Elijah
Molden
CB
#2
Elijah Molden
Los Angeles ChargersHeight : 5' 10" · Weight : 192 lbs · Age : 27
NFL record
| Year | Team | GP | TOT | SOLO | AST | SACK | FF | FR | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Los Angeles Chargers | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12 | 52 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Los Angeles Chargers | 15 | 75 | 43 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Titans | 15 | 73 | 47 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | Tennessee Titans | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Tennessee Titans | 16 | 62 | 43 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Contract
Los Angeles Chargers payroll →- 2026 cap number
- 7.92 M$
- Average per year
- 6.25 M$
- Total value
- 18.8 M$
- Seasons left
- 2 · through 2027
2026
7.92 M$
Guaranteed
2027
7.17 M$
Not guaranteed
Cap number: the season's salary plus the share of the signing bonus spread over the contract. Total value and average per year cover the whole contract, from its signing.
Advanced stats, 2026 Cornerbacks
NFL stats →2026 season, in progress (1 game played). The percentile ranks the player among regular cornerbacks: 90th means better than 90% of them.
Interceptions
0
40th percentile
Passes defended
0
9th percentile
Targets in coverage
4
Yards allowed
44 yd
Yards allowed per target
11.0 yd
13th percentile
Passer rating allowed
89.6
56th percentile
Tackles
5
1th percentile
Missed tackle rate
—
Tackles for loss
0
31th percentile
Defensive snaps
53
0th percentile
Regular season. Data: nflverse (play-by-play, snap counts), Next Gen Stats, Pro Football Reference. EPA: expected points added. CPOE: completion percentage over expected.
2026 end-of-season projection
NFL trends →Projected WAR
-0.1
Games
6
WAR 2026
-0.1
Games played
1
WAR already earned, plus his pace (WAR per game over the last three seasons, 60/25/15, pulled toward the group average) over his team's remaining games, given his availability so far.
Trend
→ Stable (-1)
- 2023-0.3 WAR · -0.020 per game
- 20240.1 WAR · 0.007 per game
- 2025-0.2 WAR · -0.017 per game
- 2026-0.1 WAR · -0.100 per game
The trend compares this season's WAR per game with last season's, weighted by games played.
Outlook, age included
+9 · 27 y.o. · prime years
It is only a projection. It knows nothing about injuries, trades or role changes.
Player ratings, 2026
All ratings →Ratings from 0 to 100, computed over four seasons from data, never by hand, against regulars in the same position group. 75 = established regular, 87 = 90th percentile, 95+ = elite.
OV · Overall
62
Depth player
- COV
- Coverage
- 59
- BAL
- Ball skills
- 78
- TCK
- Tackling
- 91
- DUR
- Durability
- 35
- EX
- Experience
- 65
Why these ratings?Hide details
- COV — Coverage : Yards and passer rating allowed per target
- BAL — Ball skills : Ball carrier: fumbles avoided. Defender: interceptions and passes defended
- TCK — Tackling : Tackles made and missed tackles
- DUR — Durability : Games played out of his team's, over several seasons
- EX — Experience : Seasons in the NFL
WAR and PAL Rating, 2026
How we rate →WAR: the EPA (expected points added) of every play, above replacement level, shared among those who made it, then converted to wins (35.3 points = one win). PAL Rating scores performance from 0 to 100 against regulars in the same group (50 = median).
WAR
-0.1
PAL Rating
39 / 100
Value Rating · 2025
10 / 100
2025 PAL (16) against 2026 salary: the contract's average per year (APY), $6.3M.PAL expected for this salary: 52PAL: dimensions
Where WAR comes from (in wins)
Half the EPA of his sacks, interceptions, passes defended, forced fumbles, tackles for loss and QB hits, against his position's average per snap.
Yards allowed per target against his position's average, 0.12 points per yard (measured).
Replacement level: the share of defense the league spends on his position (by payroll), prorated by snaps.
How much better or worse than average his team's defense was (EPA allowed), minus what is already credited to players, prorated by snaps.
The individual part is splash plays and coverage. The rest is the position share and his team's defense, split by snaps played.
| Season | Team | G | WAR | PAL | OV | INT | PD | Yds/tgt | Rtg allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | LAC | 1 | -0.1 | 39 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 89.6 |
| 2025 | LAC | 12 | -0.2 | 16 | 62 | 1 | 1 | 10.1 | 104.2 |
| 2024 | LAC | 15 | 0.1 | 85 | 71 | 3 | 7 | 7.7 | 62.6 |
| 2023 | TEN | 15 | -0.3 | 19 | 60 | 1 | 4 | 10.1 | 122.3 |
| 2021 | TEN | 16 | 0.1 | 32 | 65 | 1 | 4 | 8.0 | 101.1 |
Elijah Molden in five questions
What are Elijah Molden's stats in 2026?
Elijah Molden has 0 interceptions and 0 passes defensed in 1 game in 2026.
How old and how tall is Elijah Molden?
Elijah Molden is 27 years old. He is 5'10" (178 cm) and weighs 192 lb (87 kg).
How good is Elijah Molden?
Elijah Molden produced -0.1 wins above replacement (WAR) in 2026 (season in progress). His PAL rating is 39 out of 100: below average for his position.
What number does Elijah Molden wear, and what team does he play for?
Elijah Molden plays for Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL, at CB, and wears number 2.
What is Elijah Molden's projection for 2026?
Our projection has him at -0.1 WAR over the full 2026 season, based on his weighted recent seasons and age.
