List of Los Angeles Chargers starting quarterbacks
Between 2006 and 2019 Philip Rivers started in 224 regular season games and 11 postseason games, both Charger records.
The Los Angeles Chargers are an American football franchise who play in the National Football League (NFL). They began play in Los Angeles in 1960 as charter members of the American Football League (AFL),[ 1] switched cities to San Diego the following season,[ 2] and returned to Los Angeles in 2017.[ 3] The AFL was formed as rivals to the established NFL, though the leagues would later merge , with all AFL teams including the Chargers officially joining the NFL in 1970.[ 4]
Through the 2023 season , 42 different players have started at least one regular season game at quarterback for the Chargers.[ 5] Of these, 16 have started at least 10 games, and three (John Hadl , Dan Fouts and Philip Rivers ) have started at least 100 games.[ 5] Rivers holds the franchise records for both starts and wins, as well as in the statistical categories of touchdown passes , pass completions and yards gained by passing.[ 5] Tobin Rote is the only Charger to start during a title game victory, having done so in the 1963 AFL Championship game .[ 6] [ 7]
Summary by year
Dan Fouts started for the Chargers in 15 different seasons (1973–1987).
The bracketed figures to the right of each name show their record as a starter that season: (wins–losses) or (wins–losses–ties).
Regular season
Post-season
Summary by quarterback
Jack Kemp was the first starter for the Chargers. His regular season winning percentage of 0.786 remains a franchise record (excluding those with only one or two starts).
This is a sortable table. As a default, players are ordered by the date of their first start for the Chargers.
Table key
†
Indicates the player has been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Period
Span from first Charger start to last Charger start
GS
Games started for the Chargers
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
Team career passing records
Justin Herbert has started when healthy since week 2, 2020.
Statistics correct through week 9 of the 2024 NFL season . 1,000 pass attempts minimum. Regular season statistics only. [ 5]
Table key
Name
Name of player
Comp
Career completions for the Chargers
Att
Career attempts for the Chargers
%
Career completion percentage for the Chargers
Yds
Career passing yards for the Chargers
TD
Career passing touchdowns for the Chargers
Int
Career passing interceptions for the Chargers
See also
Notes
^ Tensi was also with the Chargers in 1965, but did not start that year.[ 135]
^ Domres was also with the Chargers in 1971, but did not start that year.[ 136]
^ Clark was with the Chargers from 1970–73, but only started during his final year.[ 139]
^ Harris was with the Chargers from 1977–81, but only started during his first two years.[ 143] [ 144]
^ Olander was with the Chargers from 1977–79, but only started during his first year.[ 145]
^ Luther was with the Chargers from 1980–84, but only started during his final two years.[ 146]
^ Laufenberg was also with the Chargers in 1985, but only started during his second stint with the team.[ 151] [ 152]
^ Vlasic was also with the Chargers in 1987, but didn't start that year.[ 154]
^ Gagliano was also with the Chargers in 1991, but did not start that year.[ 158]
^ Whelihan was with the Chargers from 1995–98, but only started during his final two years.[ 163]
^ Moreno was also with the Chargers in 1999, but did not start that year.[ 167]
^ Brees was with the Chargers from 2001-05, but did not start during his first year.[ 169]
^ Rivers was with the Chargers from 2004-19, but did not start during his first two years.[ 170]
^ Taylor was also with the Chargers in 2019, but did not start that year.[ 171]
^ Stick joined the Chargers in 2019, but did not start through his first four seasons.[ 173]
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^ "James Harris 1977 game log" . pro-football-reference.com . Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022 ."Cliff Olander 1977 game log" . pro-football-reference.com . Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved May 19, 2022 ."Dan Fouts 1977 game Log" . pro-football-reference.com . Archived from the original on May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022 .
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^ "Dan Fouts 1979 game Log" . pro-football-reference.com . Archived from the original on May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2022 .
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