List of Seattle Seahawks starting quarterbacks

Russell Wilson (2012–2021)

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Seahawks.

Starting quarterbacks

Tarvaris Jackson (2011)
Matt Hasselbeck (2001–2010)
Warren Moon (1997–1998)
Jim Zorn (1976–1984)

The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Regular season

Season(s) Quarterback(s) References
1976 Jim Zorn (14) [1]
1977 Jim Zorn (10) / Steve Myer (4) [2]
1978 Jim Zorn (16) [3]
1979 [4]
1980 [5]
1981 Jim Zorn (13) / Dave Krieg (3) [6]
1982 Jim Zorn (7) / Dave Krieg (2) [7]
1983 Dave Krieg (8) / Jim Zorn (8) [8]
1984 Dave Krieg (16) [9]
1985 [10]
1986 Dave Krieg (14) / Gale Gilbert (2) [11]
1987 Dave Krieg (12) / Bruce Mathison (2) / Jeff Kemp (1) [12]
1988 Dave Krieg (9) / Kelly Stouffer (6) / Jeff Kemp (1) [13]
1989 Dave Krieg (14) / Kelly Stouffer (2) [14]
1990 Dave Krieg (16) [15]
1991 Dave Krieg (9) / Jeff Kemp (5) / Dan McGwire (1) / Kelly Stouffer (1) [16]
1992 Stan Gelbaugh (8) / Kelly Stouffer (7) / Dan McGwire (1) [17]
1993 Rick Mirer (16) [18]
1994 Rick Mirer (13) / Dan McGwire (3) [19]
1995 Rick Mirer (13) / John Friesz (3) [20]
1996 Rick Mirer (9) / John Friesz (6) / Stan Gelbaugh (1) [21]
1997 Warren Moon (14) / Jon Kitna (1) / John Friesz (1) [22]
1998 Warren Moon (10) / Jon Kitna (5) / John Friesz (1) [23]
1999 Jon Kitna (15) / Glenn Foley (1) [24]
2000 Jon Kitna (12) / Brock Huard (4) [25]
2001 Matt Hasselbeck (12) / Trent Dilfer (4) [26]
2002 Matt Hasselbeck (10) / Trent Dilfer (6) [27]
2003 Matt Hasselbeck (16) [28]
2004 Matt Hasselbeck (14) / Trent Dilfer (2) [29]
2005 Matt Hasselbeck (16) [30]
2006 Matt Hasselbeck (12) / Seneca Wallace (4) [31]
2007 Matt Hasselbeck (16) [32]
2008 Seneca Wallace (8) / Matt Hasselbeck (7) / Charlie Frye (1) [33]
2009 Matt Hasselbeck (14) / Seneca Wallace (2) [34]
2010 Matt Hasselbeck (14) / Charlie Whitehurst (2) [35]
2011 Tarvaris Jackson (14) / Charlie Whitehurst (2) [36]
2012 Russell Wilson (16) [37]
2013 [38]
2014 [39]
2015 [40]
2016 [41]
2017 [42]
2018 [43]
2019 [44]
2020 [45]
2021 Russell Wilson (14) / Geno Smith (3) [46]
2022 Geno Smith (17) [47]
2023 Geno Smith (15) / Drew Lock (2) [48]
2024 Geno Smith (14) [49]

Postseason

Season Quarterback(s) Ref(s)
1983 Dave Krieg (2–1) [50]
1984 Dave Krieg (1–1) [50]
1987 Dave Krieg (0–1) [50]
1988 [50]
1999 Jon Kitna (0–1) [51]
2003 Matt Hasselbeck (0–1) [52]
2004 [52]
2005 Matt Hasselbeck (2–1) [52]
2006 Matt Hasselbeck (1–1) [52]
2007 [52]
2010 [52]
2012 Russell Wilson (1–1) [53]
2013 Russell Wilson (3–0) [53]
2014 Russell Wilson (2–1) [53]
2015 Russell Wilson (1–1) [53]
2016 [53]
2018 Russell Wilson (0–1) [53]
2019 Russell Wilson (1–1) [53]
2020 Russell Wilson (0–1) [53]
2022 Geno Smith (0–1) [54]

Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Seahawks in regular season games (through the 2024 season).

Name
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
Name Period GP GS W L T %
Russell Wilson 2012–2021 158 158 104 53 1 .658
Matt Hasselbeck 2001–2010 138 131 69 62 — .527
Dave Krieg 1980–1991 129 119 70 49 — .588
Jim Zorn 1976–1984 126 100 40 60 — .400
Rick Mirer 1993–1996 55 51 20 31 — .392
Geno Smith 2021–present 51 49 26 23 — .531
Jon Kitna 1997–2000 39 33 18 15 — .545

Team career passing records

(Through the 2024 season)

Name Comp Att % Yds TD Int
Russell Wilson 3,079 4,735 65.0 37,059 292 87
Matt Hasselbeck 2,559 4,250 60.2 29,434 174 128
Dave Krieg 2,096 3,576 58.6 26,132 195 148
Jim Zorn 1,593 2,990 53.3 20,122 107 133
Geno Smith 1,130 1,656 68.2 12,264 69 34
Rick Mirer 814 1,523 53.4 9,094 41 56
Jon Kitna 658 1,130 58.2 7,552 49 45

See also

References and footnotes

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