J.J. McCarthy vs Sam Darnold

J.J. McCarthySam Darnold

J.J. McCarthy and Sam Darnold compared on their NFL careers: J.J. McCarthy played 1 season, 2025 to 2025, Sam Darnold 9 seasons, 2018 to 2026. J.J. McCarthy has 1,632 passing yards to Sam Darnold's 20,444. Sam Darnold won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

J.J. McCarthy and Sam Darnold career totals
10GP101
1,632YDS20,444
11TD123
6.7AVG7.2

Where each stands all time

J.J. McCarthy and Sam Darnold all-time places
289th (1,632)Passing yards79th (20,444)
256th (11)Passing touchdowns75th (123)

Among the NFL players with a career line on file, regular season, counting stats only — the same lists the records pages run on.

Titles and awards

  • J.J. McCarthy: 0 championships; none on file
  • Sam Darnold: 1 championship; none on file

Awards come from the league’s published winner lists; a championship counts a season played for the club that won it.

Season by season

Lined up by career year, not by calendar: each row is the players’ nth season.

J.J. McCarthy and Sam Darnold season by season
YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
1st20251,632111220182,8651715
2nd————20193,0241913
3rd————20202,208911
4th————20212,527913
5th————20221,14373
6th————202329721
7th————20244,3193512
8th————20254,0482514
9th————20261300

What the columns mean: INT