Sam Darnold vs Shedeur Sanders

Sam DarnoldShedeur Sanders

Sam Darnold and Shedeur Sanders compared on their NFL careers: Sam Darnold played 9 seasons, 2018 to 2026, Shedeur Sanders 1 season, 2025 to 2025. Sam Darnold has 20,444 passing yards to Shedeur Sanders's 1,400. Sam Darnold won 1 title.

Who has the better career numbers?

Sam Darnold and Shedeur Sanders career totals
101GP8
20,444YDS1,400
123TD7
7.2AVG6.6

Where each stands all time

Sam Darnold and Shedeur Sanders all-time places
79th (20,444)Passing yards293rd (1,400)
75th (123)Passing touchdowns287th (7)

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

  • Sam Darnold: 1 championship; none on file
  • Shedeur Sanders: 0 championships; 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.

Sam Darnold and Shedeur Sanders 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.
1st20182,865171520251,400710
2nd20193,0241913————
3rd20202,208911————
4th20212,527913————
5th20221,14373————
6th202329721————
7th20244,3193512————
8th20254,0482514————
9th20261300————

What the columns mean: INT