List of Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterbacks

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Patrick Mahomes, the current starter since 2018

The Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs are a member of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League (NFL). Originally named the Dallas Texans, the club was founded by Lamar Hunt in 1960 as a charter member of the American Football League (AFL). In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Chiefs have had 56 different quarterbacks attempt a pass, 39 different starting quarterbacks, and 19 different quarterbacks start at least 10 games. Eleven different quarterbacks have been named to either the AFL All-Star team or Pro Bowl for a total of 25 selections. Five of those quarterbacks have been name All-Star or Pro Bowl multiple times. Eleven of the Chiefs starting quarterbacks have led the Chiefs to the playoffs, however, only five have won a playoff game.[1] Patrick Mahomes has been the Chiefs' starting quarterback since 2018. Mahomes has been the full-time starting quarterback since the beginning of the 2018 season, when he broke multiple single season team records and became the first Chiefs player to win MVP. Cotton Davidson was the team's first starting quarterback. He played all 14 games for the Texans in their inaugural 1960 season.[2] Davidson played with the franchise from 1960 to 1962,[3] and was traded in 1963 to the Oakland Raiders.[4] Len Dawson signed with the Chiefs (then known as the Texans) on July 2, 1962, and played for the franchise for 14 seasons.[4][5] With Dawson as the team's starter, the Texans/Chiefs won three American Football League championships and appeared in two Super Bowl championship games.[5] Dawson was named Most Valuable Player after the Chiefs' victory in Super Bowl IV and retired in 1975 with several franchise records.[5][6] Three quarterbacks currently in the Pro Football Hall of Fame have started at least one game for Kansas City: Dawson, Joe Montana, and Warren Moon. The most quarterbacks started in one season was five in 1987, however, this was primarily due to the player strike that led to teams using replacement players. The Chiefs have had the same quarterback start every game in a season 15 times. Trent Green started the most consecutive games with 81. Mahomes and Dawson are the only quarterbacks to lead the Chiefs to the Super Bowl, I and IV for Dawson and LIV, LV, LVII, LVIII, and LIX for Mahomes, with the Chiefs winning IV, LIV, LVII, and LVIII.

Starting quarterbacks by season

File:Cotton Davidson 1960.jpg
Cotton Davidson, the first starting quarterback in franchise history. Starter in 1960 and 1961
File:Kansas City Chiefs at Denver Broncos 1985-12-14 (ticket) (crop).jpg
Len Dawson started games for the Chiefs from 1962 to 1975
File:Chiefs players in huddle.jpg
Elvis Grbac (#11) in huddle
File:Trent Green Chiefs.jpg
Trent Green was the team's starter from 2001 to 2006
File:Huard and Croyle.JPG
Damon Huard (left) and Brodie Croyle (right) split the starting quarterback duties in the 2007 season.
File:Tyler Thigpen.JPG
Tyler Thigpen was the third different starting quarterback for the Chiefs in the 2008 season.[7]
File:Matt Cassel Chiefs.JPG
Matt Cassel's 15 starts in 2009 were the most for one Chiefs starting quarterback since Trent Green's complete season in 2005.
File:Chase Daniel.JPG
Chase Daniel started one game each in 2013 and 2014
File:Alex Smith 2014 Pro Bowl.jpg
Alex Smith was the team's starter from 2013 to 2017

Regular-season

The number of games started in the season by each player is listed in small parentheses. Statistics do not include postseason starts.

