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American Football Conference · AFC West
The Los Angeles Chargers were founded in 1959 in Los Angeles, California, and now play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. The franchise is owned by Dean Spanos, with John Spanos among the minority owners, and operates out of El Segundo. Joe Horitz serves as general manager, while Jim Harbaugh leads as head coach with Mike McDaniel coordinating the offense and Chris O'Leary handling the defense. The Chargers have experienced considerable fluctuation over the years. They posted a 13–3 record and reached the playoffs in 2009, then dipped to 4–12 in 2015 and 5–11 in 2016 before bouncing back to 12–4 with a playoff berth in 2018. After a few uneven seasons, they made the playoffs again in 2022 at 10–7, stumbled to 5–12 in 2023, then surged to back-to-back 11–6 playoff appearances in 2024 and 2025. The current 2026 campaign has opened 0–7.
The 200 most recent checkable claims, from 82 pundits · 200 settled, averaging 45 out of 100.
Current Los Angeles Chargers players with the most articles taking a call on them in the last 30 days.
The seasons we hold results for, 2009 to 2026.
| Season | Record | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–8 | — |
| 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 98% of the room, across 4 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bullish than 97% of the room, across 2 articles · on this team not settled yet
Page 4 of 5 — unsettled claims first, then the settled ones, newest first.
“I I think they're gonna wind up maybe being the seventh seed in the AFC”
| 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 95% of the room, across 5 articles · 0.0 accuracy on this team (3 settled)
more bearish than 92% of the room, across 10 articles · 86.3 accuracy on this team (10 settled)
more bearish than 87% of the room, across 8 articles · on this team not settled yet
more bearish than 86% of the room, across 11 articles · on this team not settled yet
“So you would need Denver to lose to the chargers Right. In week 18. Yeah. I'm calling my shot on that one.”
“he definitely gonna get he getting there”
“And the team I also think is gonna make a make a push is, is is is the LA chargers.”
“Talking about bow Knicks, I think the Chargers win this game, maybe a good game, maybe just by a field goal”
“I think they're just really good, man. I think they could be in the AFC Championship.”
“if the Chargers win this, they're three to zero in the division to start the season... I think this is going to get to three”
“The chargers are the team to beat in the AFC West. Oh, I agree with that.”
“The chargers are the team to beat in the AFC West.”
“You like Kansas City tonight. I like the Chargers.”
“I'm looking for the Chargers to be that new r and chest Rain and champion in the West”
“I think that the Chargers will be number one and Case will be number two.”
“But I've got the Chargers winning the AFC West, followed by the Kansas City Chiefs, the Broncos, and the Raiders.”
“They do make it in as the sixth seed”
“Cincinnati into AFC, Buffalo, Houston and the Chargers as divisional or conference the division champion”
“yes, i have the LA Chargers the Bolts winning the AFC West”
“Chargers in our preview show. So I need to stay consistent.”
“You know what I'm gonna do it. I'm going to take the pictures. I'm going to take the Chargers... I'm really high on the Chargers this year.”
“AFC West Chargers, Chiefs. Broncos, Raiders.”
“I'm going with Chargers in the AFC West”
“And I know last week you had the Chargers to they could be to win the division. It's not I mean it's not inconceivable”
“So I like the Chargers to win the division.”
“I don't you get so agitated when I pick the Chargers over the Chiefs... And I think to so the one that bothers you are the Chargers when the AFC West. And here's my take is that I've watched Harbaugh and year two everywhere.”
“I do believe the Chargers win the division. I would not rule out the Broncos.”
“in the AFC West, I feel the same way... I think the Chargers... my AFC playoff predictions Bill's Ravens, Texans, Chargers”
“I'm gonna go Chargers win the AFC West”
“I went a different direction in round one. I went with Peter Woods, the interior defensive line from Clemson”
“The chargers get Makai Lemmon who also gets to stay in Los Angeles.”
“There really wasn't any other great options to go with... And that's the reason why we went with TJ Parker.”
“With the twenty second pick of the 2026 locked on NFL mock draft, the Los Angeles chargers select TJ Parker, Clemson, Edge rusher, and fill one of their biggest needs with their first round pick”
“But round two, pick 55 is a guy that we've talked about before... One of my favorite players in the draft, Georgia Tech guard, Keelan Rutledge”
“And with pick 30, we ended up going with an edge rusher we haven't talked about yet. Cassius Howell, the explosive Texas a and m edge rusher.”
“Now at pick 86 for the Chargers... We ended up going with cornerback, and then we ended up going with Malik Muhammad, the cornerback from Texas”
“But round five, pick one fifty one... I ended up going with the swing tackle... with Travis Burke, the Memphis OT”
“we have the Dolphins eighty seventh overall pick in the third round... the guy I ended up landing on was Brennan Thompson. And this is a wide receiver from Mississippi State.”
“where I ended up going in round four with the chargers' hundred and twenty third pick was Arizona State linebacker key, Keyshawn Elliott”
“in the first round, we're gonna give you some interesting options including me going with a wide receiver in the first round. And I'm going with the big bodied Denzel Boston from Washington.”
“Today, I went with Derek Moore, the edge rusher from Michigan. (second round pick in the mock)”
“it's our Mason Thomas, the edge from Oklahoma... You get him at 55, which I do think he's a flawed enough player to slide there.”
“So it's pretty surprising to see Daniel Jeremiah pick the chargers to take a star Oregon tight end, Kenyan Sadiq... for twenty second pick, right”