List of Los Angeles Chargers starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Chargers.
Seasons
The number of games started in the season by each player is listed in small parentheses. Statistics do not include postseason starts.
| Season | Quarterback(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Chargers since 2016
| ||||||
| 2025 | Will Chacko (16) / Nick Carr (1) | |||||
| 2024 | Matty Swift (8) / Elijah McManus (6) / Nico Kaufman (2) | |||||
| 2023 | Matty Swift (16) | |||||
| 2022 | Matty Swift (16) | |||||
| 2021 | Matty Swift (16) | |||||
| 2020 | Will Thompson (7) / Matty Swift (9) | |||||
| 2019 | Will Thompson (5) / Matty Swift (9) / Drew Lewis (2) | |||||
| 2018 | Will Thompson (11) / Richmond King (5) | |||||
| 2017 | Will Thompson (16) | |||||
| 2016 | Will Thompson (12) | |||||
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have started for the Chargers in regular season games (as of the end of the 2025 season).
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Thompson | 2016-2021 | 52 | 51 | 24 | 27 | - | .471 |
| Matty Swift | 2019-2024 | 75 | 74 | 14 | 61 | - | .187 |
| Will Chacko | 2025-Present | 16 | 16 | 11 | 5 | - | .688 |
| Richmond King | 2018 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - | .400 |
| Elijah McManus | 2024 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | .167 |
| Drew Lewis | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | .000 |
| Nico Kaufman | 2024 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | .000 |
| Nick Carr | 2025-Present | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
| Mitchell Denton | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | – |
Team career passing records
(As of the end of the 2025 season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matty Swift | 1,550 | 2,693 | 57.6% | 17,752 | 109 | 85 |
| Will Thompson | 862 | 1,397 | 61.7% | 10,726 | 79 | 33 |
| Will Chacko | 271 | 463 | 58.5% | 3,035 | 12 | 13 |
| Richmond King | 96 | 175 | 54.9% | 1,165 | 6 | 6 |
| Elijah McManus | 84 | 181 | 46.4% | 913 | 5 | 13 |
| Nico Kaufman | 28 | 56 | 50.0% | 358 | 1 | 2 |
| Drew Lewis | 23 | 38 | 60.5% | 247 | 1 | 4 |
| Nick Carr | 8 | 22 | 36.4% | 58 | 0 | 2 |
| Mitchell Denton | 2 | 5 | 40.0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Larry Haynes | 2 | 13 | 15.4% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
