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American Football Conference · AFC West
The Los Angeles Chargers were founded in 1959 in Los Angeles, California. They play home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood and are headquartered in El Segundo. The franchise is owned by Dean Spanos, with Joe Horitz serving as general manager and Jim Harbaugh as head coach. The Chargers have experienced significant swings in fortune over the years covered here. A 13–3 playoff season in 2009 gave way to middling results through much of the 2010s, including back-to-back losing campaigns in 2015 (4–12) and 2016 (5–11). The club rebounded sharply in 2018 with a 12–4 record and playoff berth, then slipped again before finding renewed consistency. After a 5–12 struggle in 2023, the Chargers posted consecutive 11–6 playoff seasons in 2024 and 2025. The current roster features quarterback Justin Herbert alongside notable names such as offensive linemen Joe Alt, Rashawn Slater, and Tyler Biadasz; pass rusher Khalil Mack; safety Derwin James; and receivers Quentin Johnston and Ladd McConkey.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 80 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 51 out of 100.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–1 | — |
| 2025 | 11–6 | Made the playoffs |
| 2024 | 11–6 | Made the playoffs |
| 2023 | 5–12 | — |
| 2022 | 10–7 | Made the playoffs |
| 2021 | 9–8 | — |
| 2020 | 7–9 | — |
| 2019 | 5–11 | — |
| 2018 | 12–4 | Made the playoffs |
| 2017 | 9–7 | — |
Each pundit’s standing lean on Los Angeles Chargers, measured against every other pundit who made a comparable call — same kind of claim, same season. +100 would mean the most bullish voice in every room; −100 the most bearish. At least two articles per pundit before a lean is shown, and the accuracy is how that pundit’s settled calls about this team have graded out.
more bullish than 96% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bullish than 95% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
Page 5 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“I'm taking ceiling guys and he's maybe the last of these guys that would it be that crazy if he was wide receiver three at the end of the year.”
| 2016 |
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| 5–11 |
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| 2015 | 4–12 | — |
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| 2010 | 9–7 | — |
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| 2009 | 13–3 | Made the playoffs |
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more bullish than 94% of the room, across 7 articles · 0.0 accuracy on this team (3 settled)
more bearish than 95% of the room, across 3 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 93% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 93% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
“So I have Chargers in with the high floor and the Steelers and the ... Broncos I have out”
“Brandon and I have the Chargers back in Denver and Pittsburgh out.”
“He's actually like in my top ten for wide receivers for fantasy”
“And we ain't talking about somebody can win a couple of games, actually win the Super Bowl, actually de thrown him. It is the Charger”
“Absolutely? Herbert's the top ten guy.”
“my AFC playoff predictions Bill's Ravens, Texans, Chargers, Patriots, Bengals are new in chiefs”
“She's still win ten to eleven, maybe twelve”
“I have the Bills, Ravens, Texans Chargers, and then the Patriots, Bengals che Thiefs”
“I think the Chargers probably win twelve.”
“Listen up Charge Mergers, Ravens, Bills, Eagles, Commanders, Rams. Those are my picks.”
“I got the Chargers over the Houston Texans.”
“the Chargers, I think will beat the Texans”
“that's what it's like for the l A Chargers, LA Chargers, you are there”
“Get another cornerback man Brandon Ceci from South Carolina... I like him going here to Los Angeles”
“Chargers, TJ. Parker coming from Clemson”
“How about this one Lee Hunter... I've got to get into this first round. You know, IM gonna give him the Chargers”
“number six. I have Pittsburgh... I have the charges... Houston... I have them all the way at number four... Next at number three, I got the Pats... I have Buffalo at the number two... I got du Ball County the Jaguars at number one”
“especially now that we know that the Chargers they are not playing their starters. It's going to be Trey Lance.”
“I think the Cowboys will find a way to lose this game, and I think the Chargers will figure out a way to win it... you might get to sit back and enjoy like a twelve point win for this game”
“My model has a straight up win for the Chargers.”
“Omaron Hampton RB one, Sison... I feel much better about this one for Omary and Hampton facing the Dallas Cowboys.”
“I'm going Chargers to cover three points against the Eagles... I like the Chargers to win.”
“even though I have the Chargers winning, I want to take Washington with the field goal of points... I do have the Chargers winning, but it's very close”
“Yeah, I've got QJ wide receiver twenty Lad twenty two, Keenan Allen twenty three.”
“Quinton Johnson now needs to be looked at as the number one in this offense”
“Yes, he's more of that wide receiver too, just because I don't think the other guys completely go away. But Yeah, I'm in on Lad this week.”
“This is really boring, but I'm doing the Chargers giving six and a half to the Giants.”
“I actually think what Hyfez did is rational. I would pick the Chargers in this one too.”
“They do make it in as the sixth seed, though a wildcard seed nonetheless”
“I've got the Chargers going ten and seven. They do make it in as the sixth seed”
“Then I've got the Buffalo Bills hosting the Los Angeles Chargers”
“Rounding out the AFC. I'll go with the Los Angeles Chargers, might finally put things together.”
“I have the Chargers with an AFC wild card. I trust Jim Harba implicitly as a coach.”
“So Hampton was gonna start over him regardless... So I think Hardball would ride Hampton like a like secretariat”
“Explain to me why Justin Herbert isn't the fifth best quarterback in football because he passes my beautiful eye test.”
“They're going to depend on a second round rookie, probably to start Trey Harris now that Mike Williams is retired”
“No, I'm giving the Chargers o'mary and Hampton.”
“No, I'm giving the Chargers o'mary and Hampton.”
“let's go to the Chargers today. Barron's still there... I probably would lean Baron... He's a good value at twenty two”