page_title: List of Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterbacks
section_title: Starting quarterbacks by season
hierarchical_section_title: List of Kansas City Chiefs starting quarterbacks / Starting quarterbacks by season
caption_attribution_description: English: Tyler Thigpen, quarterback with the Kansas City Chiefs.
context_page_description: 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. 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. 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. Davidson played with the franchise from 1960 to 1962, and was traded in 1963 to the Oakland Raiders.
caption: Tyler Thigpen was the third different starting quarterback for the Chiefs in the 2008 season.[7]
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