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 of the National Football League. 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.
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:

Season	Quarterback	References
2002	David Carr
2003	David Carr / Tony Banks / Dave Ragone
2004	David Carr
2005	David Carr
2006	David Carr
2007	Matt Schaub / Sage Rosenfels
2008	Matt Schaub / Sage Rosenfels
2009	Matt Schaub
2010	Matt Schaub
2011	Matt Schaub / Matt Leinart / T. J. Yates
2012	Matt Schaub
2013	Matt Schaub / Case Keenum
2014	Ryan Fitzpatrick / Ryan Mallett / Case Keenum
2015	Brian Hoyer / Ryan Mallett / T. J. Yates / Brandon Weeden
2016	Brock Osweiler / Tom Savage
2017	Tom Savage / Deshaun Watson / T. J. Yates
2018	Deshaun Watson
2019	Deshaun Watson / A. J. McCarron
2020	Deshaun Watson
2021	Davis Mills / Tyrod Taylor
2022	Davis Mills / Kyle Allen / Jeff Driskel
2023	C. J. Stroud / Case Keenum
2024	C. J. Stroud
2025	C. J. Stroud / Davis Mills

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Texans in regular season games.