Kirk Cousins

QB · LV · #8 · Michigan State · 6' 3" · 209 lbs

times drafted

avg pick

avg bid

seasons rostered

weeks started

812

points started

16.92

avg / started wk

41.5

best week

Drafts and rosters cover 2012–2026; weeks started and best week cover 2018–2026 only; moves cover 2018–2026 only — ESPN carries no transaction history before that.

Rostered by Jonathan O'Brien (2018–2019, 2022), Justin Cassano (2026), Chris Meisner (2025), Gordon Sexton (2024), Damien Correll (2023), Zach McCullough (2021), Bobby McKenna (2017), Greg Frye (2016) · best week 41.5 for Jonathan O'Brien in 2018 wk2.

Rating by week

Line: our 0–100 rating against his position, recalculated after each finished week. Grey bars: his points that week, scaled to his best week here (41.5 pts). Hover a week for both.

2026 QB 95 ↑3

2025 QB 45 ↓23

2024 QB 10 ↓2

2023 QB 40 ↓2

2022 QB 42 ↑18

2021 QB 39 ↓6

2019 QB 49 ↓13

2018 QB 57 ↑3

By season

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year	NFL	cost	pick	drafted by	ended with	moves	season pts	started pts	bench pts	weeks	avg/wk
2026	LV	—		undrafted — picked up	Those Darn Football Cuties Justin Cassano	waiver $11 wk3 → Justin Cassano	112.6	40.9	26.6	2	20.5
passing · Cmp 112 · Att 172 · Yds 1269 · TD 12 · INT 4 · rushing · Car 12 · Yds -2
2025	ATL	—		undrafted — picked up	PRAY 4 JAY Chris Meisner	free agent wk16 → Chris Meisner	117	11.1	21.1	1	11.1
passing · Cmp 166 · Att 269 · Yds 1721 · TD 10 · INT 5 · rushing · Car 14 · Yds 7 · TD 1
2024	ATL	$2	104	PRAY 4 JAY Chris Meisner	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	dropped wk2 by Chris Meisner waiver wk6 → Jonathan O'Brien dropped wk11 by Jonathan O'Brien waiver wk13 → Gordon Sexton	198.3	89.3	25	5	17.9
passing · Cmp 303 · Att 453 · Yds 3508 · TD 18 · INT 16 · rushing · Car 23 · Yds 0
2023	MIN	$1	106	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	—	177.2	177.2	—	16	11.1
passing · Cmp 216 · Att 311 · Yds 2331 · TD 18 · INT 5 · rushing · Car 14 · Yds 25
2022	MIN	—		undrafted — picked up	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	waiver $1 wk2 → Gordon Sexton dropped wk5 by Gordon Sexton waiver wk6 → Andrew Janik dropped wk7 by Andrew Janik waiver $2 wk11 → David Meisner dropped wk12 by David Meisner waiver $5 wk16 → Jonathan O'Brien	326.6	62.1	28.8	4	15.5
passing · Cmp 424 · Att 643 · Yds 4547 · TD 29 · INT 14 · rushing · Car 31 · Yds 97 · TD 2
2021	MIN	—		undrafted — picked up	The Warriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Zach McCullough	waiver wk8 → Gordon Sexton dropped wk10 by Gordon Sexton free agent wk13 → Zach McCullough	352.3	62.9	47.3	3	21
passing · Cmp 372 · Att 561 · Yds 4221 · TD 33 · INT 7 · rushing · Car 29 · Yds 115 · TD 1
2019	MIN	—		undrafted — picked up	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	free agent wk8 → Justin Cassano waiver wk9 → Zach McCullough dropped wk9 by Justin Cassano dropped wk10 by Zach McCullough free agent wk11 → Gordon Sexton dropped wk14 by Gordon Sexton free agent wk14 → Jonathan O'Brien	296.4	97	21	5	19.4
passing · Cmp 307 · Att 444 · Yds 3603 · TD 26 · INT 6 · rushing · Car 31 · Yds 63 · TD 1
2018	MIN	rd 10	96	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	—	342.6	271.4	21	12	22.6
passing · Cmp 425 · Att 606 · Yds 4298 · TD 30 · INT 10 · rushing · Car 44 · Yds 123 · TD 1
2017	WSH	rd 7	79	NYC Thousandaires Bobby McKenna	NYC Thousandaires Bobby McKenna		331.6	—	—	—	—
passing · Cmp 347 · Att 540 · Yds 4093 · TD 27 · INT 13 · rushing · Car 49 · Yds 179 · TD 4
2016	WSH	rd 9	104	Team OBrien Jonathan O'Brien	Terrelle Pryor Greg Frye		350.3	—	—	—	—
passing · Cmp 406 · Att 606 · Yds 4917 · TD 25 · INT 12 · rushing · Car 34 · Yds 96 · TD 4

Week by week

2018–2026 only — earlier seasons are absent because the data isn't stored, not because he didn't play. Newest first.

