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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. In 1963, the team moved to Kansas City, Missouri and were renamed the Kansas City Chiefs.

The Chiefs have had 55 different quarterbacks attempt a pass, 38 different starting quarterbacks, and 19 different quarterbacks start least 10 games. Eleven of the Chiefs starting quarterbacks have led the Chiefs to the playoffs, however, only five have won a playoff game.[1] Patrick Mahomes is the team's current starting quarterback. 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 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. Mahomes and Dawson are the only quarterbacks to lead the Chiefs to the Super Bowl, I and IV for Dawson and LIV for Mahomes, with the Chiefs winning IV and LIV.

The Chiefs historically have rarely started quarterbacks that they have drafted. Of the 33 quarterbacks the Chiefs have drafted, only 12 have played for the team at all, only eight have started at least one game. Brodie Croyle, one of the afore mentioned drafted quarterbacks to start at least one game, is the only quarterback in franchise history with 3 or more starts without any wins (0–10). Of the 31 quarterbacks to win at least one game as a starter, only 5 were drafted by the Chiefs. Mahomes and Todd Blackledge are the only quarterbacks drafted by the Chiefs to start a playoff game and Mahomes is the only one to win a playoff game.

Starting quarterbacks by season

Patrick Mahomes, the current starter since 2018
Alex Smith was the team's starter from 2013–2017
Chase Daniel started one game each in 2013 and 2014
Matt Cassel's 15 starts in 2009 were the most for one Chiefs starting quarterback since Trent Green's complete season in 2005.
Tyler Thigpen was the third different starting quarterback for the Chiefs in the 2008 season.[7]
Trent Green was the team's starter from 2001 to 2006
Damon Huard (left) and Brodie Croyle (right) split the starting quarterback duties in the 2007 season.
Elvis Grbac (#11) in huddle
Len Dawson started games for the Chiefs from 1962 to 1975

Regular-season

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

Season Quarterback(s) Reference(s)
Dallas Texans 1960–1962
1960 Cotton Davidson (13) / Hunter Enis (1) [3][8][9]
1961 Cotton Davidson (12) / Randy Duncan (2) [10][11]
1962 Len Dawson (14) [12][13]
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]
1978[a] Mike Livingston (14) / Tony Adams (2) [35]
1979 Steve Fuller (12) / Mike Livingston (4) [30][36][37]
1980 Steve Fuller (13) / Bill Kenney (3) [30][38][39]
1981 Bill Kenney (13) / Steve Fuller (3) [40]
1982[b] Bill Kenney (6) / Steve Fuller (3) [41]
1983 Bill Kenney (16) [42]
1984 Todd Blackledge (8) / Bill Kenney (8) [30][43][44]
1985 Todd Blackledge (6) / Bill Kenney (10) [45]
1986 Bill Kenney (8) / Todd Blackledge (8) [46]
1987[b][c] Bill Kenney (8) / Todd Blackledge (2) / Matt Stevens (2)
Frank Seurer (2) / Doug Hudson (1)
[30][47][48][49][50]
1988 Steve DeBerg (11) / Bill Kenney (5) [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 Rich Gannon (10) / Elvis Grbac (6) [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 Brodie Croyle (10) / Damon Huard (6) [82][83]
2008[d] Brodie Croyle (3) / Tyler Thigpen (11) / Damon Huard (2) [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]

Post-season records

Quarterback Record
Patrick Mahomes 4–1
Len Dawson 4–4
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

Most games as starting quarterback

Only the top 10 are listed below.

Name Seasons GS GP W L T Pct
Len Dawson 1962–75 158 183 94 56 8 .620
Trent Green 2001–06 88 88 48 40 0 .545
Bill Kenney 1980–88 77 106 34 43 0 .442
Alex Smith 2013–17 76 76 50 26 0 .658
Mike Livingston 1968–79 75 90 30 43 1 .412
Steve DeBerg 1988-91 52 57 31 20 1 .606
Elvis Grbac 1997–2000 47 49 26 21 0 .553
Matt Cassel 2009–12 47 48 19 28 0 .404
Steve Fuller 1979–82 31 52 13 18 0 .419
Steve Bono 1994–96 31 37 21 10 0 .677
Patrick Mahomes 2017–present 31 31 24 7 0 .774

As of the end of the 2019 season

Team Career Passing Leaders

Below are the top five quarterbacks in each category throughout their tenure with the Chiefs. Stats are complete through the 2019 NFL Season.

Yards[98]
Name Yards
Len Dawson 28,507
Trent Green 21,459
Alex Smith 17,608
Bill Kenney 17,277
Steve DeBerg 11,873
Touchdowns[99]
Name TDs
Len Dawson 237
Trent Green 118
Bill Kenney 105
Alex Smith 102
Patrick Mahomes 76
Quarterback rating (minimum 500 attempts) [100]
Name Rating
Patrick Mahomes 108.9
Alex Smith 94.8
Trent Green 87.3
Joe Montana 85.0
Damon Huard 83.3

Notes

a : Since the 1978 NFL season, all teams have played 16-game schedules.[101]
b : Strikes by the National Football League Players Association in the 1982 and 1987 seasons resulted in shortened seasons (9 and 15-game schedules, respectively).[102]
c : Replacement quarterbacks Matt Stevens, Frank Seurer, and Doug Hudson started for the Chiefs alongside Kenney and Blackledge following the NFL Players Association strike in 1987. For the only time in team history, five different quarterbacks started in 1987 following the player's strike.[30][47][103]
d : By Week 3 of the 2008 season, Brodie Croyle, Damon Huard, and Tyler Thigpen had all started one game each.[84] Both Croyle and Huard suffered injuries in their respective starts in Weeks 1 and 2.[84][104] Thigpen started the Chiefs' Week 3 game against the Falcons,[7] Huard started in Weeks 4 and 5. Croyle returned to start in Week 7 and suffered a season-ending knee injury.[85] Both Croyle and Huard were placed on injured reserve following the game, leading to Thigpen's second start, against the Jets in Week 8.[105] Thigpen was the starting quarterback through the remainder of the season.

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