Sam Darnold stats

Seahawks

Quarterback · #14

Age 29 · 6' 3" · 225 lbs

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Sam Darnold recorded 1,478 passing yards, 10 passing touchdowns and 9 interceptions thrown in 7 games of 2026 for the Seattle Seahawks. Last game: .

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Totals

GP
7
CMP · 23rd
127
ATT
211
CMP% · 21st
60.2
YDS · 22nd
1,478
AVG · 15th
7.0
TD · 17th
10
INT
9

Ranked among NFL players who qualify (CMP, YDS, TD: 4+ games, 100+ ATT; CMP%, AVG: 4+ games, 200+ ATT) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Totals by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2018NYJ1323941457.72,8656.91715
2019NYJ1327344161.93,0246.91913
2020NYJ1221736459.62,2086.1911
2021CAR1224340659.92,5276.2913
2022CAR68214058.61,1438.273
2023SF10284660.92976.521
2024MIN1736154566.24,3197.93512
2025SEA1732347767.74,0488.52514
2026SEA712721160.21,4787.0109

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career regular season

GP
107
CMP
1,893
ATT
3,044
CMP%
62.2
YDS
21,909
AVG
7.2
TD
133
INT
91

Career Postseason

GP
4
CMP
81
ATT
131
CMP%
61.8
YDS
917
AVG
7.0
TD
6
INT
1

Per game

GP
7
CMP
18.1
ATT
30.1
CMP%
60.2
YDS
211.1
AVG
7.0
TD
1.4
INT
1.3

Per game: season totals ÷ games played. Derived here — averages, completion rate and longest plays are the stored figures and are left as they are.

Per game by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.ATT: Attempts — passes thrown, kicks tried or returns taken.CMP%: Share of passes completed. The modern league average is around 65%.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2018NYJ1318.431.857.7220.46.91.31.2
2019NYJ1321.033.961.9232.66.91.51.0
2020NYJ1218.130.359.6184.06.10.80.9
2021CAR1220.333.859.9210.66.20.81.1
2022CAR613.723.358.6190.58.21.20.5
2023SF102.84.660.929.76.50.20.1
2024MIN1721.232.166.2254.17.92.10.7
2025SEA1719.028.167.7238.18.51.50.8
2026SEA718.130.160.2211.17.01.41.3

What the columns mean: CMP · CMP% · INT

Career regular season, Per game

GP
107
CMP
17.7
ATT
28.4
CMP%
62.2
YDS
204.8
AVG
7.2
TD
1.2
INT
0.9

Fantasy

GP
7
PPR
88.3
HALF
88.3
STD · 45th
88.3
PPG
12.6

Fantasy points in ESPN’s default scoring, worked out here from the season lines: PPR with a point per catch, half-PPR with half, standard with none.

Ranked among NFL players with 4+ games that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Fantasy by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.PPR: Fantasy points with a point per catch — the scoring most leagues use.HALF: Fantasy points with half a point per catch.STD: Standard fantasy points: nothing for a catch, only yards, touchdowns and turnovers.PPG: PPR fantasy points per game played.
2018NYJ13170.4170.4170.413.1
2019NYJ13189.2189.2189.214.6
2020NYJ12136.0136.0136.011.3
2021CAR12159.3159.3159.313.3
2022CAR688.388.388.314.7
2023SF1025.425.425.42.5
2024MIN17312.0312.0312.018.4
2025SEA17241.4241.4241.414.2
2026SEA788.388.388.312.6

What the columns mean: PPR · HALF · STD · PPG

Career regular season

GP
107
PPR
1,410.3
HALF
1,410.3
STD
1,410.3
PPG
13.2

Bio

Age
29 yearsJun 5, 1997
Height
6' 3"
Weight
225 lbs
Experience
9 yearsDebut 2018
Birthplace
Capistrano Beach, CA
Draft
2018Rd 1, Pk 3
College
USC
Salary
$27.5 million2026

Latest performance

Sam Darnold

Nov 02 · vs CHI · L 34-17

CMP
17
ATT
34
YDS
188
TD
2
INT
1
RTG
74.1

His top receivers, 2026

Seattle Seahawks's pass catchers by receiving yards.

Receiving lines of his club's top pass catchers
PlayerTGTSRECYDSTD
Jaxon Smith-NjigbaWR89649859
Cooper KuppWR30192062
AJ BarnerTE33212030
Rashid ShaheedWR29161630
Tory HortonWR168931

Snap counts, 2026

87% of his club's offensive snaps a game (412 in 7 games); 100% in week 8.

His offensive snaps and snap share by week
WkOppSnapsSnap %ST
1NE510%0
3WSH67100%0
4LAC60100%0
5SF63100%0
6DEN85100%0
7KC69100%0
8CHI63100%0

NFL snap counts, every player

Injury history

Sam Darnold has been on the NFL’s game-status report 1 week since 2026, ruled out 1 time.

