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Matthew Stafford
Matthew Stafford is a quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams. Depth chart: QB1.
Scouting report
Matthew Stafford: the full picture
Matthew Stafford at a glance
Matthew Stafford is a 38-year-old quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, listed at 6'3" and 214 pounds. The Detroit Lions drafted Stafford 1st overall in the first round in 2009, out of Georgia, and 2026 is Stafford's 18th NFL season.
2026 projection
The Gridiron Value season model projects Stafford for 176.1 PPR points in 2026, which ranks QB32 at the position and works out to 10.9 points per game over 17.0 projected games.
2026 season so far
Through 6 games of 2026, Stafford has scored 105.9 PPR points, or 17.6 per game. That is 60.1% of the full-season projection; at the current rate Stafford would finish with about 300 points, ahead of the 176.1 projected. The best week so far is 27.3 points in Week 5 against BUF, the QB5 finish that week. Stafford has cleared the 18-point mark we count as a usable QB start in 3 of 6 games, a 50% consistency rate.
Percentile profile
Measured against the 34 qualified quarterbacks of 2026, Stafford ranks in the 99th percentile in pass yards, the 75th percentile in pass TDs and the 69th percentile in intended air yards. Two of the 8 tracked categories sit at or above the 75th percentile. The softest mark is the 16th percentile in rush yards.
Career track record
By season-long PPR scoring, Stafford has finished as QB16 in 2020, QB6 in 2021, QB32 in 2022, QB15 in 2023, QB19 in 2024 and QB3 in 2025. That is two top-five positional finishes in 17 completed seasons. The high-water mark is 350.4 PPR points in 2025. Across 245 regular-season games on record, the totals read 66,372 passing yards, 434 passing touchdowns, 1,378 rushing yards and 15 rushing touchdowns.
Matthew Stafford by the numbers
Stafford has been the highest-scoring quarterback of the week 5 times, finished in the weekly top five at the position 53 times and finished in the top twelve 109 times. The career high is 38.8 PPR points, set in Week 17 of 2011 against GB. The game log also shows 8 games of 30 or more PPR points, 72 300-yard passing games and 71 games with three or more touchdowns. In all, Stafford has reached 20 points in 83 games, 34% of career appearances.
How the production happens
In 2026, Stafford threw 9.8 deep passes per game (15 or more air yards) and completed 39% of them, against 32.8 short attempts per game at 73%. About 14.2 passes per game fell incomplete. Average time to throw was 2.80 seconds.
Contract
Stafford is playing on a one-year, $55 million contract signed with the Los Angeles Rams in 2026, an average of $55 million per year with $90 million guaranteed. The deal runs through the 2026 season.
Dynasty market
In dynasty formats Stafford carries a GV stock price of 3,156, which ranks 148th overall and QB30 among quarterbacks out of 940 priced players. In redraft the same model ranks Stafford 69th overall. Value has moved up 4.2 since the previous model run. The closest profiles by the similarity model are Kirk Cousins, Trevor Lawrence and Geno Smith. See where Stafford sits on the trade value chart.
Latest news
2 news items linked to Stafford in the past two weeks, the most recent on October 13, 2026. Read the latest Matthew Stafford news.
2026 projected stat line
- Projected PPR
- 176.1
- PPR / game
- 10.9
Matthew Stafford fantasy outlook
Matthew Stafford enters the 2026 season with LAR and ranks QB32 and #89 overall in the current Gridiron Value projection. The model projects 176.1 PPR points across 16.1 games, or 10.9 points per game, placing the expected outcome in a lineup and depth tier. The preseason depth chart lists Matthew Stafford as QB1, so the opportunity forecast is tied to that current role rather than name value alone. In 2025, Matthew Stafford produced 350.4 PPR points in 17 games (20.6 per game), giving the projection a recent performance baseline. Projection confidence is 61%, with a 8% modeled chance of a Top-24 positional finish. The main variables are role stability, team scoring volume, and normal efficiency variance.
Week 1 projection
Matthew Stafford is projected for 16.2 PPR points at home against SF in week 1, with a likely range of 0.3 to 35.5.
Trade value
Gridiron Value prices every player from 0 to 100 within each league format. Value is up 4.2 since the previous model run (stable).
- Redraft
- 44.3
- Dynasty
- 30.6
- Superflex redraft
- 84.6
- Superflex dynasty
- 72.7
- TE premium dynasty
- 18.4
Career stats
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | Pass TD | Int | Rush yds | Rush TD | PPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LA | 6 | 164 | 249 | 1,794 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 0 | 105.9 |
| 2025 | LA | 17 | 388 | 597 | 4,707 | 46 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 350.4 |
| 2024 | LA | 16 | 340 | 517 | 3,762 | 20 | 8 | 41 | 0 | 214.6 |
| 2023 | LA | 15 | 326 | 521 | 3,965 | 24 | 11 | 65 | 0 | 243.1 |
| 2022 | LA | 9 | 206 | 303 | 2,087 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 108.4 |
| 2021 | LA | 17 | 404 | 601 | 4,886 | 41 | 17 | 43 | 0 | 329.7 |
| 2020 | DET | 16 | 339 | 528 | 4,084 | 26 | 10 | 112 | 0 | 260.6 |
| 2019 | DET | 8 | 187 | 291 | 2,499 | 19 | 5 | 66 | 0 | 166.6 |
| 2018 | DET | 16 | 367 | 555 | 3,777 | 21 | 11 | 71 | 0 | 212.2 |
| 2017 | DET | 16 | 371 | 565 | 4,446 | 29 | 10 | 98 | 0 | 273.6 |
Quarterbacks ranked near Matthew Stafford
- Geno Smith QB29 · 180.3 PPR
- Kirk Cousins QB30 · 177.4 PPR
- Deshaun Watson QB31 · 177.0 PPR
- Jaxson Dart QB33 · 68.3 PPR
- Anthony Richardson QB34 · 53.8 PPR
- Shedeur Sanders QB35 · 43.8 PPR
Los Angeles Rams fantasy players
- Kyren Williams RB · 277.6 PPR
- Puka Nacua WR · 256.9 PPR
- Davante Adams WR · 144.0 PPR
- Blake Corum RB · 131.8 PPR
- Colby Parkinson TE · 86.7 PPR
- Terrance Ferguson TE · 50.1 PPR
Projections are model estimates, not recorded results. Snapshot 2026-10-20.