List of Los Angeles Rams starting quarterbacks

The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Greater Los Angeles area of California. The Rams have competed in the National Football League (NFL) since 1937, one year after their formation in Cleveland, Ohio, as a charter member of the second incarnation of the American Football League.^[2] The team moved to Los Angeles in 1946 where they became the city's first professional sports team.^[3] They first played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before moving to Anaheim, California, in 1980, where they played their home games at Anaheim Stadium.^[4] The Rams moved to St. Louis, Missouri, in 1995, and remained there for two decades until they returned to Los Angeles after the 2015 NFL season.^[5] Currently, they are members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) and play their home games at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California.^[6][7]

Matthew Stafford won a championship as the Rams' starting quarterback during Super Bowl LVI at the end of the 2021 season.^[1]

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.^[8] Although the quarterback position has historically been the one to receive the snap and thus handle the football on every offensive play,^[9] 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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12]

As rules changed and the NFL began adopting a more pass-centric approach to offensive football, the importance of the quarterback position grew.^[10][11] Beginning in 1950, total wins and losses by a team's starting quarterback were tracked.^[13] Throughout the late 20th century and early 21st century, the significance of the position has grown exponentially.^[11] The modern starting quarterback is often viewed as the leader of the team and its player spokesperson.^[9] The position is often the highest paid player on an NFL team's roster, with teams assigning significant resources in trying to draft, acquire or trade for a franchise quarterback.^[14][15] These resources are based on the high expectations placed on the position, which include handling the ball on every offensive play (whether it be to pass the ball or hand it off to another player), relaying plays (or sometimes calling plays themselves) to the offense and understanding every teammate's role, formation and responsibility for every play.^[9] The emergence of the dual-threat quarterback has also seen additional focus on the position, with quarterbacks like Lamar Jackson and Josh Allen leading their team in both passing and rushing yards during any given game.^[16]

Prior to 1950, the Rams had numerous players identified as playing the quarterback position, including Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Bob Waterfield.^[17] 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. Since 1950 however, the Rams have had 58 starting quarterbacks in the history of their franchise.^[18] Eight of those quarterbacks made over 50 starts, and three of them were inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame: Norm Van Brocklin, Kurt Warner, and Waterfield. Joe Namath was also inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.^[18][19]

Starting quarterbacks

Bob Waterfield won two NFL championships as the Rams' starting quarterback from 1945 to 1952.

Roman Gabriel started 121 games as the Rams' quarterback from 1962 to 1972.

Kurt Warner led the team to a win in Super Bowl XXXIV at the end of the 1999 season and earned both the NFL Most Valuable Player Award and Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award for the season.^[20]

Marc Bulger started 95 games for the Rams from 2002 to 2009.

Jared Goff started 74 games for the Rams from 2016 to 2020.

Key

‡	Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame

Regular season

Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis starting quarterbacks in the regular season