His weeks on the injury report by season
SeasonOutD / QInjuries listed
202610Glute, Quadricep

From the weekly injury reports clubs file (nflverse), regular season and playoffs; a practice-only listing counts no week. A player moved to injured reserve leaves the report, so a season-ending injury shows only up to that move.

2018 NFL combine

QB, 6'3", 221 lb · USC

His combine measurements and their percentile
MeasureResultPercentile
40-yard dash4.85s38th
Vertical jump26.5"5th
Broad jump8' 9"15th
3-cone drill6.96s76th
20-yard shuttle4.40s34th

Percentile: the share of QBs measured at the combine since 2000 he beat. The 2018 combine

Games

All games

Next

vs ARISun, Nov 08

vs ARI since 2023

5
GP
51
CMP
72
ATT
675
YDS
4
TD
1
INT
Most recent games
DateOpponentCMPATTYDSTDINT
Mon, Nov 02vsCHIL 34-17173418821
Sun, Oct 25vsKCW 20-3202825711
Thu, Oct 15atDENL 17-14 OT275127802
Sun, Oct 11vsSFL 32-29182919512
Sun, Oct 04vsLACW 30-23132216821
Sun, Sep 27atWSHL 33-31314537942

What are Sam Darnold's career stats?

Sam Darnold has played 9 seasons for the Jets, the Panthers, the 49ers, the Vikings and the Seahawks. He has completed 1,893 of 3,044 passes for 21,909 yards, 133 touchdowns and 91 interceptions. His best season so far is 2024: 4,319 passing yards, 35 passing touchdowns and 12 interceptions thrown.

Milestones within reach

  • 17 more touchdown passes for 150 — 133 now, 25 in his best season of the last two
  • 3,091 more passing yards for 25,000 — 21,909 now, 4,048 in his best season of the last two
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Best single games

  • Passing Yards: 377 vs GB on Dec 29, 2024, W 27-25
  • Passing Touchdowns: 5 vs ATL on Dec 8, 2024, W 42-21
  • Rushing Yards: 84 vs DEN on Oct 1, 2020, L 37-28
  • Rushing Touchdowns: 2 @ DAL on Oct 3, 2021, L 36-28
  • Sacks: 8 @ JAX on Oct 27, 2019, L 29-15
Sam Darnold's best game in each stat, by season
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.
202613———1.0
2025341424—4.0
202437753915.0
202318911913.0
202234133214.0
202130526627.0
202026628416.0
201933842518.0
201834133514.0

What the columns mean: SACK

Regular season only, from NFL game logs since 2018.

League leaderboards and awards

9 seasons, 2 postseasons, 2018 to 2026

Sam Darnold finished top 10 in a stat 5 times.

Championships

All-time career rank

  • 96th in passing yards (21,909)
  • 96th in passing touchdowns (133)

Among the 2,842 NFL players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.

Season top 10 finishes

Among qualified NFL players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.

Sam Darnold college stats

Sam Darnold played 2 seasons at USC Trojans (2016 to 2017): 7,229 passing yards, 57 touchdown passes and 22 interceptions.

passing

Sam Darnold's college passing by season
CMP: Passes that reached the intended receiver.CMP%: Share of passes that were caught. The league average sits near 65%.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.RTG: Passer rating on the NFL's 0-158.3 scale, built from completion rate, yards, touchdowns and interceptions.
2016USC Trojans24636667.23,0868.4319676161.1
2017USC Trojans30348063.14,1438.626135629148.1

rushing

Sam Darnold's college rushing by season
CAR: Times the player ran with the ball.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.AVG: Passing yards per throw, incompletions included. The league average sits near 7.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016USC Trojans622504218
2017USC Trojans75821.1539

defensive

Sam Darnold's college defensive by season
TOT: Tackles made, solo and assisted together.SOLO: Tackles made alone, with no teammate sharing the credit.AST: Passes that led directly to a team-mate's basket.PD: Passes the defender broke up or deflected.SACK: Quarterbacks tackled behind the line of scrimmage. A shared sack counts as a half.FF: Times the defender knocked the ball loose, whoever recovered it.INT: Passes thrown to the other team — lower is better.YDS: Yards gained on the quarterback's completed passes.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.
2016USC Trojans330000000
2017USC Trojans220000000

scoring

Sam Darnold's college scoring by season
REC: Passes caught.TD: Touchdown passes thrown.2PT: Conversions run or caught from the two-yard line after a touchdown, worth two points instead of the kick's one.PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3.
2016USC Trojans31200200012
2017USC Trojans26500500030

College seasons as ESPN files them for the school he played for. Game by game: Sam Darnold's college game log.

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Playoff games

Sam Darnold played 4 games across 2 NFL postseasons — 3 won, 1 lost.

Sam Darnold's line in each playoff game
YDS: Yards gained through the air, on the ground or after a catch, whichever this table counts.TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point.INT: Interceptions — thrown away by a quarterback, taken by a defender.
2025SFW 41-612410
2025LARW 31-2734630
2025NEW 29-1320210
2024LARL 27-924511

What the columns mean: INT

Totals, from NFL game logs since the 1994 postseason — earlier games are not counted.