when		pts	team	team result
2026 wk5	started	14.22	Those Darn Football Cuties Justin Cassano
2026 wk4	bench	26.6	Those Darn Football Cuties Justin Cassano	L 65.78 – 158.38
2026 wk3	started	26.72	Those Darn Football Cuties Justin Cassano	W 136.92 – 87.88
2025 wk17	started	11.14	PRAY 4 JAY Chris Meisner	L 86.78 – 119.94
2025 wk16	bench	21.08	PRAY 4 JAY Chris Meisner	L 133.64 – 181.96
2024 wk16	bench	0	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	L 107.94 – 130.34
2024 wk15	bench	6.98	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	L 120.96 – 127.18
2024 wk14	bench	9.26	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	L 97.52 – 121.94
2024 wk13	bench	1.6	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	W 120.26 – 102.44
2024 wk10	started	8.74	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	L 71.48 – 109.66
2024 wk9	started	22.78	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	W 124.14 – 95.24
2024 wk8	started	35.64	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	W 150.32 – 125.26
2024 wk7	started	7.68	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	L 118.38 – 134.18
2024 wk6	started	14.5	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	L 92.52 – 123.02
2024 wk1	bench	7.2	PRAY 4 JAY Chris Meisner	L 124 – 131.36
2023 wk16	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 65.2 – 128.8
2023 wk15	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 101.2 – 114.46
2023 wk14	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 75.5 – 110.14
2023 wk13	no game	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 110 – 129.04
2023 wk12	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 89.8 – 112.28
2023 wk11	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 55.9 – 105.86
2023 wk10	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 56.2 – 93.74
2023 wk9	started	0	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 63.6 – 69.34
2023 wk8	started	22.86	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	W 125.36 – 98.66
2023 wk7	started	25.02	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	W 104.12 – 61.26
2023 wk6	started	9.74	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 102.54 – 131.98
2023 wk5	started	22.36	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	W 130.76 – 121.74
2023 wk4	started	12.56	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	W 111.96 – 81.18
2023 wk3	started	29.68	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	W 96.38 – 83.6
2023 wk2	started	35.56	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 96.66 – 99.86
2023 wk1	started	19.46	Sweat Pants Damien Correll	L 60.16 – 158.4
2022 wk16	started	28.16	Darnold Judd Jonathan O'Brien	L 126.96 – 141.16
2022 wk11	started	-1.3	AZ FaZe Kyler David Meisner	W 77.06 – 50.26
2022 wk6	bench	19	Rushmore G Bears Andrew Janik	W 117.9 – 64.78
2022 wk4	started	13.42	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	L 76.42 – 112.22
2022 wk3	started	21.8	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	W 101.9 – 74
2022 wk2	bench	9.84	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	L 53.8 – 78.38
2021 wk16	bench	16.8	The Warriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Zach McCullough	W 124.28 – 71.98
2021 wk15	bench	12.48	The Warriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Zach McCullough	W 95.52 – 76.46
2021 wk14	bench	18.04	The Warriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Zach McCullough	W 138.14 – 109.9
2021 wk13	started	22.7	The Warriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Zach McCullough	W 124.3 – 115.78
2021 wk9	started	25.58	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	W 96.88 – 56.8
2021 wk8	started	14.66	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	W 122.56 – 122.06
2019 wk15	started	13.68	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 124.38 – 122.32
2019 wk14	started	15.58	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 130.18 – 84.72
2019 wk13	bench	21.04	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	W 103.74 – 90.34
2019 wk12	no game	0	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	L 76.96 – 78.36
2019 wk11	started	28.86	NY SADBOYZ Gordon Sexton	W 136.86 – 79.74
2019 wk9	started	27.3	The Warriors Blew a 3-1 Lead Zach McCullough	W 145.1 – 125.04
2019 wk8	started	11.6	The Really Mean Guys Justin Cassano	L 135.1 – 143.9
2018 wk15	started	19.3	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	L 90.2 – 99.5
2018 wk14	started	12.82	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	L 86.82 – 131.78
2018 wk12	started	33.38	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 116.88 – 113.72
2018 wk11	bench	20.98	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 142.8 – 115.8
2018 wk10	no game	0	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 158.6 – 100.86
2018 wk9	started	8.86	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 163.26 – 118.98
2018 wk8	started	24.66	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 142.56 – 139.56
2018 wk7	started	21.54	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 116.54 – 54.46
2018 wk6	started	19.12	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	L 108.32 – 116.06
2018 wk5	started	16.14	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	L 94.24 – 112.2
2018 wk4	started	37.68	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 169.48 – 103.68
2018 wk3	started	12.04	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 114.94 – 82.52
2018 wk2	started	41.5	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 161.7 – 123.34
2018 wk1	started	24.36	Daenerys Thomas Jonathan O'Brien	W 171.46 – 99.34