Quarterback	Seasons with the Rams	Seasons with at least one start as QB	Games started	Record				Refs
				W	L	T	%[a]
Terry Baker	1963–65	1963	1	0	1	0	.000	[22]
Tony Banks	1996–98	1996–98	43	14	29	0	.326	[23]
Steve Bartkowski	1986	1986	6	4	2	0	.667	[24]
Pete Beathard	1972–73	1972	2	0	1	1	.250	[25]
Brock Berlin	2007–08	2007	1	0	1	0	.000	[26]
Kyle Boller	2009	2009	4	0	4	0	.000	[27]
Steve Bono	1998	1998	2	0	2	0	.000	[28]
Sam Bradford	2010–14	2010–13	49	18	30	1	.378	[29]
Zeke Bratkowski	1961–63	1961–63	24	3	21	0	.125	[30]
Dieter Brock	1985	1985	15	11	4	0	.733	[31]
Marc Bulger	2000–09	2002–09	95	41	54	0	.432	[32]
Chris Chandler	1994, 04	1994, 04	8	2	6	0	.250	[33]
Kellen Clemens	2011–13	2011–13	12	4	8	0	.333	[34]
Scott Covington	2002–03	2002	1	0	1	0	.000	[35]
Austin Davis	2012, 13–14	2014	8	3	5	0	.375	[36]
Steve Dils	1984–87	1986–87	9	4	5	0	.444	[37]
Jim Everett	1986–93	1986–93	105	46	59	0	.438	[38]
A. J. Feeley	2010–11	2011	3	1	2	0	.333	[39]
Vince Ferragamo	1977–80, 82–84	1979–80, 82–84	44	26	18	0	.591	[40]
Ryan Fitzpatrick	2005–06	2005	3	0	3	0	.000	[41]
Nick Foles	2015	2015	11	4	7	0	.364	[42]
Gus Frerotte	2006–07	2007	3	1	2	0	.333	[43]
Roman Gabriel	1962–72	1962–72	119	74	39	6	.647	[44]
Jimmy Garoppolo	2024	2024	1	0	1	0	.000	[45]
Jared Goff	2016–20	2016–20	69	42	27	0	.609	[46]
Trent Green	1999–2000, 08	2000, 08	6	2	4	0	.333	[47]
Pat Haden	1976–81	1976–81	55	35	19	1	.645	[48]
John Hadl	1973–74	1973–74	19	15	4	0	.789	[49]
James Harris	1973–76	1974–76	27	21	6	0	.778	[50]
Shaun Hill	2014	2014	8	3	5	0	.375	[51]
Buddy Humphrey	1959–60	1960	1	0	1	0	.000	[52]
Ron Jaworski	1973–76	1975–76	3	3	0	0	1.000	[53]
Bert Jones	1982	1982	4	1	3	0	.250	[54]
Case Keenum	2015–16	2015–16	14	7	7	0	.500	[55]
Jeff Kemp	1981–85	1984–85	14	9	5	0	.643	[56]
Sean Mannion	2015–18	2017	1	0	1	0	.000	[57]
Jamie Martin	1993–96, 01–02, 04–05	2002, 05	7	4	3	0	.571	[58]
Baker Mayfield	2022	2022	4	1	3	0	.250	[59]
Chris Miller	1994–95	1994–95	23	9	14	0	.391	[60]
Ron Miller	1962	1962	1	0	1	0	.000	[61]
Bill Munson	1964–67	1964–65	18	3	13	2	.222	[62]
Joe Namath ‡	1977	1977	4	2	2	0	.500	[63][64]
Keith Null	2009	2009	4	0	4	0	.000	[65]
Dan Pastorini	1981	1981	5	1	4	0	.200	[66]
Bryce Perkins	2020–22	2022	1	0	1	0	.000	[67]
T. J. Rubley	1993–95	1993	7	2	5	0	.286	[68]
Jeff Rutledge	1979–82	1979	1	0	1	0	.000	[69]
Frank Ryan	1958–61	1959–61	11	5	5	1	.500	[70]
Brett Rypien	2023	2023	1	0	1	0	.000	[71]
Mark Rypien	1995	1995	3	0	3	0	.000	[72]
Matthew Stafford	2021–24	2021–24	57	34	23	0	.596	[73]
Norm Van Brocklin ‡	1949–57	1950–57	65	42	20	3	.669	[74][75]
Bill Wade	1954–60	1954, 56, 58–60	36	13	23	0	.361	[76]
Steve Walsh	1996	1996	3	1	2	0	.333	[77]
Kurt Warner ‡	1998–2003	1999–2003	50	35	15	0	.700	[78][79]
Bob Waterfield ‡	1945–52	1950–52	22[b]	14[b]	8[b]	0[b]	.636[b]	[80][81]
Carson Wentz	2023	2023	1	1	0	0	1.000	[82]
John Wolford	2019–22	2020, 22	4	2	2	0	.500	[83]

Postseason

Cleveland/Los Angeles/St. Louis starting quarterbacks in the postseason

Quarterback	Seasons with the Rams	Seasons with at least one start as QB	Games started	Record			Refs
				W	L	%[a]
Marc Bulger	2002–09	2003–04	3	1	2	.333	[32]
Vince Ferragamo	1977–80, 82–84	1979–80, 83	6	3	3	.500	[40]
Roman Gabriel	1962–72	1967, 69	2	0	2	.000	[44]
Jared Goff	2016–20	2017–18, 20	5	2	3	.400	[46]
Pat Haden	1976–81	1976–78	5	2	3	.400	[48]
John Hadl	1973–74	1973	1	0	1	.000	[49]
James Harris	1973–76	1974–75	3	1	2	.333	[50]
Ron Jaworski	1973–76	1975	1	1	0	1.000	[53]
Jeff Kemp	1981–85	1984	1	0	1	.000	[56]
Matthew Stafford	2021–24	2021, 23–24	7	5	2	.714	[73]
Norm Van Brocklin ‡	1949–57	1952, 55	2	0	2	.524	[74][75]
Kurt Warner ‡	1998–2003	1999–2001	7	5	2	.714	[78][79]
Bob Waterfield ‡	1945–52	1950–51	2[b]	1[b]	1[b]	.500	[80][81]
John Wolford	2019–22	2020	1	1	0	1.000	[83]

See also

• List of starting quarterbacks in the NFL
• List of Los Angeles Rams team records
• Lists of Los Angeles Rams players

Notes

1. Winning percentage is determined by dividing total wins by total games started, with ties counting as one-half win.^[21]
2. Waterfield's win-loss record only accounts for seasons he played starting in 1950, the year in which the NFL began recording said statistic for starting quarterbacks.