14 game seasons
Season Quarterback(s) Reference(s)
colspan="7" style="Template:NFLPrimaryColor;color:white;border:2px solid #f2c800;text-align:center"|Dallas Texans 1960–1962
1960 Cotton Davidson (12) / Hunter Enis (2) [3][8][9]
1961 Cotton Davidson (12) / Randy Duncan (2) [10][11]
1962 Len Dawson (14) [12][13]
colspan="7" style="Template:NFLPrimaryColor;color:white;border:2px solid #f2c800;text-align:center"|Kansas City Chiefs 1963–present
1963 Len Dawson (13) / Eddie Wilson (1) [14][15]
1964 Len Dawson (14) [16]
1965 Len Dawson (12) / Pete Beathard (2) [17][18]
1966 Len Dawson (14) [19]
1967 Len Dawson (14) [20]
1968 Len Dawson (13) / Jacky Lee (1) [21][22]
1969 Len Dawson (7) / Jacky Lee (1) / Mike Livingston (6) [23][24]
1970 Len Dawson (12) / Mike Livingston (2) [25]
1971 Len Dawson (13) / Mike Livingston (1) [26]
1972 Len Dawson (12) / Mike Livingston (2) [27]
1973 Mike Livingston (8) / Len Dawson (6) [28]
1974 Len Dawson (8) / Mike Livingston (6) [29]
1975 Mike Livingston (7) / Len Dawson (5) / Tony Adams (2) [30][31]
1976 Mike Livingston (14) [32]
1977 Mike Livingston (11) / Tony Adams (3) [33][34]
16 game seasons
Season Quarterback(s) Reference(s)
1978 Mike Livingston (14) / Tony Adams (2) [35]
1979 Mike Livingston (4) / Steve Fuller (12) [30][36][37]
1980 Steve Fuller (13) / Bill Kenney (3) [30][38][39]
1981 Bill Kenney (13) / Steve Fuller (3) [40]
1982<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a] Bill Kenney (6) / Steve Fuller (3) [41]
1983 Bill Kenney (16) [42]
1984 Todd Blackledge (8) / Bill Kenney (8) [30][43][44]
1985 Bill Kenney (10) / Todd Blackledge (6) [45]
1986 Todd Blackledge (8) / Bill Kenney (8) [46]
1987<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[a]<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>[b] Bill Kenney (8) / Frank Seurer (2) / Todd Blackledge (2) / Matt Stevens (2) / Doug Hudson (1) [30][47][48][49][50]
1988 Bill Kenney (5) / Steve DeBerg (11) [30][51][52]
1989 Steve DeBerg (10) / Ron Jaworski (3) / Steve Pelluer (3) [30][53][54][55]
1990 Steve DeBerg (16) [56]
1991 Steve DeBerg (15) / Mark Vlasic (1) [30][57][58]
1992 Dave Krieg (16) [30][59][60]
1993 Joe Montana (11) / Dave Krieg (5) [30][61][62]
1994 Joe Montana (14) / Steve Bono (2) [30][63][64]
1995 Steve Bono (16) [65]
1996 Steve Bono (13) / Rich Gannon (3) [30][66][67]
1997 Elvis Grbac (10) / Rich Gannon (6) [30][68][69]
1998 Elvis Grbac (6) / Rich Gannon (10) [70]
1999 Elvis Grbac (16) [71]
2000 Elvis Grbac (15) / Warren Moon (1) [30][72][73]
2001 Trent Green (16) [74][75]
2002 Trent Green (16) [76]
2003 Trent Green (16) [77]
2004 Trent Green (16) [78]
2005 Trent Green (16) [79]
2006 Trent Green (8) / Damon Huard (8) [80][81]
2007 Damon Huard (10) / Brodie Croyle (6) [82][83]
2008 Brodie Croyle (3) / Damon Huard (2) / Tyler Thigpen (11) [84][85][86]
2009 Matt Cassel (15) / Brodie Croyle (1) [87]
2010 Matt Cassel (15) / Brodie Croyle (1) [88]
2011 Matt Cassel (9) / Tyler Palko (4) / Kyle Orton (3) [89]
2012 Matt Cassel (8) / Brady Quinn (8) [90]
2013 Alex Smith (15) / Chase Daniel (1) [91]
2014 Alex Smith (15) / Chase Daniel (1) [92]
2015 Alex Smith (16) [93]
2016 Alex Smith (15) / Nick Foles (1) [94]
2017 Alex Smith (15) / Patrick Mahomes (1) [95]
2018 Patrick Mahomes (16) [96]
2019 Patrick Mahomes (14) / Matt Moore (2) [97]
2020 Patrick Mahomes (15) / Chad Henne (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [98]
17 game seasons
Season Quarterback(s) Reference(s)
2021 Patrick Mahomes (17)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [99]
2022 Patrick Mahomes (17)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [100]
2023 Patrick Mahomes (16)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". / Blaine Gabbert (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". [101]
2024 Patrick Mahomes (16) / Carson Wentz (1) [102]

Post-season records

style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;"|Quarterback style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;"|Record
Patrick Mahomes 17–4
Len Dawson 5–3
Joe Montana 2–2
Steve DeBerg 1–2
Alex Smith 1–4
Todd Blackledge 0–1
Dave Krieg 0–1
Steve Bono 0–1
Elvis Grbac 0–1
Matt Cassel 0–1
Trent Green 0–2

All-Star/Pro Bowl quarterbacks

style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;"|Quarterback style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;"|No. of selections
Len Dawson 7×
Patrick Mahomes 6×
Alex Smith 3×
Cotton Davidson 2×
Trent Green 2×
Steve Bono 1×
Matt Cassel 1×
Elvis Grbac 1×
Bill Kenney 1×
Mike Livingston 1×
Joe Montana 1×

Most games as starting quarterback

Only the top 10 are listed below.

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2 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2017–present 112 112 89 23 0 Template:Winning percentage
3 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2001–06 88 88 48 40 0 Template:Winning percentage
4 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1980–88 77 106 34 43 0 Template:Winning percentage
5 Script error: No such module "Sort". 2013–17 76 76 50 26 0 Template:Winning percentage
6 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1968–79 75 90 30 43 1 Template:Winning percentage
7 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1988-91 52 57 31 20 1 Template:Winning percentage
8 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1997–2000 47 49 26 21 0 Template:Winning percentage
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10 Script error: No such module "Sort". 1979–82 31 52 13 18 0 Template:Winning percentage
Script error: No such module "Sort". 1994–96 37 21 10 0 Template:Winning percentage

As of week 16 of the 2024 season

Team career passing leaders

Below are the top five quarterbacks in each category throughout their tenure with the Chiefs. Stats are complete through week 17 of the 2024 NFL Season.

Yards[103]
style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" |Name style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" |Yards
Patrick Mahomes 32,352
Len Dawson 28,507
Trent Green 21,459
Alex Smith 17,608
Bill Kenney 17,277
Touchdowns[104]
style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" |Name style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" |TDs
Patrick Mahomes 245
Len Dawson 237
Trent Green 118
Bill Kenney 105
Alex Smith 102
Quarterback rating (minimum 500 attempts) [105]
style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" |Name style="Template:NFLPrimaryStyle;" |Rating
Patrick Mahomes 102.1
Alex Smith 94.8
Trent Green 87.3
Joe Montana 85.0
Damon Huard 83.3

See also

Notes

<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>a : Strikes by the National Football League Players Association in the 1982 and 1987 seasons resulted in shortened seasons (9 and 15-game schedules, respectively).[106]
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References

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General
  • Herb, Patrick, Kuhbander, Brad, Looney, Josh, and Moris, Pete, eds. 2008 Kansas City Chiefs Media Guide, Kansas City Chiefs Football Club, Inc., 2008
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