detroit Lions	16	663	421	63.5	5038	7.6	73	41	16	243	36.6	64	36	257	97.2
2010	Detroit Lions	3	96	57	59.4	535	5.6	36	6	1	27	28.1	4	4	36	91.3
2009	Detroit Lions	10	377	201	53.3	2267	6	75	13	20	111	29.4	26	24	169	61
TOTAL		221	8134	5157	63.4	59620	7.3	87	377	188	2937	36.1	763	502	3365	91.3

Rushing

YEAR	TEAM	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st	1st%	20+	FUM
2024	Los Angeles Rams	15	24	25	1	15	0	7	29.2	0	2
2023	Los Angeles Rams	15	21	65	3.1	9	0	4	19	0	0
2022	Los Angeles Rams	9	13	9	0.7	4	1	3	23.1	0	1
2021	Los Angeles Rams	17	32	43	1.3	12	0	8	25	0	1
2020	Detroit Lions	16	29	112	3.9	17	0	12	41.4	0	0
2019	Detroit Lions	8	20	66	3.3	12	0	5	25	0	2
2018	Detroit Lions	16	25	71	2.8	10	0	8	32	0	1
2017	Detroit Lions	16	29	98	3.4	15	0	9	31	0	2
2016	Detroit Lions	16	37	207	5.6	24	2	15	40.5	1	0
2015	Detroit Lions	16	44	159	3.6	18	1	13	29.6	0	1
2014	Detroit Lions	16	43	93	2.2	18	2	8	18.6	0	2
2013	Detroit Lions	16	37	69	1.9	14	2	12	32.4	0	8
2012	Detroit Lions	16	35	126	3.6	11	4	11	31.4	0	3
2011	Detroit Lions	16	22	78	3.6	22	0	6	27.3	2	2
2010	Detroit Lions	3	4	11	2.8	9	1	1	25	0	1
2009	Detroit Lions	10	20	108	5.4	21	2	6	30	1	0
TOTAL		221	435	1340	3.1	24	15	128	29.4	4	26

Receiving

YEAR	TEAM	G	REC	YDS	AVG	LNG	TD	1st	1st%	20+	40+
2024	Los Angeles Rams	15
2023	Los Angeles Rams	15	0	0		0	0	0		0	0
2022	Los Angeles Rams	9
2021	Los Angeles Rams	17
2020	Detroit Lions	16	0	0		0	0	0		0	0
2019	Detroit Lions	8
2018	Detroit Lions	16
2017	Detroit Lions	16	0	0		0	0	0		0	0
2016	Detroit Lions	16
2015	Detroit Lions	16	1	-6	-6	-6	0	0	0	0	0
2014	Detroit Lions	16
2013	Detroit Lions	16
2012	Detroit Lions	16	1	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
2011	Detroit Lions	16
2010	Detroit Lions	3
2009	Detroit Lions	10
TOTAL		221	2	-3	-1.5	3	0	0	0	0	0

Fumbles

YEAR	TEAM	G	FUM	LOST	FF	OWN FR	OPP FR	TD
2024	Los Angeles Rams	15	6	2		3
2023	Los Angeles Rams	15
2022	Los Angeles Rams	9	5	3	0	2
2021	Los Angeles Rams	17	5	2		3
2020	Detroit Lions	16	2	1		1
2019	Detroit Lions	8	5	3	0	1
2018	Detroit Lions	16	6	4		1
2017	Detroit Lions	16	11	7	0	2
2016	Detroit Lions	16	3	2	0	1
2015	Detroit Lions	16	4	2	0	2
2014	Detroit Lions	16	8	3	0	3
2013	Detroit Lions	16	12	4	0	5
2012	Detroit Lions	16	6	4	0
2011	Detroit Lions	16	5	1
2010	Detroit Lions	3	2	1
2009	Detroit Lions	10	4	1	0
TOTAL		221	84	40	0	24	0	0

Defense

YEAR	TEAM	G	Total	Solo	AST	SCK	SFTY	PDEF	INT	TDS	YDS	AVG	LNG
2024	Los Angeles Rams	15
2023	Los Angeles Rams	15
2022	Los Angeles Rams	9	1	1	0	0	0	0
2021	Los Angeles Rams	17
2020	Detroit Lions	16
2019	Detroit Lions	8	1	1	0	0	0	0
2018	Detroit Lions	16
2017	Detroit Lions	16	1	1	0	0	0	0
2016	Detroit Lions	16	1	1	0	0	0	0
2015	Detroit Lions	16	1	1	0	0	0	0
2014	Detroit Lions	16	3	3	0	0	0	0
2013	Detroit Lions	16	3	3	0	0	0	0
2012	Detroit Lions	16	2	2	0	0	0	0
2011	Detroit Lions	16
2010	Detroit Lions	3
2009	Detroit Lions	10	1	1	0	0	0	0
TOTAL		221	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Biography

The Los Angeles Rams traded quarterback Jared Goff and future draft picks to the Detroit Lions for quarterback Matthew Stafford. In his first season with the Rams, Stafford helped lead the team to a Super Bowl LVI victory. He finished top five in the 2021 regular season in passing yards (4,886), passing touchdowns (41, matching a career-high), passing first downs (233) and yards per attempt (8.13).

