List of Houston Texans starting quarterbacks


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:
SeasonQuarterbackReferences
2002David Carr
2003David Carr / Tony Banks / Dave Ragone
2004David Carr
2005David Carr
2006David Carr
2007Matt Schaub / Sage Rosenfels
2008Matt Schaub / Sage Rosenfels
2009Matt Schaub
2010Matt Schaub
2011Matt Schaub / Matt Leinart / T. J. Yates
2012Matt Schaub
2013Matt Schaub / Case Keenum
2014Ryan Fitzpatrick / Ryan Mallett / Case Keenum
2015Brian Hoyer / Ryan Mallett / T. J. Yates / Brandon Weeden
2016Brock Osweiler / Tom Savage
2017Tom Savage / Deshaun Watson / T. J. Yates
2018Deshaun Watson
2019Deshaun Watson / A. J. McCarron

Postseason

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.
NamePeriodStartsWinsLossesTiesWin %
2007–20138846420.523
2002–20067522530.293
2017–20193724130.649
201614860.571
201412660.500
2007–200810640.600
2011, 2015, 201710460.400
2013–201410280.200
20159540.556
2016–20179270.222
2014–20156240.333
20033210.667
20032020.000
201111001.000
201511001.000
20191010.000