# List of Houston Texans starting quarterbacks

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans are members of the South division in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL). They were founded in 1999 and began play as an expansion team in 2002. The team was owned by Bob McNair until his death in 2018; following McNair's death, the majority ownership of the team went to his wife, Janice. The Texans are the youngest franchise currently competing in the NFL.
In American football, the quarterback is widely regarded as the most important position, responsible for on-field decision-making as well taking the snap on almost all offensive plays. Only one quarterback can start any given game for each team.
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Texans.

## Regular season

The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
| Season(s) | Quarterback(s) |
| 2002 | David Carr (16) |
| 2003 | David Carr (11) / Tony Banks (3) / Dave Ragone (2) |
| 2004 | David Carr (16) |
| 2005 | David Carr (16) |
| 2006 | David Carr (16) |
| 2007 | Matt Schaub (11) / Sage Rosenfels (5) |
| 2008 | Matt Schaub (11) / Sage Rosenfels (5) |
| 2009 | Matt Schaub (16) |
| 2010 | Matt Schaub (16) |
| 2011 | Matt Schaub (10) / Matt Leinart (1) / T. J. Yates (5) |
| 2012 | Matt Schaub (16) |
| 2013 | Matt Schaub (8) / Case Keenum (8) |
| 2014 | Ryan Fitzpatrick (12) / Ryan Mallett (2) / Case Keenum (2) |
| 2015 | Brian Hoyer (9) / Ryan Mallett (4) / T. J. Yates (2) / Brandon Weeden (1) |
| 2016 | Brock Osweiler (14) / Tom Savage (2) |
| 2017 | Tom Savage (7) / Deshaun Watson (6) / T. J. Yates (3) |
| 2018 | Deshaun Watson (16) |
| 2019 | Deshaun Watson (15) / A. J. McCarron (1) |
| 2020 | Deshaun Watson (16) |
| 2021 | Davis Mills (11) / Tyrod Taylor (6) |
| 2022 | Davis Mills (14) / Kyle Allen (2) / Jeff Driskel (1) |
| 2023 | C. J. Stroud (15) / Case Keenum (2) |
| 2024 | C. J. Stroud (17) |

## Postseason

| Season | Quarterback(s) |
| 2011 | T. J. Yates (1–1) |
| 2012 | Matt Schaub (1–1) |
| 2015 | Brian Hoyer (0–1) |
| 2016 | Brock Osweiler (1–1) |
| 2018 | Deshaun Watson (0–1) |
| 2019 | Deshaun Watson (1–1) |
| 2023 | C. J. Stroud (1–1) |
| 2024 | C. J. Stroud (1–1) |
Due to injuries to both starting quarterback Matt Schaub and backup quarterback Matt Leinart during the 2011 regular season, T. J. Yates became the starter for the rest of the season as well as the playoffs.

## Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Texans in regular season games.
| Name | Period | Starts | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % |
| Matt Schaub | 2007–2013 | 88 | 46 | 42 | 0 | .523 |
| David Carr | 2002–2006 | 75 | 22 | 53 | 0 | .293 |
| Deshaun Watson | 2017–2020 | 53 | 28 | 25 | 0 | .528 |
| C. J. Stroud | 2023–2024 | 32 | 19 | 13 | 0 | .594 |
| Davis Mills | 2021–2022 | 25 | 5 | 19 | 1 | .192 |
| Brock Osweiler | 2016 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 0 | .571 |
| Ryan Fitzpatrick | 2014 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | .500 |
| Case Keenum | 2013–2014, 2023 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | .250 |
| Sage Rosenfels | 2007–2008 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 |
| T. J. Yates | 2011, 2015, 2017 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 |
| Brian Hoyer | 2015 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | .556 |
| Tom Savage | 2016–2017 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 0 | .222 |
| Ryan Mallett | 2014–2015 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Tyrod Taylor | 2021 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | .333 |
| Tony Banks | 2003 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .667 |
| Dave Ragone | 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Kyle Allen | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .000 |
| Matt Leinart | 2011 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Brandon Weeden | 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| A. J. McCarron | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Jeff Driskel | 2021-2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |