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Matthew Stafford

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Matthew Stafford
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Stafford with the Detroit Lions in 2020
No. 9 – Los Angeles Rams
Position:Quarterback
Personal information
Born: (1988-02-07) February 7, 1988 (age 36)
Tampa, Florida
Height:6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:220 lb (100 kg)
Career information
High school:Highland Park (Dallas, Texas)
College:Georgia (2006–2008)
NFL Draft:2009 / Round: 1 / Pick: 1
Career history
Roster status:Active
Career highlights and awards
NFL records
  • Fastest player to reach 20,000 career passing yards (71 games)[1]
  • Fastest player to reach 30,000 career passing yards (109 games)[2]
  • Fastest player to reach 40,000 career passing yards (147 games)[3]
  • Fastest player to reach 45,000 career passing yards (165 games)[4]
  • Most fourth quarter comebacks in a season: 8 (2016)[5]
  • Most passing attempts in a season: 727 (2012)[6]
  • First player to complete 60% or more of passes in every game in a season (2015)[7]
Career NFL statistics
TDINT:323–161
Passing yards:49,995
Completion percentage:63.0
Passer rating:91.1
Rushing yards:1,241
Rushing touchdowns:14
Player stats at NFL.com
Player stats at PFR

John Matthew Stafford[8] (born February 7, 1988) is an American football player for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He plays the quarterback position. He ranks in the top 20 for all-time in pass attempts, completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. Stafford is third in all-time passing yards per game. He was the fastest NFL player to reach 40,000 yards.

Stafford was with the Detroit Lions from 2009 until 2020. In 2011, Stafford became the fourth NFL quarterback to throw for over 5,000 yards in a single season, while the Lions played in the playoffs for the first time since 1999.

NFL career statistics

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Legend
Won the Super Bowl
NFL record
Led the league
Bold Career high

Regular season

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Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks Fumbles
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD Sck SckY Fum Lost
2009 DET 10 10 2−8 201 377 53.3 2,267 6.0 13 20 61.0 20 108 5.4 2 24 169 4 1
2010 DET 3 3 1–2 57 96 59.4 535 5.6 6 1 91.3 4 11 2.8 1 4 36 2 1
2011 DET 16 16 10−6 421 663 63.5 5,038 7.6 41 16 97.2 22 78 3.5 0 36 257 5 1
2012 DET 16 16 4–12 435 727 59.8 4,967 6.8 20 17 79.8 35 126 3.6 4 29 212 6 4
2013 DET 16 16 7–9 371 634 58.5 4,650 7.3 29 19 84.2 37 69 1.9 2 23 168 12 4
2014 DET 16 16 11−5 363 602 60.3 4,257 7.1 22 12 85.7 43 93 2.2 2 45 254 8 3
2015 DET 16 16 7–9 398 592 67.2 4,262 7.2 32 13 97.0 44 159 3.6 1 44 251 4 2
2016 DET 16 16 9−7 388 594 65.3 4,327 7.3 24 10 93.3 37 207 5.6 2 37 216 3 2
2017 DET 16 16 9−7 371 565 65.7 4,446 7.9 29 10 99.3 29 98 3.4 0 47 287 11 7
2018 DET 16 16 6–10 367 555 66.1 3,777 6.8 21 11 89.9 25 71 2.8 0 40 255 6 4
2019 DET 8 8 3−4−1 187 291 64.3 2,499 8.6 19 5 106.0 20 66 3.3 0 18 137 5 3
2020 DET 16 16 5−11 339 528 64.2 4,084 7.7 26 10 96.3 29 112 3.9 0 38 254 2 1
2021 LAR 17 17 12−5 404 601 67.2 4,886 8.1 41 17 102.9 32 43 1.3 0 30 243 5 2
Career 182 182 86−95−1 4,302 6,825 63.0 49,995 7.3 323 161 91.1 377 1,241 3.3 14 415 2,739 73 35

Postseason

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Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks Fumbles
GP GS Record Cmp Att Pct Yds Avg TD Int Rtg Att Yds Avg TD Sck SckY Fum Lost
2011 DET 1 1 0−1 28 43 65.1 380 8.8 3 2 97.0 2 1 0.5 1 0 0 0 0
2014 DET 1 1 0−1 28 42 66.7 323 7.7 1 1 87.7 1 9 9.0 0 3 16 2 2
2016 DET 1 1 0−1 18 32 56.3 205 6.4 0 0 75.7 3 15 5.0 0 3 23 0 0
2021 LAR 4 4 4−0 98 140 70.0 1,188 8.5 9 3 108.3 18 42 2.3 2 7 42 0 0
Career 7 7 4−3 172 257 66.9 2,096 8.2 13 6 99.0 24 67 2.8 3 13 81 2 2

References

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  1. "Detroit Lions QB Matthew Stafford Fastest Ever To 20,000 Yards". FanSided. 16 November 2014. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  2. "Lions' Stafford fastest to 30,000 passing yards". ESPN.com. 2 January 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  3. "Lions' Stafford fastest to 40,000 passing yards". ESPN.com. 20 October 2019. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  4. Whitaker, Michael (3 January 2021). "Matthew Stafford become quickest to 45,000 yards with TD pass to Marvin Jones Jr". Detroit Sports Nation. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  5. "NFL Fourth Quarter Comebacks Single-Season Leaders (since 1960)". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  6. "NFL Pass Attempts Single-Season Leaders". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 4, 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  7. "Matthew Stafford's Obscure Record | Football Outsiders". www.footballoutsiders.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2021.
  8. "Matthew Stafford NFL Football Statistics". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 7, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2015.