Sam Darnold
QB · SEA
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· Pro Football Reference
Box score by season
| Season | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Pass yds | TD | Int | Sacked | Rush | Rush yds | TD | vs ESPN |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SEA | 5 | 90 | 149 | 1,033 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 | 0 | ✓ matches |
| 2025 | SEA | 17 | 323 | 477 | 4,048 | 25 | 14 | 27 | 35 | 95 | 0 | ✓ matches |
| 2025 playoffs | SEA | 3 | 56 | 91 | 672 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 0 | |
| 2024 | MIN | 17 | 361 | 545 | 4,319 | 35 | 12 | 48 | 67 | 212 | 1 | not checked |
| 2024 playoffs | MIN | 1 | 25 | 40 | 245 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 0 | |
| 2023 | SF | 10 | 28 | 46 | 297 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 1 | not checked |
| 2022 | CAR | 6 | 82 | 140 | 1,143 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 26 | 106 | 2 | not checked |
| 2021 | CAR | 12 | 243 | 406 | 2,527 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 48 | 222 | 5 | not checked |
| 2020 | NYJ | 12 | 217 | 364 | 2,208 | 9 | 11 | 35 | 37 | 217 | 2 | not checked |
| 2019 | NYJ | 13 | 273 | 441 | 3,024 | 19 | 13 | 33 | 33 | 62 | 2 | not checked |
| 2018 | NYJ | 13 | 239 | 414 | 2,865 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 43 | 135 | 1 | not checked |
Official scoring from play-by-play. Regular-season totals for 2025, 2026 are compared with ESPN's after every rebuild (all players); earlier seasons aren't checked.
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Dropbacks
166
qualifying bar 84
EPA/play
-0.102
26th of 34 · lg +0.071
Success rate
42.2%
23rd of 34 · lg 45.2%
Yards/play
5.87
19th of 34 · lg 6.24
Explosive rate
8.4%
18th of 34 · lg 9.0%
CPOE
-0.1
20th of 34 · lg +0.5
Completion %
61.2%
25th of 34 · lg 64.3%
Air yards/att
7.3
23rd of 34 · lg 7.9
Sack rate
8.4%
29th of 34 · lg 6.1%
Turnover rate
4.2%
30th of 34 · lg 2.7%
TD rate
4.2%
19th of 34 · lg 4.3%
Notable in 2026
His biggest gaps between one situation and the rest of his plays, beyond the league's own gap there (|z| ≥ 2.5). Many splits get checked, so some of these are luck; the badge says whether that kind of split repeats year to year.
- -0.33 EPA/dropback while the game is in doubt (win prob 20–80%) vs +0.27 the rest of the time (103 vs 63; league gap -0.01; z -2.5) mostly noise · r 0.08
Every split
EPA per dropback in each situation, the league in the same situation, and his rank among qualified players with at least 30 dropbacks there (1 = best). "Repeats" is how much that split's player-to-player differences carry from one season to the next (2016–25); near zero means it describes the past and predicts little. Click a situation to filter all his numbers to it.
| Situation | Dropbacks | EPA/play | Success | Yds/play | League EPA | Rank | Repeats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home / away Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Home | 64 | -0.263 | 38% | 5.2 | +0.074 | 33/33 | 0.04 |
| Away | 102 | -0.002 | 45% | 6.3 | +0.064 | 23/33 | 0.01 |
| Neutral site | 0 | — | — | — | +0.102 | — | — |
| Rest days Setting compare everyone → | |||||||
| Short week (≤5 days) | 56 | -0.105 | 38% | 4.6 | +0.144 | 8/9 | 0.09 |
| Normal (6–8 days) | 107 | -0.085 | 45% | 6.6 | +0.054 | 27/34 | 0.03 |
