Kansas City Chiefs

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Kansas City Chiefsfrom 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 Kansas City Chiefs has passed down, steadiest first. The Specialists room is their most stable — 4 holders across 32 years, a new one every 8 on average.

1. Specialists4 holders · 3 handoffs · 1994–2025 · one every 8y
   Louie Aguiar1994–1998→Dustin Colquitt2005–2019→Ryan Succop2009–2013→Harrison Butker2017–2025
2. TE6 holders · 5 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 7.5y
   Willie Scott1981–1985→Jonathan Hayes1985–1993→Keith Cash1992–1996→Tony Gonzalez1997–2008→Travis Kelce2013–2025→Noah Gray2021–2025
3. QB8 holders · 7 handoffs · 1983–2025 · one every 5.4y
   Todd Blackledge1983–1987→Steve Bono1994–1996→Rich Gannon1995–1998→Elvis Grbac1997–2000→Trent Green2001–2006→Damon Huard2006–2008→Matt Cassel2009–2012→Patrick Mahomes2017–2025
4. LB19 holders · 18 handoffs · 1989–2025 · one every 1.9y
   Derrick Thomas1989–1999→Lonnie Marts1991–1993→Tracy Simien1991–1997→Greg Manusky1994–1999→Donnie Edwards1996–2008→Marvcus Patton1999–2002→Mike Maslowski2000–2003→Scott Fujita2002–2004→Kawika Mitchell2003–2006→Derrick Johnson2005–2017→Tamba Hali2006–2017→Justin Houston2011–2018→Anthony Hitchens2018–2021→Frank Clark2019–2022→Willie Gay Jr.2020–2023→Michael Danna2020–2025→Nick Bolton2021–2025→Leo Chenal2022–2025→Drue Tranquill2023–2025
5. RB31 holders · 30 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 1.5y
   Jim Hadnot1980–1983→Joe Delaney1981–1982→Billy Jackson1981–1984→Herman Heard1984–1989→Larry Moriarty1986–1988→Paul Palmer1987–1988→Christian Okoye1987–1992→James Saxon1988–1991→Todd McNair1989–1996→Barry Word1990–1992→Bill Jones1990–1992→Harvey Williams1991–1993→Kimble Anders1991–2000→Greg Hill1994–1997→Donnell Bennett1994–2000→Tony Richardson1995–2005→Priest Holmes2001–2007→Derrick Blaylock2002–2004→Larry Johnson2003–2008→Jamaal Charles2008–2016→Thomas Jones2010–2011→Knile Davis2013–2016→Anthony Sherman2013–2020→Charcandrick West2014–2018→Spencer Ware2015–2019→Kareem Hunt2017–2025→Damien Williams2018–2019→Darrel Williams2018–2021→Clyde Edwards-Helaire2020–2025→Jerick McKinnon2021–2023→Isiah Pacheco2022–2025
6. WR33 holders · 32 handoffs · 1980–2025 · one every 1.4y
   Carlos Carson1980–1989→Anthony Hancock1982–1986→Emile Harry1986–1992→Robb Thomas1989–1991→J.J. Birden1990–1994→Tim Barnett1991–1993→Lake Dawson1994–1997→Danan Hughes1994–1998→Tamarick Vanover1995–1998→Joe Horn1996–1999→Andre Rison1997–1999→Kevin Lockett1997–2000→Derrick Alexander1998–2001→Dante Hall2001–2006→Eddie Kennison2001–2007→Johnnie Morton2002–2004→Samie Parker2004–2007→Dwayne Bowe2007–2014→Chris Chambers2009–2010→Dexter McCluster2010–2013→Albert Wilson2014–2017→Jeremy Maclin2015–2016→Chris Conley2015–2018→Demarcus Robinson2016–2021→Tyreek Hill2016–2021→Sammy Watkins2018–2020→Byron Pringle2019–2021→Mecole Hardman2019–2024→Marquez Valdes-Scantling2022–2023→Justin Watson2022–2024→JuJu Smith-Schuster2022–2025→Rashee Rice2023–2025→Xavier Worthy2024–2025

+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.