Matthew Stafford

**John Matthew Stafford** (born February 7, 1988) is the starting American football quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football in Georgia.  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.
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## NFL career statistics

|colspan="2"|Legend||
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|style="background:#afe6ba; width:3em;"||Won the Super Bowl|
|style="background:#e0cef2; width:3em;"||NFL record|
|style="background:#cfecec; width:3em;"||Led the league|
|**Bold**|Career high||

### Regular season

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Team|colspan="3"|Games|colspan="8"|Passing|colspan="4"|Rushing|colspan="2"|Sacks|colspan="2"|Fumbles||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|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|
|3|3|1–2|57|96|59.4|535|5.6|6|1|91.3|4|11|2.8|1|4|36|2|1|
|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|
|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|
|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|
|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|
|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|
|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|
|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**|
|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|
|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|
|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|
|**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|

### Postseason

|rowspan="2"|Year|rowspan="2"|Team|colspan="3"|Games|colspan="8"|Passing|colspan="4"|Rushing|colspan="2"|Sacks|colspan="2"|Fumbles||||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|1|0−1|28|43|65.1|380|**8.8**|3|2|97.0|2|1|0.5|1|0|0|0|0|
|1|1|0−1|28|42|66.7|323|7.7|1|1|87.7|1|9|**9.0**|0|3|16|**2**|**2**|
|1|1|0−1|18|32|56.3|205|6.4|0|0|75.7|3|15|5.0|0|3|23|0|0|
|**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|

## Infobox (nfl biography)

- **name**: Matthew Stafford
- **image**: Matt Stafford Chase Young (50611111796) (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Stafford with the Detroit Lions in 2020
- **number**: 9
- **current team**: Los Angeles Rams
- **position**: Quarterback
- **birth place**: Tampa, Florida
- **height ft**: 6
- **height in**: 3
- **weight lb**: 220
- **high school**: Highland Park High School (University Park, Texas), Highland Park (Dallas, Texas)
- **college**: Georgia Bulldogs football, Georgia (2006–2008)
- **draftyear**: 2009
- **draftround**: 1
- **draftpick**: List of first overall National Football League draft picks, 1
- **pastteams**: * Detroit Lions ()
* Los Angeles Rams (–present)
- **status**: Active
- **highlights**: * Super Bowl champion (Super Bowl LVI, LVI)
* NFL Comeback Player of the Year ()
* Pro Bowl (2015 Pro Bowl, 2014)
* Detroit Lions#Lions All-Time Team, Detroit Lions All-Time Team
* First-team All-American (2008 College Football All-America Team, 2008)
* Second-team All-SEC (2008 All-SEC football team, 2008)
;NFL records
* Fastest player to reach 20,000 career passing yards (71 games)
* Fastest player to reach 30,000 career passing yards (109 games)
* Fastest player to reach 40,000 career passing yards (147 games)
* Fastest player to reach 45,000 career passing yards (165 games)
* Most fourth quarter comebacks in a season: 8 ()
* Most passing attempts in a season: 727 ()
* First player to complete 60% or more of passes in every game in a season ()
- **statlabel1**: Touchdown, TD–Interception, INT
- **statvalue1**: 323–161
- **statlabel2**: Passing yards
- **statvalue2**: 49,995
- **statlabel3**: Completion percentage
- **statvalue3**: 63.0
- **statlabel4**: Passer rating
- **statvalue4**: 91.1
- **statlabel5**: Rushing yards
- **statvalue5**: 1,241
- **statlabel6**: Rushing touchdowns
- **statvalue6**: 14
- **nfl**: matthew-stafford
- **pfr**: StafMa00