| Extra rest (9–12 days) | 0 | — | — | — | +0.144 | — | -0.00 |
| Off a bye (13+ days) | 0 | — | — | — | +0.099 | — | -0.07 |
| Indoors / outdoors Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Indoors | 0 | — | — | — | +0.091 | — | 0.01 |
| Outdoors | 166 | -0.102 | 42% | 5.9 | +0.063 | 28/34 | 0.01 |
| Temperature (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 60–79°F | 75 | -0.009 | 51% | 7.3 | +0.089 | 18/25 | -0.13 |
| 80°F+ | 0 | — | — | — | +0.093 | — | 0.01 |
| Wind (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| 0–9 mph | 29 | -0.218 | 45% | 5.7 | +0.096 | — | -0.06 |
| 10–14 mph | 46 | +0.124 | 54% | 8.3 | +0.077 | 8/16 | -0.12 |
| Rain or snow (outdoors) Weather compare everyone → | |||||||
| Dry | 166 | -0.102 | 42% | 5.9 | +0.072 | 28/34 | 0.01 |
| Rain or snow | 0 | — | — | — | -0.028 | — | 0.01 |
| Score Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Trailing 9+ | 44 | +0.324 | 43% | 6.3 | +0.058 | 4/20 | 0.06 |
| Trailing 1–8 | 69 | -0.095 | 48% | 7.1 | +0.060 | 23/29 | 0.05 |
| Tied | 28 | -0.883 | 25% | 2.5 | +0.081 | — | 0.09 |
| Leading 1–8 | 14 | -0.275 | 36% | 3.7 | +0.051 | — | -0.21 |
| Leading 9+ | 11 | +0.351 | 55% | 7.7 | +0.160 | — | 0.03 |
| Win probability Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Win prob under 20% | 49 | +0.283 | 43% | 6.3 | +0.057 | 5/20 | 0.05 |
| Win prob 20–80% | 103 | -0.328 | 41% | 5.8 | +0.068 | 33/34 | 0.08 |
| Win prob over 80% | 14 | +0.209 | 50% | 5.2 | +0.106 | — | 0.03 |
| Quarter Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Q1 | 36 | -0.391 | 42% | 5.8 | +0.040 | 26/27 | -0.05 |
| Q2 | 41 | -0.122 | 32% | 4.4 | +0.074 | 24/33 | -0.06 |
| Q3 | 41 | +0.056 | 46% | 6.2 | +0.070 | 17/27 | -0.06 |
| Q4 | 45 | +0.050 | 49% | 7.2 | +0.081 | 16/31 | 0.05 |
| OT | 3 | -0.817 | 33% | 1.7 | +0.324 | — | — |
| Two-minute Game state compare everyone → | |||||||
| Last 2 min of half | 25 | -0.424 | 28% | 4.8 | +0.023 | — | 0.03 |
| Rest of game | 141 | -0.045 | 45% | 6.1 | +0.080 | 24/34 | 0.03 |
| Down Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1st down | 59 | +0.118 | 53% | 7.5 | +0.124 | 16/34 | 0.19 |
| 2nd down | 58 | -0.062 | 41% | 5.8 | +0.092 | 23/33 | 0.04 |
| 3rd down | 46 | -0.437 | 30% | 4.0 | -0.035 | 32/32 | 0.11 |
| 4th down | 3 | -0.096 | 33% | 5.3 | +0.187 | — | — |
| 3rd-down distance Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3rd & 1–3 | 7 | -0.196 | 57% | 5.0 | -0.002 | — | -0.29 |
| 3rd & 4–6 | 10 | -0.410 | 40% | 1.1 | +0.017 | — | -0.12 |
| 3rd & 7+ | 29 | -0.504 | 21% | 4.7 | -0.072 | — | -0.22 |
| Field position Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| Own 20 and in | 25 | +0.027 | 44% | 7.2 | +0.061 | — | -0.02 |
| Own 50–21 | 66 | +0.033 | 44% | 7.0 | +0.040 | 18/34 | 0.11 |
| Opp 21–49 | 58 | -0.448 | 34% | 4.3 | +0.096 | 32/32 | 0.08 |
| Red zone (opp 20 in) | 17 | +0.358 | 59% | 5.2 | +0.122 | — | 0.01 |
| Formation Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Shotgun | 120 | -0.067 | 39% | 5.6 | +0.063 | 25/34 | -0.00 |
| Under center | 46 | -0.194 | 50% | 6.5 | +0.101 | 22/23 | -0.00 |
| Tempo Style compare everyone → | |||||||
| Huddle | 160 | -0.102 | 42% | 5.8 | +0.069 | 26/34 | -0.09 |
| No huddle | 6 | -0.109 | 50% | 6.8 | +0.089 | — | -0.09 |
| Yards to go Situation compare everyone → | |||||||
