The Kansas City Chiefs have had quite some great quarterbacks who have done extremely well on the field and helped the team attain all the awards they have won.

To0 begin with, the Kansas City Chiefs are a professional American football team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Chiefs compete in the National Football League as a member club of the league’s American Football Conference West division.

The team is head coached by Andy Reid with the general manager of the team also been  Brett Veach who manages the affairs of the club.

The Chiefs have had 55 different quarterbacks attempt a pass, 38 different starting quarterbacks, and 19 different quarterbacks start at least 10 games.

Eleven of the Chiefs starting quarterbacks have led the Chiefs to the playoffs, however, only five have won a playoff game.

Best Kansas City Chiefs Starting Quarterback In History

Most games as starting quarterback

Rank Name Seasons GS GP W L T Pct
1 Len Dawson 1962–75 158 183 94 56 8 .620
2 Trent Green 2001–06 88 88 48 40 0 .545
3 Bill Kenney 1980–88 77 106 34 43 0 .442
4 Alex Smith 2013–17 76 76 50 26 0 .658
5 Mike Livingston 1968–79 75 90 30 43 1 .412
6 Patrick Mahomes 2017–present 63 63 50 13 0 .794
7 Steve DeBerg 1988-91 52 57 31 20 1 .606
8 Elvis Grbac 1997–2000 47 49 26 21 0 .553
Matt Cassel 2009–12 48 19 28 0 .404
10 Steve Fuller 1979–82 31 52 13 18 0 .419
Steve Bono 1994–96 37 21 10 0 .677

Team Career Passing Leaders

Yards
Name Yards
Len Dawson 28,507
Trent Green 21,459
Patrick Mahomes 18,991
Alex Smith 17,608
Bill Kenney 17,277
Touchdowns
Name TDs
Len Dawson 237
Patrick Mahomes 151
Trent Green 118
Bill Kenney 105
Alex Smith 102
Quarterback rating (minimum 500 attempts)
Name Rating
Patrick Mahomes 105.8
Alex Smith 94.8
Trent Green 87.3
Joe Montana 85.0
Damon Huard 83.3