Washington Commanders

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Washington Commandersfrom 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 Washington Commanders has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 6 holders across 41 years, a new one every 6.8 on average.

1. Specialists6 holders · 5 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 6.8y
   Steve Cox1985–1988→Tommy Barnhardt1988–2000→Reggie Roby1993–1994→Matt Turk1995–1999→Tress Way2014–2025→Joey Slye2021–2023
2. QB11 holders · 10 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 3.7y
   Jay Schroeder1985–1987→Mark Rypien1988–1993→Gus Frerotte1994–1998→Brad Johnson1999–2000→Patrick Ramsey2002–2005→Mark Brunell2004–2006→Jason Campbell2006–2009→Robert Griffin III2012–2014→Kirk Cousins2012–2017→Taylor Heinicke2020–2022→Jayden Daniels2024–2025
3. TE16 holders · 15 handoffs · 1982–2025 · one every 2.8y
   Clint Didier1982–1987→Terry Orr1986–1992→Jimmie Johnson1989–1991→James Jenkins1994–2000→Scott Galbraith1995–1996→Jamie Asher1995–1998→Stephen Alexander1998–2001→Mike Sellers1998–2011→Chris Cooley2004–2012→Logan Paulsen2010–2014→Niles Paul2011–2017→Jordan Reed2013–2018→Vernon Davis2016–2019→Logan Thomas2020–2023→John Bates2021–2025→Zach Ertz2024–2025
4. WR17 holders · 16 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 2.7y
   Art Monk1980–1993→Virgil Seay1981–1984→Charlie Brown1982–1984→Henry Ellard1994–1998→Leslie Shepherd1994–1998→Michael Westbrook1995–2001→Albert Connell1997–2000→James Thrash1997–2008→Rod Gardner2001–2004→Laveranues Coles2003–2004→Santana Moss2005–2014→Antwaan Randle El2006–2009→Pierre Garcon2012–2016→DeSean Jackson2014–2016→Jamison Crowder2015–2024→Terry McLaurin2019–2025→Curtis Samuel2021–2023
5. RB25 holders · 24 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 1.8y
   Otis Wonsley1981–1985→Keith Griffin1984–1988→George Rogers1985–1987→Kelvin Bryant1986–1990→Jamie Morris1988–1989→Gerald Riggs1989–1991→Earnest Byner1989–1993→Ricky Ervins1991–1994→Reggie Brooks1993–1995→Marc Logan1995–1997→Terry Allen1995–1998→Larry Bowie1996–1998→Stephen Davis1996–2002→Skip Hicks1998–2000→Larry Centers1999–2000→Ladell Betts2002–2009→Rock Cartwright2002–2009→Clinton Portis2004–2010→Darrel Young2010–2015→Roy Helu2011–2014→Alfred Morris2012–2015→Rob Kelley2016–2018→J.D. McKissic2020–2022→Brian Robinson2022–2024→Chris Rodriguez Jr.2023–2025
6. DB29 holders · 28 handoffs · 1983–2025 · one every 1.5y
   Darrell Green1983–2002→Tom Carter1993–1996→Darryl Pounds1995–1999→Leomont Evans1996–1999→Cris Dishman1997–1998→Sam Shade1999–2002→Champ Bailey1999–2003→David Terrell2000–2003→Fred Smoot2001–2009→Sean Taylor2004–2007→Shawn Springs2004–2008→Ryan Clark2004–2014→Carlos Rogers2005–2010→Reed Doughty2006–2013→LaRon Landry2007–2011→DeAngelo Hall2008–2017→Josh Wilson2011–2013→David Amerson2013–2015→Bashaud Breeland2014–2017→Quinton Dunbar2015–2019→Kendall Fuller2016–2023→D.J. Swearinger2017–2018→Fabian Moreau2017–2020→Jeremy Reaves2018–2025→Kam Curl2020–2023→Bobby McCain2021–2022→Benjamin St-Juste2021–2024→Quan Martin2023–2025→Mike Sainristil2024–2025

+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.