NFL Career:

Has started all 206 regular season games that he's played in and completed 4,834-of-7,649 passes (63.2% completion rate), for 56,047 yards and 357 touchdowns. He has a 91.0 career passer rating during the regular season.
His passing yards mark ranks 11th most all-time for regular season games. He is two spots ahead of Hall of Famer Warren Moon (49,325) and one spot ahead of Hall of Famer John Elway (51,475). His 333 passing touchdowns are 11th all-time and more than Moon (291), Elway (300) and other Hall of Famer Joe Montana (273). His 4,728 completions are 11th-most all-time.
Has started eight career playoff games and completed 197- of-293 passing attempts for 2,463 yards (67.2% completion), for 13 touchdowns and a 101.7 passer rating.
Accounted for the most passing yards through 165 starts in NFL history.
Became one of four quarterbacks in NFL history to throw for 3,700+ yards and 20 touchdowns in eight consecutive seasons.
Ranks sixth in NFL history for 350-plus completions in eight consecutive seasons.
Ranks fourth in NFL history for pass completions (3,482) through a player's first 10 seasons.
In Week 2 of the 2023 season, he passed Peyton Manning fo the most passing yards by a player in his first 200 regular season games (52,723 yards in 193 games).
He finished the 2023 regular season in the top 10 for best passing seasons (yards) in Rams history.
Through the first two games of the 2023 season, he had 641 passing yards, the most through Week 2 of his career.
Completed 206-of-303 passes for 2,087 yards with a 87.4 passer rating before being injured in Week 11 of 2022. Ranked seventh in the NFL in completion percentage (68.0%), the highest completion percentage of his career before being injured.
Finished top five in the regular 2021 season in passing yards (4,886), passing touchdowns (41, matching a career-high), passing first downs (233) and yards per attempt (8.13).
Through 17 games during the 2021 season, Stafford had the Rams third in the NFL with 65 completions of over 20-yards with completions to eight different receivers.
Threw 237 career touchdown passes in his first 10 seasons (2009-18) passing Drew Brees (235) for the sixth-most touchdown passes through a player's first 10 seasons.
Was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2014 after leading the Detroit Lions to the playoffs.
Broke the Rams' franchise record for single-season passing yards in Week 18 of the 2021 season when he reached 4,886 passing yards in his 17th game this year.
Broke the Rams' franchise record for completions in a single-season with 404 completions on 601 attempts. During the Rams' Week 17 win in Baltimore in 2021.
Was selected as the 2011 Associated Press Comeback Player of the Year. • In his first 182 career regular season and playoff games, Stafford accumulated 50,159 passing yards. Stafford was the fastest QB to reach 50,000 passing yards in NFL history.
Became the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 40,000 passing yards (147 games).
Became the fastest quarterback in NFL history to reach 30,000 passing yards, hitting the mark in his 109th game. The record was previously set by Hall of Fame QBs Dan Marino and Kurt Warner who accomplished the feat in 114 career games.
From 2011-2020, Stafford had 36 game-winning drives, which is five more than second place Russell Wilson during that time, six more than Drew Brees and 16 more times than Aaron Rodgers. He led the NFL in game-winning drives in 2014, 2016 and 2017. In 2021 with the Rams, Stafford had four game-winning drives. In the fourth quarter, Stafford completed 71% of his passes, threw for 12 touchdowns and had a 126.4 passer rating.
With 10 games of 400-plus passing yards, Stafford is seventh all-time in the category.
Entering into the 2021 season and since he entered the league in 2009, Stafford led all quarterbacks with 31 fourth-quarter comebacks. Of his 74 career wins with the Detroit Lions, 31 of them featured fourth-quarter comebacks.
Has finished in the top 10 in passing yards eight times in his career. He was third in the NFL in passing yards during the 2021 campaign.
Has finished the regular season with a completion rate above 63% from 2015-2022.

College: Stafford played three seasons at Georgia (34 starts) and finished his collegiate career ranking third on the school's all-time record list for yards passing (7,731), pass attempts (987), completed passes (564), touchdowns passes (51), total touchdowns (57) and yards of total offense (7,944). In 2008, he started 13 games and completed 235-of-383 passes for 3,459 yards with a 61.3 completion percentage. Stafford set a Georgia season record with 25 touchdowns and averaged 9.0 yards per passing attempt. He recorded the third-best season in Georgia history and his 153.5 passing efficiency marked was the second-best in program history. He earned AP All-Southeastern Conference honors and received the team's Vince Dooley MVP of the Year Award. Stafford was 30-9 in his college career, including bowl game victories in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl, 2008 Sugar Bowl and the 2009 Capital One Bowl. He is tied for first in Georgia history with five touchdown passes in a game and is second in school history in total offense.

Personal: Attended Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas and was a USA Today All-American selection following his senior year. He was a three-time All-State selection and was the Gatorade Player of the Year after throwing for 4,018 yards and 38 touchdowns in his senior year to lead the school to it's first Class AAAA championship since 1957. He was ranked as one of the best high school football players in the country, ranking as the no.6 overall prospect and the no.1 quarterback in the 2006 recruiting class, according to 247Sports. He chose to attend Georgia despite receiving scholarship offers from Florida State, Michigan, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Texas.

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