List of San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks
Appearance
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the 49ers.
Starting quarterbacks
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The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right in parentheses.
Regular season
Postseason
In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
Season | Quarterback(s) |
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1957 | Y. A. Tittle (0–1) |
1970 | John Brodie (1–1) |
1971 | John Brodie (1–1) |
1972 | John Brodie (0–1) |
1981 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1983 | Joe Montana (1–1) |
1984 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1985 | Joe Montana (0–1) |
1986 | Joe Montana (0–1) |
1987 | Joe Montana (0–1) |
1988 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1989 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1990 | Joe Montana (1–1) |
1992 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1993 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1994 | Steve Young (3–0) |
1995 | Steve Young (0–1) |
1996 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1997 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1998 | Steve Young (1–1) |
2001 | Jeff Garcia (0–1) |
2002 | Jeff Garcia (1–1) |
2011 | Alex Smith (1–1) |
2012 | Colin Kaepernick (2–1) |
2013 | Colin Kaepernick (2–1) |
2019 | Jimmy Garoppolo (2–1) |
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have the most starts for the 49ers in regular season games in the NFL era (since 1950 season).
Name | |
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GP | Games played |
GS | Games started |
W | Number of wins as starting quarterback |
L | Number of losses as starting quarterback |
T | Number of ties as starting quarterback |
Pct | Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
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John Brodie | 1957–1973 | 201 | 159 | 74 | 77 | 8 | .491 |
Joe Montana | 1979–1992 | 168 | 140 | 101 | 39 | — | .721 |
Steve Young | 1987–1999 | 150 | 124 | 91 | 33 | — | .734 |
Y. A. Tittle | 1951–1960 | 112 | 79 | 46 | 31 | 2 | .595 |
Alex Smith | 2005–2012 | 80 | 75 | 38 | 36 | 1 | .513 |
Jeff Garcia | 1999–2003 | 74 | 71 | 35 | 36 | — | .493 |
Team career passing records
In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
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Joe Montana | 2,929 | 4,600 | 63.7 | 35,124 | 244 | 123 |
John Brodie | 2,469 | 4,491 | 55.0 | 31,548 | 214 | 224 |
Steve Young | 2,400 | 3,648 | 65.8 | 29,907 | 221 | 86 |
Jeff Garcia | 1,449 | 2,360 | 61.4 | 16,408 | 113 | 56 |
Alex Smith | 1,290 | 2,177 | 59.3 | 14,280 | 81 | 63 |
Y. A. Tittle | 1,226 | 2,194 | 55.9 | 16,016 | 108 | 134 |