# List of Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks

These 84 quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Bears.

## Regular season

| Season(s) | Quarterback (games) |
| 1920 * | Pard Pearce (8) / Jimmy Conzelman (3) |
| 1921 * | Pard Pearce (8) |
| 1922 * | Joey Sternaman (11) |
| 1923 * | Johnny Bryan (12) |
| 1924 * | Joey Sternaman (9) |
| 1925 * | Joey Sternaman (17) |
| 1926 * | Milton Romney (16) / Paddy Driscoll (16) |
| 1927 * | Paddy Driscoll (10) |
| 1928 * | Joey Sternaman (11) / Paddy Driscoll (12) |
| 1929 * | Joey Sternaman (12) / Paddy Driscoll (9) |
| 1930 * | Carl Brumbaugh (12) |
| 1931 * | Carl Brumbaugh (9) |
| 1932 * | Keith Molesworth (14) |
| 1933 * | Carl Brumbaugh (9) / Keith Molesworth (9) |
| 1934 * | Carl Brumbaugh (12) / Keith Molesworth (3) |
| 1935 * | Bernie Masterson (11) |
| 1936 * | Bernie Masterson (9) / Carl Brumbaugh (3) |
| 1937 * | Bernie Masterson (5) / Gene Ronzani (3) |
| 1938 * | Bernie Masterson (3) / Ray Buivid (6) |
| 1939 * | Sid Luckman (7) / Bernie Masterson (7) |
| 1940 * | Sid Luckman (7) / Bernie Masterson (2) |
| 1941 | Sid Luckman (11) |
| 1942 | Sid Luckman (10) / Charlie O'Rourke (1) |
| 1943 | Sid Luckman (9) / Bob Snyder (1) |
| 1944 | Sid Luckman (7) / Gene Ronzani (2) / Johnny Long (1) |
| 1945 | Sid Luckman (9) / Gene Ronzani (1) |
| 1946 | Sid Luckman (5) / Tom Farris (3) / Noah Mullins (3) |
| 1947 | Sid Luckman (7) / Mike Jarmoluk (3) / Mike Holovak (2) |
| 1948 | Sid Luckman (8) / Johnny Lujack (3) / Bobby Layne (1) |
| 1949 | Johnny Lujack (8) / Sid Luckman (2) / George Blanda (2) |
| 1950 | Johnny Lujack (12) |
| 1951 | Johnny Lujack (6) / Steve Romanik (6) |
| 1952 | Bob Williams (7) / Steve Romanik (3) / George Blanda (2) |
| 1953 | George Blanda (12) |
| 1954 | George Blanda (7) / Zeke Bratkowski (5) |
| 1955 | Ed Brown (12) |
| 1956 | Ed Brown (12) |
| 1957 | Ed Brown (8) / Zeke Bratkowski (4) |
| 1958 | Ed Brown (11) / Zeke Bratkowski (1) |
| 1959 | Ed Brown (10) / Zeke Bratkowski (2) |
| 1960 | Ed Brown (11) / Zeke Bratkowski (1) |
| 1961 | Billy Wade (9) / Ed Brown (5) |
| 1962 | Billy Wade (14) |
| 1963 | Billy Wade (14) |
| 1964 | Billy Wade (10) / Rudy Bukich (4) |
| 1965 | Rudy Bukich (12) / Billy Wade (2) |
| 1966 | Rudy Bukich (14) |
| 1967 | Jack Concannon (12) / Larry Rakestraw (2) |
| 1968 | Jack Concannon (7) / Virgil Carter (5) / Larry Rakestraw (2) |
| 1969 | Bobby Douglass (7) / Jack Concannon (5) / Virgil Carter (2) |
| 1970 | Jack Concannon (13) / Bobby Douglass (1) |
| 1971 | Bobby Douglass (7) / Kent Nix (4) / Jack Concannon (3) |
| 1972 | Bobby Douglass (14) |
| 1973 | Bobby Douglass (12) / Gary Huff (2) |
| 1974 | Gary Huff (11) / Bobby Douglass (3) |
| 1975 | Gary Huff (9) / Bob Avellini (4) / Bobby Douglass (1) |
| 1976 | Bob Avellini (14) |
| 1977 | Bob Avellini (14) |
| 1978 | Bob Avellini (12) / Mike Phipps (4) |
| 1979 | Mike Phipps (10) / Vince Evans (3) / Bob Avellini (3) |
| 1980 | Vince Evans (10) / Mike Phipps (6) |
| 1981 | Vince Evans (16) |
| 1982 | Jim McMahon (7) / Bob Avellini (2) |
| 1983 | Jim McMahon (13) / Vince Evans (3) |
| 1984 | Jim McMahon (9) / Steve Fuller (4) / Rusty Lisch (1) / Bob Avellini (1) / Greg Landry (1) |
| 1985 | Jim McMahon (11) / Steve Fuller (5) |
| 1986 | Mike Tomczak (7) / Jim McMahon (6) / Steve Fuller (2) / Doug Flutie (1) |
| 1987 | Jim McMahon (6) / Mike Tomczak (6) / Mike Hohensee (2) / Steve Bradley (1) |
| 1988 | Jim McMahon (9) / Mike Tomczak (5) / Jim Harbaugh (2) |
| 1989 | Mike Tomczak (11) / Jim Harbaugh (5) |
| 1990 | Jim Harbaugh (14) / Mike Tomczak (2) |
| 1991 | Jim Harbaugh (16) |
| 1992 | Jim Harbaugh (13) / Peter Tom Willis (2) / Will Furrer (1) |
| 1993 | Jim Harbaugh (15) / Peter Tom Willis (1) |
| 1994 | Steve Walsh (11) / Erik Kramer (5) |
| 1995 | Erik Kramer (16) |
| 1996 | Dave Krieg (12) / Erik Kramer (4) |
| 1997 | Erik Kramer (13) / Rick Mirer (3) |
| 1998 | Erik Kramer (8) / Steve Stenstrom (7) / Moses Moreno (1) |
| 1999 | Shane Matthews (7) / Cade McNown (6) / Jim Miller (3) |
| 2000 | Cade McNown (9) / Shane Matthews (5) / Jim Miller (2) |
| 2001 | Jim Miller (13) / Shane Matthews (3) |
| 2002 | Jim Miller (8) / Chris Chandler (7) / Henry Burris (1) |
| 2003 | Kordell Stewart (7) / Chris Chandler (6)/ Rex Grossman (3) |
| 2004 | Craig Krenzel (5) / Chad Hutchinson (5)/ Jonathan Quinn (3) / Rex Grossman (3) |
| 2005 | Kyle Orton (15) / Rex Grossman (1) |
| 2006 | Rex Grossman (16) |
| 2007 | Rex Grossman (7) / Brian Griese (6) / Kyle Orton (3) |
| 2008 | Kyle Orton (15) / Rex Grossman (1) |
| 2009 | Jay Cutler (16) |
| 2010 | Jay Cutler (15) / Todd Collins (1) |
| 2011 | Jay Cutler (10) / Caleb Hanie (4) / Josh McCown (2) |
| 2012 | Jay Cutler (15) / Jason Campbell (1) |
| 2013 | Jay Cutler (11) / Josh McCown (5) |
| 2014 | Jay Cutler (15) / Jimmy Clausen (1) |
| 2015 | Jay Cutler (15) / Jimmy Clausen (1) |
| 2016 | Matt Barkley (6) / Jay Cutler (5) / Brian Hoyer (5) |
| 2017 | Mitchell Trubisky (12) / Mike Glennon (4) |
| 2018 | Mitchell Trubisky (14) / Chase Daniel (2) |
| 2019 | Mitchell Trubisky (15) / Chase Daniel (1) |
| 2020 | Mitchell Trubisky (9) / Nick Foles (7) |
| 2021 | Justin Fields (10) / Andy Dalton (6) / Nick Foles (1) |
| 2022 | Justin Fields (15) / Trevor Siemian (1) / Nathan Peterman (1) |
| 2023 | Justin Fields (13) / Tyson Bagent (4) |
| 2024 | Caleb Williams (17) |
* * – Indicates that the number of starts is not known for that year for each quarterback

