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List of Chicago Bears starting quarterbacks

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

The early era of the NFL and American football in general was not conducive to passing the football, with the forward pass not being legalized until the early 1900s and not fully adopted for many more years. Although the quarterback position has historically been the one to receive the snap and thus handle the football on every offensive play, the importance of the position during this era was limited by various rules, like having to be five yards behind the line of scrimmage before a forward pass could be attempted. These rules and the tactical focus on rushing the ball limited the importance of the quarterback position while enhancing the value of different types of backs, such as the halfback and the fullback. Some of these backs were considered triple-threat men, capable of rushing, passing or kicking the football, making it common for multiple players to attempt a pass during a game.

As rules changed and the NFL began adopting a more pass-centric approach to offensive football, the importance of the quarterback position grew. Beginning in 1950, total wins and losses by a team's starting quarterback were tracked. Prior to 1950, the Bears had numerous players identified as playing the quarterback position. However, the combination of unreliable statistics in the early era of the NFL and the differences in the early quarterback position make tracking starts by quarterbacks impractical for this timeframe.

Regular season

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Chicago Bears	border=2}};"	Season(s)		style=";"	Quarterback (games)		style=";"	References
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

Postseason

Chicago Bears	border=2}};"	Season(s)		style=";"	Quarterback(s)
1950
1956
1963
1977
1979
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1990
1991
1994
2001
2005
2006
2010
2018
2020
2025

Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bears in regular season games (through the 2023 NFL season)

GP	GS	W	L	T	%
Games played
Games started
Number of wins as starting quarterback
Number of losses as starting quarterback
Number of ties as starting quarterback
Winning percentage as starting quarterback

Chicago Bears	border=2}};"	Name	Chicago Bears	border=2}};"	Period	Chicago Bears	border=2}};"
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 quarterback's career record is unknown

Team career passing records

Through the 2020 NFL season

Chicago Bears	border=2}};"	Name	Chicago Bears	border=2}};"	Comp	Chicago Bears
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

References

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