Chicago Bears

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Chicago Bearsfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room Chicago Bears has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 5 holders across 41 years, a new one every 8.2 on average.

1. Specialists5 holders · 4 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 8.2y
   Maury Buford1985–1991→Jeff Jaeger1996–1999→Robbie Gould2007–2015→Pat O'Donnell2014–2021→Cairo Santos2017–2025
2. QB10 holders · 9 handoffs · 1982–2025 · one every 4.4y
   Jim McMahon1982–1988→Mike Tomczak1985–1990→Jim Harbaugh1987–1993→Erik Kramer1994–1998→Cade McNown1999–2000→Kyle Orton2005–2008→Jay Cutler2009–2016→Mitchell Trubisky2017–2020→Justin Fields2021–2023→Caleb Williams2024–2025
3. TE14 holders · 13 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 2.9y
   Tim Wrightman1985–1986→Cap Boso1987–1991→Jim Thornton1988–1991→Keith Jennings1991–1997→Chris Gedney1993–1995→Ryan Wetnight1993–1999→Desmond Clark2003–2010→Greg Olsen2007–2010→Kellen Davis2009–2012→Martellus Bennett2013–2015→Trey Burton2018–2019→Jimmy Graham2020–2021→Cole Kmet2020–2025→Colston Loveland2025
4. WR26 holders · 25 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 1.7y
   Ken Margerum1981–1985→Willie Gault1983–1987→Glen Kozlowski1987–1992→Ron Morris1987–1992→Wendell Davis1988–1993→Curtis Conway1993–1999→Bobby Engram1996–2000→Chris Penn1997–1998→Marcus Robinson1998–2002→Marty Booker1999–2008→Dez White2000–2003→Bernard Berrian2004–2007→Muhsin Muhammad2005–2007→Rashied Davis2006–2010→Devin Hester2007–2013→Johnny Knox2009–2011→Earl Bennett2009–2013→Brandon Marshall2012–2014→Alshon Jeffery2012–2016→Josh Bellamy2014–2018→Taylor Gabriel2018–2019→Allen Robinson2018–2021→Darnell Mooney2020–2023→DeAndre Carter2020–2024→DJ Moore2023–2025→Rome Odunze2024–2025
5. RB28 holders · 27 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 1.6y
   Matt Suhey1980–1989→Dennis Gentry1982–1992→Thomas Sanders1985–1989→Neal Anderson1986–1993→Brad Muster1988–1992→Mark Green1989–1992→Darren Lewis1991–1993→Lewis Tillman1994–1995→Raymont Harris1994–1997→Tony Carter1994–1997→Rashaan Salaam1995–1997→Edgar Bennett1998–1999→Curtis Enis1998–2000→James Allen1998–2001→Anthony Thomas2001–2004→Adrian Peterson2002–2009→Thomas Jones2004–2006→Jason McKie2004–2009→Cedric Benson2005–2007→Matt Forte2008–2015→Michael Bush2012–2013→Jeremy Langford2015–2016→Jordan Howard2016–2018→Tarik Cohen2017–2020→David Montgomery2019–2022→Khalil Herbert2021–2024→Roschon Johnson2023–2025→D'Andre Swift2024–2025
6. LB26 holders · 25 handoffs · 1984–2025 · one every 1.6y
   Wilber Marshall1984–1987→Vinson Smith1993–1996→Barry Minter1993–2000→John Thierry1994–1998→Sean Harris1995–2000→Bryan Cox1996–1997→Ricardo McDonald1998–1999→Rosevelt Colvin1999–2002→Warrick Holdman1999–2003→Brian Urlacher2000–2012→Lance Briggs2003–2014→Hunter Hillenmeyer2004–2009→Nick Roach2008–2012→Shea McClellin2012–2015→Lamarr Houston2014–2017→Christian Jones2014–2021→Pernell McPhee2015–2017→Sam Acho2015–2018→Nick Kwiatkoski2016–2019→Danny Trevathan2016–2021→Khalil Mack2018–2021→Roquan Smith2018–2022→Trevis Gipson2020–2022→Jack Sanborn2022–2024→T.J. Edwards2023–2025→Tremaine Edmunds2023–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1980–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.