Wk 4 · 2026
Los Angeles Chargers at Seattle Seahawks — Sun, Oct 4
Sun, Oct 4 ·
Lumen Field, Seattle, WA
· CBS
Weather
No forecast yet. This one is 37 days away. Forecasts reach about 16 days ahead, so this fills in nearer the game. A seasonal average printed here would look exactly like a forecast, which is why there is not one.
AFC West · no games yet
at
4:25pET
SEA -3 · total 45.5 DraftKings
Ratings differential SEA by 3.3
NFC West · no games yet
What is at stake
An interconference game, AFC against NFC. It counts in both overall records — which is what seeding is settled on first — and in neither team’s division or conference record.
What the ratings imply
The differential above is arithmetic on two published numbers:
The Gridiron King’s 2026 final efficiency ratings, plus
1.7 points of home field.
It is not a projection, a value, an edge or a lean, and nothing on this site
compares it with the betting line to tell you one is better. Until 2026
games are played it is last season’s measurement of two rosters that have
been through a draft and a free-agency window since.
Efficiency · 2026 ratings
Efficiency margin
Offense
Defense
Points / game
Points allowed / game
Opponent-adjusted ratings from The Gridiron King’s 2026 final numbers. Bars share a scale within each row, so the two lengths are comparable; the brighter side is the better of the two, and a longer bar is the better number — including the rows where a lower figure is the good one. Pace is the exception: it is how fast a team plays, not how well, so neither side is lit and a longer bar there means only more plays.
Team stats
The box-score store these rows are built from has not been produced for this league yet, so no preview carries points and yards for and against. The form, trend and series blocks below are built from this site’s own files and are not affected.
Chargers form
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Seahawks form
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Chargers this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Seahawks this season
No graded games yet this season. Lines are captured before kickoff and graded when a game goes final, so these records start at Week 1.
Lines are captured from ESPN's board before kickoff and locked at kickoff, so an in-play price cannot overwrite the number a game is graded against.
Common opponents · 7
| Opponent | Chargers | Seahawks |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinals NFC | vs Wk 1 · scheduled preview | at Wk 2 · scheduled preview |
| Raiders AFC | vs Wk 2 · scheduled preview | at Wk 10 · scheduled preview |
| Broncos AFC | vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview | at Wk 6 · scheduled preview |
| Chiefs AFC | at Wk 6 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 7 · scheduled preview |
| Rams NFC | at Wk 8 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 16 · scheduled preview |
| Patriots AFC | vs Wk 12 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 1 · scheduled preview |
| 49ers NFC | vs Wk 15 · scheduled preview | vs Wk 5 · scheduled preview |
Open these two in the
comparison tool for every shared and unshared opponent.
Series history · 2006–2026
Since 2006, Chargers leads 3–2 · Seahawks won the last one
5 meetings
in 2006–2026 · average margin
0.2 points toward Seahawks
| Yr | Date | Result | Site | Won |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2022-10-23 | Seahawks 37 — 23 Chargers | at LAC | Seahawks |
| 2018 | 2018-11-04 | Chargers 25 — 17 Seahawks | at SEA | Chargers |
| 2014 | 2014-09-14 | Seahawks 21 — 30 Chargers | at LAC | Chargers |
| 2010 | 2010-09-26 | Chargers 20 — 27 Seahawks | at SEA | Seahawks |
| 2006 | 2006-12-24 | Chargers 20 — 17 Seahawks | at SEA | Chargers |
Chargers leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Justin Herbert QB #10 | 340/512, 3727 YDS, 26 TD, 13 INT |
| Trey Lance QB #5 | 27/57, 226 YDS, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | Kimani Vidal RB #28 | 155 CAR, 643 YDS, 3 TD |
| Omarion Hampton RB #8 | 124 CAR, 545 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Justin Herbert QB #10 | 83 CAR, 498 YDS, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Ladd McConkey WR #15 | 66 REC, 789 YDS, 6 TD |
| Keenan Allen WR #10 | 81 REC, 777 YDS, 4 TD | |
| Quentin Johnston WR #1 | 51 REC, 735 YDS, 8 TD | |
| Oronde Gadsden TE #86 | 49 REC, 664 YDS, 3 TD |
Defense
| Tackles | Daiyan Henley LB #0 | 103 |
| Derwin James Jr. S #3 | 94 | |
| Troy Dye LB #43 | 58 | |
| Sacks | Tuli Tuipulotu LB #45 | 13 |
| Odafe Oweh LB #98 | 7.5 | |
| Justin Eboigbe DT #92 | 6 | |
| Interceptions | Tony Jefferson S #23 | 4 |
| Donte Jackson CB #26 | 4 | |
| Derwin James Jr. S #3 | 3 |
Seahawks leaders 2025 regular season
| Passing | Sam Darnold QB #14 | 323/477, 4048 YDS, 25 TD, 14 INT |
| Drew Lock QB #2 | 2/3, 15 YDS | |
| Rushing | Kenneth Walker III RB #9 | 221 CAR, 1027 YDS, 5 TD |
| Zach Charbonnet RB #26 | 184 CAR, 730 YDS, 12 TD | |
| Sam Darnold QB #14 | 35 CAR, 95 YDS | |
| Receiving | Jaxon Smith-Njigba WR #11 | 119 REC, 1793 YDS, 10 TD |
| Cooper Kupp WR #10 | 47 REC, 593 YDS, 2 TD | |
| AJ Barner TE #88 | 52 REC, 519 YDS, 6 TD | |
| Kenneth Walker III RB #9 | 31 REC, 282 YDS |
Defense
| Tackles | Ernest Jones IV LB #13 | 126 |
| Drake Thomas LB #32 | 96 | |
| Nick Emmanwori S #3 | 81 | |
| Sacks | Leonard Williams DT #99 | 7 |
| Uchenna Nwosu LB #7 | 7 | |
| Byron Murphy II DT #91 | 7 | |
| Interceptions | Ernest Jones IV LB #13 | 5 |
| Coby Bryant S #2 | 4 | |
| Derion Kendrick CB #15 | 2 |
These are regular-season totals for
the season named on each card — the players who led that team that year,
taken from ESPN's team leaders. That list is keyed to the season, not to today's
roster, so a leader who has since signed elsewhere, been traded or retired still
appears against the year he earned it; the
roster
pages and the depth chart on each team page are where the current squad is.
A team switches to this season's numbers once it has played a game.