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.

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 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
 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  0Career  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

Category:1988 births
Category:Living people
Category:Detroit Lions players
Category:Los Angeles Rams players
Category:American football quarterbacks
Category:Sportspeople from Tampa, Florida
Category:People from Tampa, Florida