Matthew Staffordv
Sam DarnoldOver the first 8 seasons of each man's career, Matthew Stafford has 30,365 passing yards and Sam Darnold 20,431.
Matthew Stafford leads by 9,934.
Matthew Stafford has 17 seasons on file and Sam Darnold 8 seasons.
Season by season, lined up on career year — a rookie season against a rookie season — rather than on the calendar, which would set one era against another and answer nothing.
| Year | PASS YDS | PASS TD | INT | FPTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y1 2009 / 2018 | 2,267 | 2,865 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 125 | 168 |
| Y2 2010 / 2019 | 535 | 3,024 | 6 | 19 | 1 | 13 | 51 | 189 |
| Y3 2011 / 2020 | 5,100 | 2,208 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 346 | 134 |
| Y4 2012 / 2021 | 4,967 | 2,527 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 277 | 157 |
| Y5 2013 / 2022 | 4,650 | 1,143 | 29 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 279 | 86 |
| Y6 2014 / 2023 | 4,257 | 297 | 22 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 252 | 23 |
| Y7 2015 / 2024 | 4,262 | 4,319 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 12 | 291 | 308 |
| Y8 2016 / 2025 | 4,327 | 4,048 | 24 | 25 | 10 | 14 | 280 | 235 |
| Y9 2017 / — | 4,446 | — | 29 | — | 10 | — | 274 | — |
| Y10 2018 / — | 3,777 | — | 21 | — | 11 | — | 212 | — |
| Y11 2019 / — | 2,499 | — | 19 | — | 5 | — | 167 | — |
| Y12 2020 / — | 4,084 | — | 26 | — | 10 | — | 261 | — |
| Y13 2021 / — | 4,886 | — | 41 | — | 17 | — | 330 | — |
| Y14 2022 / — | 2,087 | — | 10 | — | 8 | — | 108 | — |
| Y15 2023 / — | 3,965 | — | 24 | — | 11 | — | 243 | — |
| Y16 2024 / — | 3,762 | — | 20 | — | 8 | — | 215 | — |
| Y17 2025 / — | 4,707 | — | 46 | — | 8 | — | 350 | — |
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