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.
The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right in parentheses.
Regular season
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1982 NFL season was shorted to 9 games do to a 57-day player strike[1]
Postseason
In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
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Season | Quarterback(s) |
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1957 | Y. A. Tittle (0–1) |
1970 | John Brodie (1–1) |
1971 | John Brodie (1–1) |
1972 | John Brodie (0–1) |
1981 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1983 | Joe Montana (1–1) |
1984 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1985 | Joe Montana (0–1) |
1986 | Joe Montana (0–1) |
1987 | Joe Montana (0–1) |
1988 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1989 | Joe Montana (3–0) |
1990 | Joe Montana (1–1) |
1992 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1993 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1994 | Steve Young (3–0) |
1995 | Steve Young (0–1) |
1996 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1997 | Steve Young (1–1) |
1998 | Steve Young (1–1) |
2001 | Jeff Garcia (0–1) |
2002 | Jeff Garcia (1–1) |
2011 | Alex Smith (1–1) |
2012 | Colin Kaepernick (2–1) |
2013 | Colin Kaepernick (2–1) |
2019 | Jimmy Garoppolo (2–1) |
2021 | Jimmy Garoppolo (2–1) |
2022 | Brock Purdy (2–1) |
2023 | Brock Purdy (2–1) |
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These quarterbacks have the most starts for the 49ers in regular season games in the NFL era (since 1950 season).
More information Name, GP ...
Name | |
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GP | Games played |
GS | Games started |
W | Number of wins as starting quarterback |
L | Number of losses as starting quarterback |
T | Number of ties as starting quarterback |
Pct | Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
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More information Name, Period ...
Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
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John Brodie | 1957–1973 | 201 | 159 | 74 | 77 | 8 | .491 |
Joe Montana | 1979–1992 | 168 | 140 | 101 | 39 | — | .721 |
Steve Young | 1987–1999 | 150 | 124 | 91 | 33 | — | .734 |
Y. A. Tittle | 1951–1960 | 112 | 79 | 46 | 31 | 2 | .595 |
Alex Smith | 2005–2012 | 80 | 75 | 38 | 36 | 1 | .513 |
Jeff Garcia | 1999–2003 | 74 | 71 | 35 | 36 | — | .493 |
Colin Kaepernick | 2011–2016 | 69 | 58 | 28 | 30 | — | .483 |
Jimmy Garoppolo | 2017–2022 | 57 | 55 | 38 | 17 | — | .691 |
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In the NFL era (since 1950 season)
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Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
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Joe Montana | 2,929 | 4,600 | 63.7 | 35,124 | 244 | 123 |
John Brodie | 2,469 | 4,491 | 55.0 | 31,548 | 214 | 224 |
Steve Young | 2,400 | 3,648 | 65.8 | 29,907 | 221 | 86 |
Jeff Garcia | 1,449 | 2,360 | 61.4 | 16,408 | 113 | 56 |
Alex Smith | 1,290 | 2,177 | 59.3 | 14,280 | 81 | 63 |
Y. A. Tittle | 1,226 | 2,194 | 55.9 | 16,016 | 108 | 134 |
Jimmy Garoppolo | 1,104 | 1,632 | 67.6 | 13,599 | 82 | 42 |
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- News, New York Daily (2015-11-16). "NFL strike ends after 57 days in 1982". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2024-05-01.
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