| 1–3 to go | 12 | -0.400 | 50% | 4.0 | +0.096 | — | -0.07 |
| 4–6 to go | 24 | +0.322 | 58% | 5.2 | +0.092 | — | -0.02 |
| 7–10 to go | 104 | -0.115 | 42% | 6.2 | +0.085 | 28/34 | -0.01 |
| 11+ to go | 26 | -0.306 | 23% | 6.0 | -0.018 | — | 0.03 |
| Pass, sack or scramble Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Pass | 147 | -0.011 | 44% | 7.0 | +0.174 | 29/34 | 0.66 |
| Sack | 14 | -1.524 | 7% | -6.9 | -1.723 | — | 0.21 |
| Scramble | 5 | +1.181 | 80% | 7.4 | +0.430 | — | 0.27 |
| Pass depth Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Behind the line | 30 | -0.510 | 17% | 5.1 | -0.207 | 18/18 | 0.19 |
| Short (0–9) | 67 | -0.007 | 49% | 5.2 | +0.152 | 28/34 | 0.01 |
| Intermediate (10–19) | 35 | +0.108 | 57% | 8.8 | +0.393 | 19/20 | 0.16 |
| Deep (20+) | 15 | +0.693 | 47% | 14.7 | +0.452 | — | 0.18 |
| Pass direction Passing compare everyone → | |||||||
| Left | 49 | -0.223 | 41% | 5.9 | +0.131 | 32/32 | 0.11 |
| Middle | 30 | +0.074 | 57% | 9.3 | +0.329 | 17/20 | 0.10 |
| Right | 68 | +0.105 | 41% | 6.9 | +0.135 | 20/34 | 0.08 |
| Play action Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Play action | 41 | -0.104 | 54% | 7.3 | +0.122 | 25/28 | -0.03 |
| No play action | 125 | -0.102 | 38% | 5.4 | +0.068 | 28/34 | -0.03 |
| In / out of pocket Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| In pocket | 124 | -0.052 | 42% | 6.4 | +0.101 | 26/34 | 0.06 |
| Out of pocket | 42 | -0.250 | 43% | 4.2 | +0.002 | 17/20 | 0.06 |
| Blitz Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Blitzed | 63 | -0.109 | 43% | 5.0 | +0.004 | 19/32 | -0.15 |
| No blitz | 103 | -0.099 | 42% | 6.4 | +0.116 | 29/33 | -0.15 |
| Pass rushers Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| 3 or fewer rushers | 3 | -0.029 | 33% | 8.0 | +0.143 | — | — |
| 4 rushers | 100 | -0.101 | 42% | 6.4 | +0.116 | 29/33 | -0.27 |
| 5 rushers | 50 | -0.080 | 44% | 5.2 | +0.010 | 12/25 | -0.05 |
| 6+ rushers | 13 | -0.219 | 38% | 3.9 | -0.016 | — | 0.15 |
| Defenders in the box Defense (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Light box (6 or fewer) | 94 | -0.089 | 36% | 5.3 | +0.067 | 27/34 | 0.13 |
| 7 in the box | 56 | -0.089 | 55% | 7.7 | +0.103 | 21/26 | 0.11 |
| Stacked box (8+) | 16 | -0.232 | 31% | 2.7 | +0.133 | — | — |
| Screen Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Screen | 17 | +0.150 | 24% | 6.5 | -0.043 | — | -0.11 |
| Not a screen | 149 | -0.131 | 44% | 5.8 | +0.092 | 29/34 | -0.11 |
| Pre-snap motion Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| Motion | 101 | -0.069 | 45% | 6.2 | +0.097 | 28/33 | 0.02 |
| No motion | 65 | -0.154 | 38% | 5.3 | +0.059 | 29/31 | 0.02 |
| RPO Scheme (FTN) compare everyone → | |||||||
| RPO | 2 | -0.196 | 0% | 4.5 | -0.052 | — | — |
| Not an RPO | 164 | -0.101 | 43% | 5.9 | +0.083 | 28/34 | — |
By season
| Season | Team | Dropbacks | EPA/play | Total EPA | Success | Yds/play | CPOE | Comp % | aDOT | Sack rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SEA | 166 | -0.102 | -17.0 | 42.2% | 5.87 | -0.1 | 61.2% | 7.3 | 8.4% |
Definitions. QB plays are dropbacks: passes, sacks and scrambles (spikes left out). QB EPA doesn't charge the passer for a receiver's fumble after the catch. Rushing is designed runs only; receiving is EPA per target. EPA is about ±1.4 points a play, so a split of 50 plays carries roughly ±0.2 of luck.