QB Name Generator
Random real quarterbacks from Unitas to Mahomes
Tap a name to copy itPress Space for a new batch500 names in this generator
Pull a random NFL quarterback from 500 real QBs spanning every era: current starters like Mahomes, Allen and Burrow, 90s and 2000s icons like Favre and Manning, and founding legends like Unitas, Baugh and Graham. Ideal for trivia, QB drafts and debates.
About qb names
A random QB generator is one of the most-requested football tools online, and it gets used in a few very specific ways. Trivia nights pull a quarterback and ask for the team, the college, or the year he was drafted. Friends run "random QB, build a franchise" drafts where you have to win with whoever comes up. Madden and Retro Bowl players use it to pick who to build a career around. And it settles the endless bar argument about which era's passers were really better.
The list here spans the whole NFL passing lineage. You'll get the current generation (Mahomes, Allen, Burrow, Jackson, Hurts, Stroud, Daniels), the 2000s and 2010s stars (Brady, Manning, Brees, Roethlisberger, Rodgers, Wilson), the 1980s and 90s icons (Montana, Elway, Marino, Young, Favre, Aikman), and the founders of the position (Baugh, Graham, Unitas, Starr, Namath). It also includes famous journeymen and busts, because a random pull that occasionally lands on Ryan Leaf or JaMarcus Russell is what makes the draft-a-franchise game fun.
Spellings match how the NFL and Pro Football Reference list each player, including initials (C.J. Stroud, J.J. McCarthy, Y.A. Tittle) and suffixes (Robert Griffin III, Michael Penix Jr.). If you want invented quarterback names for a story or a create-a-player instead, use the Quarterback Name Generator.
Tips for choosing a name
- Set era rules before a random-QB draft: modern-only for stat comparisons, all-time if you want Sammy Baugh showing up next to Patrick Mahomes.
- For trivia, layer the difficulty: name the team is easy, name the college is medium, name the draft year and pick is hard mode.
- Use the busts on purpose; a franchise-building game where you can draw Ryan Leaf is much funnier than one with only Hall of Famers.
- Pair a random QB with a random team from the NFL Name Generator for alternate-history what-ifs.
- Copy the exact spelling shown when you look up stats; the initials and suffixes match Pro Football Reference.
Frequently asked questions
Are these real NFL quarterbacks?
Yes. Every name is a real current or former NFL quarterback, from active starters to Hall of Famers and a few well-known busts, spelled as the league lists them.
How many quarterbacks are in the generator?
Just under 200, covering every era from the 1940s to the current season, weighted toward players most fans will recognize.
Can I use this for a random QB draft or Madden challenge?
Yes. Pull one name per pick to fill a franchise, or draw a single quarterback and build a Madden, Retro Bowl or fantasy team around him.
Does it include retired and old-school quarterbacks?
Yes. Roughly half the list is retired, including Johnny Unitas, Bart Starr, Joe Namath, Terry Bradshaw, Joe Montana, Dan Marino, John Elway and Brett Favre alongside today's starters.
All 500 qb names
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- Patrick Mahomes
- Josh Allen
- Joe Burrow
- Lamar Jackson
- Jalen Hurts
- Justin Herbert
- C.J. Stroud
- Jayden Daniels
- Jordan Love
- Brock Purdy
- Dak Prescott
- Tua Tagovailoa
- Trevor Lawrence
- Kyler Murray
- Matthew Stafford
- Jared Goff
- Baker Mayfield
- Kirk Cousins
- Aaron Rodgers
- Russell Wilson
- Geno Smith
- Derek Carr
- Sam Darnold
- Bo Nix
- Caleb Williams
- Drake Maye
- Michael Penix Jr.
