The 2026 season is the Los Angeles Chargers' 57th in the National Football League (NFL), their 67th overall, their 11th in the Greater Los Angeles Area, their seventh playing their home games at SoFi Stadium and their third under the tandem of general manager Joe Hortiz and head coach Jim Harbaugh. They will attempt to improve on their 11–6 records from 2024 and 2025, make the playoffs for the third consecutive season, and end their 16-year AFC West title drought.
The Chargers started the season 0–4, the first time since the 2017 season.
Offseason Draft
+ 2026 Los Angeles Chargers draft selections Round Selection Player Position College Notes 1 22 Akheem Mesidor LB Miami (FL) 2 55 Traded to the New England Patriots263Jake SlaughterCFloridafrom Patriots 3 86 Traded to the Cleveland Browns4105Brenen ThompsonWRMississippi Statefrom Cleveland4117Travis BurkeOTMemphisfrom Houston 4 123 Traded to the Houston Texans4131Genesis SmithSArizonafrom Patriots5145Nick BarrettDTSouth Carolinafrom Cleveland 5 162 Traded to the Baltimore Ravens6202Logan TaylorGBoston Collegefrom Patriots 6 204 Traded to the Houston Texans6206Alex HarkeyGOregonfrom Cleveland 7 238 Traded to the Tennessee Titans + 2026 Los Angeles Chargers undrafted free agents Name Position College Ref.Noah AvingerSUtah StateLander BartonLBUtahJerand BradleyTEKansas StateSincere BrownWRColoradoJahmeer CarterDLVirginiaGregory DesrosiersRBMemphisDevin GrantSSyracuseJacobian GuilloryDLLSUNiles KingOLBSan Diego StateDevonte RossWRPenn StateRodney ShellyCBGeorgia TechAvery SmithCBToledoJacob SpomerCFresno StateEvan SvobodaTEWyoming Nadame Tucker OLB Western MichiganTerry WebbDLSMUJeremiah WilsonCBFlorida StateIsaiah WorldOTOregon Draft trades
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Staff
Current roster
Preseason Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 at Houston Texans W 27–7 1–0 Reliant Stadium Recap 2 San Francisco 49ers L 17–41 1–1 SoFi Stadium Recap 3 Los Angeles Rams L 18–20 1–2 SoFi Stadium Recap
Regular season Schedule Week Date Time () Opponent Result Record Venue Network Recap 1 September 13 1:25p.m. Arizona Cardinals L 14–26 0–1 SoFi Stadium CBS Recap 2 September 20 1:05p.m. Las Vegas Raiders L 14–26 0–2 SoFi Stadium CBS Recap 3 September 27 10:00a.m. at Buffalo Bills L 16–24 0–3 Highmark Stadium Fox Recap 4 October 4 1:25p.m. at Seattle Seahawks L 23–30 0–4 Lumen Field CBS Recap 5 October 11 1:05p.m. Denver Broncos SoFi Stadium CBS 6 October 18 1:25p.m. at Kansas City Chiefs Arrowhead Stadium CBS 7 Bye 8 November 1 1:05p.m. at Los Angeles Rams SoFi Stadium Fox 9 November 8 1:05p.m. Houston Texans SoFi Stadium CBS 10 5:15p.m. at Baltimore Ravens M&T Bank Stadium ESPN 11 November 22 1:05p.m. New York Jets SoFi Stadium Fox 12 November 29 5:20p.m. New England Patriots SoFi Stadium NBC 13 December 6 10:00a.m. at Tampa Bay Buccaneers Raymond James Stadium CBS 14 December 13 1:05p.m. at Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant StadiumCBS 15 5:15p.m. San Francisco 49ers SoFi Stadium Prime Video 16 December 27 10:00a.m. at Miami Dolphins Hard Rock Stadium Fox 17 January 2/3 Kansas City Chiefs SoFi Stadium 18 January 9/10 at Denver Broncos Empower Field at Mile High Notes Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Networks and times from Weeks 5–17 and dates from Weeks 12–17 are subject to change as a result of flexible scheduling; Week 10 is exempt. The date, time and network for Week 17 will be finalized by no later than the end of Week 15. The date, time and network for Week 18 will be finalized at the end of Week 17.
Game summaries Week 1: vs. Arizona Cardinals
This game marked the Chargers' first home loss to the Cardinals since 2001 when they were based in San Diego. They last lost consecutive games to Arizona in 1998 and 2001.
Week 2: vs. Las Vegas Raiders
The Chargers had another disappointing game, this time against their arch-rival Las Vegas Raiders, as they would go on to lose by another 26–14 score, thus snapping their 4-game winning streak against the Raiders, as well as their 5-game home winning streak against them. This marked the Chargers' second home loss to the Raiders since 2020 as well as the first time a team coached by Jim Harbaugh had started 0–2.
Week 3: at Buffalo Bills
With the loss, the Chargers fell to 0–3 for the first time since 2017. This also marks Jim Harbaugh's first ever 0–3 start in his career.
Week 4: at Seattle Seahawks
Week 5: vs. Denver Broncos
Standings Division
Conference
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