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Snap data · 2012+

Career Starter Games SG*

Most games started in NFL history — derived from snap share data since official GS is not in the free feed. A player who took ≥50% of team snaps counts as a starter for that game proportion.

SG* = Estimated Starter Games. SG* is an estimate. Official GS not available in the free nflverse feed. Snap% from nflverse snap_counts (2012+).
All PositionsQBWRRBTEOLBMLBILBLBDEDTCBSFSDBOTCGFBKLSNTOLPSAF
1
Matthew StaffordQB
194 games played99%start rate
192
SG*
2
Russell WilsonQB
189 games played97%start rate
184
SG*
3
Aaron RodgersQB
178 games played96%start rate
171
SG*
4
Kirk CousinsQB
171 games played96%start rate
165
SG*
5
Derek CarrQB
169 games played96%start rate
162
SG*
6
Matt RyanQB
156 games played100%start rate
156
SG*
7
Tom BradyQB
158 games played98%start rate
155
SG*
8
Jared GoffQB
151 games played99%start rate
149
SG*
9
Dak PrescottQB
139 games played96%start rate
134
SG*
10
Ryan TannehillQB
139 games played96%start rate
134
SG*
11
Andy DaltonQB
144 games played90%start rate
130
SG*
12
Philip RiversQB
128 games played98%start rate
126
SG*
13
Patrick MahomesQB
125 games played99%start rate
124
SG*
14
Josh AllenQB
128 games played94%start rate
120
SG*
15
Ben RoethlisbergerQB
120 games played99%start rate
119
SG*
16
Drew BreesQB
117 games played98%start rate
115
SG*
17
Baker MayfieldQB
111 games played99%start rate
110
SG*
18
Joe FlaccoQB
114 games played96%start rate
110
SG*
19
Cam NewtonQB
114 games played96%start rate
109
SG*
20
Eli ManningQB
99 games played99%start rate
98
SG*
21
Carson WentzQB
98 games played98%start rate
96
SG*
22
Lamar JacksonQB
116 games played81%start rate
94
SG*
23
Geno SmithQB
103 games played90%start rate
93
SG*
24
Justin HerbertQB
95 games played98%start rate
93
SG*
25
Alex SmithQB
94 games played98%start rate
92
SG*

5,648 players with snap coverage · nflverse snap_counts CC-BY 4.0

Rankings as of 2026-08-10, as declared by the corpus that produced them.