Matthew Stafford

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.

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
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

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

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

Regular season

Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks Fumbles
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDSckSckYFumLost
2009DET 10102−820137753.32,2676.0132061.0201085.422416941
2010DET 331–2579659.45355.66191.34112.8143621
2011DET 161610−642166363.55,0387.6411697.222783.503625751
2012DET 16164–1243572759.84,9676.8201779.8351263.642921264
2013DET 16167–937163458.54,6507.3291984.237691.9223168124
2014DET 161611−536360260.34,2577.1221285.743932.224525483
2015DET 16167–939859267.24,2627.2321397.0441593.614425142
2016DET 16169−738859465.34,3277.3241093.3372075.623721632
2017DET 16169−737156565.74,4467.9291099.329983.4047287117
2018DET 16166–1036755566.13,7776.8211189.925712.804025564
2019DET 883−4−118729164.32,4998.6195106.020663.301813753
2020DET 16165−1133952864.24,0847.7261096.3291123.903825421
2021LAR 171712−540460167.24,8868.14117102.932431.303024352
Career18218286−95−14,3026,82563.049,9957.332316191.13771,2413.3144152,7397335

Postseason

Year Team Games Passing Rushing Sacks Fumbles
GPGSRecordCmpAttPctYdsAvgTDIntRtgAttYdsAvgTDSckSckYFumLost
2011DET 110−1284365.13808.83297.0210.510000
2014DET 110−1284266.73237.71187.7199.0031622
2016DET 110−1183256.32056.40075.73155.0032300
2021LAR 444−09814070.01,1888.593108.318422.3274200
Career774−317225766.92,0968.213699.024672.83138122

References

  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.
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