List of Houston Texans starting quarterbacks

The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans are members of the South division in the American Football Conference (AFC) of the National Football League (NFL). They were founded in 1999 and began play as an expansion team in . The team was owned by Bob McNair until his death in 2018; following McNair's death, the majority ownership of the team went to his wife, Janice. The Texans are the youngest franchise currently competing in the NFL. In American football, the quarterback is widely regarded as the most important position, responsible for on-field decision-making as well taking the snap on almost all offensive plays. Only one quarterback can start any given game for each team.[[File:David Carr handoff-1544021 01.jpg|thumb|200px|[[David Carr (American football)|David Carr]] (2002–2006)]]

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:

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2002	David Carr (16)
2003	David Carr (11) / Tony Banks (3) / Dave Ragone (2)
2004	David Carr (16)
2005	David Carr (16)
2006	David Carr (16)
2007	Matt Schaub (11) / Sage Rosenfels (5)
2008	Matt Schaub (11) / Sage Rosenfels (5)
2009	Matt Schaub (16)
2010	Matt Schaub (16)
2011	Matt Schaub (10) / Matt Leinart (1) / T. J. Yates (5)
2012	Matt Schaub (16)
2013	Matt Schaub (8) / Case Keenum (8)
2014	Ryan Fitzpatrick (12) / Ryan Mallett (2) / Case Keenum (2)
2015	Brian Hoyer (9) / Ryan Mallett (4) / T. J. Yates (2) / Brandon Weeden (1)
2016	Brock Osweiler (14) / Tom Savage (2)
2017	Tom Savage (7) / Deshaun Watson (6) / T. J. Yates (3)
2018	Deshaun Watson (16)
2019	Deshaun Watson (15) / A. J. McCarron (1)
2020	Deshaun Watson (16)
2021	Davis Mills (11) / Tyrod Taylor (6)
2022	Davis Mills (14) / Kyle Allen (2) / Jeff Driskel (1)
2023	C. J. Stroud (15) / Case Keenum (2)
2024	C. J. Stroud (17)
2025	C. J. Stroud (14) / Davis Mills (3)