List of San Francisco 49ers starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the 49ers.
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) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Francisco 49ers since 2016
| ||||||
| 2025 | Todd Lester (10) / Akiem Williams III (7) | |||||
| 2024 | Todd Lester (16) | |||||
| 2023 | Todd Lester (15) / Akiem Williams III (1) | |||||
| 2022 | Orly Vaccaro (8) / Todd Lester (5) / Philip Rea (3) | |||||
| 2021 | Todd Lester (16) | |||||
| 2020 | Todd Lester (16) | |||||
| 2019 | Todd Lester (14) / Orly Vaccaro (2) | |||||
| 2018 | Todd Lester (14) / Orly Vaccaro (1) / Gary Baldacci (1) | |||||
| 2017 | Todd Lester (16) | |||||
| 2016 | Todd Lester (12) | |||||
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have started for the 49ers in regular season games (as of the end of the 2025 season).
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Lester | 2016-Present | 134 | 134 | 72 | 62 | - | .537 |
| Orly Vaccaro | 2018-Present | 11 | 11 | 3 | 8 | - | .273 |
| Akiem Williams III | 2023-Present | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 | - | .250 |
| Gary Baldacci | 2016-2021 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 1.000 |
| Philip Rea | 2022 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | .000 |
Team career passing records
(As of the end of the 2025 season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Lester | 2,449 | 3,812 | 64.2% | 31,158 | 205 | 75 |
| Orly Vaccaro | 180 | 311 | 57.9% | 2,387 | 12 | 9 |
| Akiem Williams III | 143 | 250 | 57.2% | 1,719 | 8 | 9 |
| Gary Baldacci | 49 | 88 | 55.7% | 600 | 2 | 4 |
| Philip Rea | 32 | 72 | 44.4% | 319 | 1 | 5 |
