Best Kansas City Chiefs Starting Quarterback In History

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