## Postseason

| Season(s) | Quarterback(s) |
| 1921 | Pard Pearce* |
| 1932 | Carl Brumbaugh (1–0)** |
| 1933 | Carl Brumbaugh (1–0) |
| 1934 | Carl Brumbaugh (0–1) |
| 1937 | Bernie Masterson (0–1) |
| 1940 | Sid Luckman (1–0) |
| 1941 | Sid Luckman (2–0) |
| 1942 | Sid Luckman (0–1) |
| 1943 | Sid Luckman (1–0) |
| 1946 | Sid Luckman (1–0) |
| 1950 | Johnny Lujack (0–1) |
| 1956 | Ed Brown (0–1) |
| 1963 | Billy Wade (1–0) |
| 1977 | Bob Avellini (0–1) |
| 1979 | Mike Phipps (0–1) |
| 1984 | Steve Fuller (1–1) |
| 1985 | Jim McMahon (3–0) |
| 1986 | Doug Flutie (0–1) |
| 1987 | Jim McMahon (0–1) |
| 1988 | Mike Tomczak (1–0) / Jim McMahon (0–1) |
| 1990 | Mike Tomczak (1–1) |
| 1991 | Jim Harbaugh (0–1) |
| 1994 | Steve Walsh (1–1) |
| 2001 | Jim Miller (0–1) |
| 2005 | Rex Grossman (0–1) |
| 2006 | Rex Grossman (2–1) |
| 2010 | Jay Cutler (1–1) |
| 2018 | Mitchell Trubisky (0–1) |
| 2020 | Mitchell Trubisky (0–1) |
* * – For more information on 1921, see the 1921 NFL Championship controversy.
* ** – The 1932 NFL Playoff Game was an extra game used as a tiebreaker that season prior to the creation of a playoff system the following year.

## Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bears in regular season games (through the 2023 NFL Season)
| Name | |
| 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 |
| % | Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
| Jay Cutler | 2009 - 2016 | 102 | 102 | 51 | 51 | — | .500 |
| Ed Brown | 1955 - 1961 | 98 | 66 | 39 | 25 | 2 | .591 |
| Jim Harbaugh | 1988 - 1993 | 89 | 65 | 35 | 30 | — | .538 |
| Sid Luckman* | 1939 - 1949 | 128 | 61 | — | — | — | — |
| Jim McMahon | 1982 - 1988 | 66 | 61 | 46 | 15 | — | .754 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 2017 - 2020 | 51 | 50 | 29 | 21 | — | .580 |
* – Indicates that the quarterbacks career record is unknown

## Team career passing records

Through the 2020 NFL Season
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
| Jay Cutler | 2,020 | 3,271 | 61.8 | 23,443 | 154 | 109 |
| Jim Harbaugh | 1,023 | 1,759 | 58.2 | 11,567 | 50 | 56 |
| Mitchell Trubisky | 1,010 | 1,577 | 64.1 | 10,609 | 64 | 37 |
| Erik Kramer | 913 | 1,557 | 58.6 | 10,582 | 63 | 45 |
| Sid Luckman | 904 | 1,744 | 51.8 | 14,686 | 137 | 132 |
| Jim McMahon | 874 | 1,513 | 57.8 | 11,203 | 67 | 56 |