List of Los Angeles Chargers starting quarterbacks

Photograph of Philip Rivers from 2014
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]

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  2. ^ "San Diego Officially Owns Charger Eleven". Escondido Times-Advocate. UPI. February 11, 1961. p. 8. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  3. ^ Beacham, Greg (July 31, 2017). "Chargers open camp with hopes of support". Carlisle Sentinel. AP. p. B2. Archived from the original on May 9, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  4. ^ Schramm, Tex (June 20, 1966). "Here's how it happened". Sports Illustrated: 14. Archived from the original on April 27, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
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  6. ^ Center, Bill (January 2, 2014). "Remembering the 1963 Championship Game". San Diego Union Tribune. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved May 21, 2022.
  7. ^ "Chargers cop AFL title via 51–10 romp over Pats". Oshkosh Northwestern. UPI. January 6, 1964. p. 4. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024.