- J.J. McCarthy
- Anthony Richardson
- Bryce Young
- Will Levis
- Kenny Pickett
- Justin Fields
- Daniel Jones
- Mac Jones
- Zach Wilson
- Trey Lance
- Deshaun Watson
- Gardner Minshew
- Jacoby Brissett
- Jameis Winston
- Marcus Mariota
- Andy Dalton
- Jimmy Garoppolo
- Ryan Tannehill
- Carson Wentz
- Teddy Bridgewater
- Joe Flacco
- Tyrod Taylor
- Case Keenum
- Nick Foles
- Blake Bortles
- Mitchell Trubisky
- Josh Rosen
- Dwayne Haskins
- Tom Brady
- Peyton Manning
- Drew Brees
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Eli Manning
- Philip Rivers
- Matt Ryan
- Tony Romo
- Andrew Luck
- Cam Newton
- Alex Smith
- Jay Cutler
- Matt Schaub
- Carson Palmer
- Michael Vick
- Donovan McNabb
- Steve McNair
- Kurt Warner
- Rich Gannon
- Jeff Garcia
- Jake Plummer
- Daunte Culpepper
- Randall Cunningham
- Boomer Esiason
- Bernie Kosar
- Jim Everett
- Vinny Testaverde
- Jeff George
- Drew Bledsoe
- Steve Beuerlein
- Brad Johnson
- Trent Green
- Jake Delhomme
- Matt Hasselbeck
- Chad Pennington
- Mark Brunell
- Chris Chandler
- Elvis Grbac
- Neil O'Donnell
- Kordell Stewart
- Trent Dilfer
- Aaron Brooks
- Marc Bulger
- Byron Leftwich
- David Garrard
- Jason Campbell
- Vince Young
- Matt Leinart
- JaMarcus Russell
- Brady Quinn
- Kyle Orton
- Rex Grossman
- Derek Anderson
- Chad Henne
- Josh Freeman
- Sam Bradford
- Colin Kaepernick
- Robert Griffin III
- Ryan Fitzpatrick
- Brett Favre
- Dan Marino
- John Elway
- Joe Montana
- Steve Young
- Troy Aikman
- Warren Moon
- Jim Kelly
- Dan Fouts
- Terry Bradshaw
- Roger Staubach
- Ken Stabler
- Fran Tarkenton
- Bob Griese
- Bart Starr
- Johnny Unitas
- Joe Namath
- Len Dawson
- Sonny Jurgensen
- Y.A. Tittle
- Otto Graham
- Sammy Baugh
- Sid Luckman
- Bobby Layne
- Norm Van Brocklin
- George Blanda
- John Brodie
- Roman Gabriel
- Daryle Lamonica
- Earl Morrall
- Craig Morton
- Billy Kilmer
- Joe Kapp
- Archie Manning
- Jim Hart
- Ken Anderson
- Bert Jones
- Ron Jaworski
- Joe Theismann
- Danny White
- Brian Sipe
- Steve Grogan
- Jim Plunkett
- Phil Simms
- Jim McMahon
- Dave Krieg
- Doug Williams
- Doug Flutie
- Neil Lomax
- Ken O'Brien
- Steve DeBerg
- Wade Wilson
- Bubby Brister
- Chris Miller
- Rodney Peete
- Stan Humphries
- Erik Kramer
- Jim Harbaugh
- Scott Mitchell
- Tony Banks
- Gus Frerotte
- Steve Bono
- Bobby Hebert
- Charlie Batch
- Jon Kitna
- Kerry Collins
- Jake Locker
- Tim Tebow
- Christian Ponder
- Brandon Weeden
- Ryan Leaf
- Akili Smith
- Heath Shuler
- Todd Marinovich
- Kelly Stouffer
- Cade McNown
- Aidan O'Connell
- Jake Browning
- Joshua Dobbs
- Tommy DeVito
- Tyson Bagent
- Dorian Thompson-Robinson
- Hendon Hooker
- Malik Willis
- Desmond Ridder
- Sam Howell
- Davis Mills
- Bailey Zappe
- Skylar Thompson
- Kellen Mond
- Ian Book
- Cooper Rush
- Mason Rudolph
- Kyle Trask
- Jarrett Stidham
- Drew Lock
- Will Grier
- Ryan Finley
- Clayton Tune
- Jaren Hall
- Stetson Bennett
- Tanner McKee
- Sean Clifford
- Jake Haener
- Brett Rypien
- Mike White
- Josh Johnson
- Chase Daniel
- Nate Sudfeld
- Trevor Siemian
- Brian Hoyer
- Colt McCoy
- Matt Barkley
- Blaine Gabbert
- Nathan Peterman
- Taylor Heinicke
- Kyle Allen
- Devlin Hodges
- Brandon Allen
- Jeff Driskel
- Logan Woodside
- John Wolford
- Cody Kessler
- DeShone Kizer
- Christian Hackenberg
- Paxton Lynch
- Connor Cook
- Cardale Jones
- C.J. Beathard
- Davis Webb
- Kevin Hogan
- Sean Mannion
- Bryce Petty
- Garrett Grayson
- Zach Mettenberger
- Tom Savage
- AJ McCarron
- Jimmy Clausen
- Tyler Thigpen
- Matt Moore
- Matt Cassel
- Kellen Clemens
- Charlie Whitehurst
- Tarvaris Jackson
- Brodie Croyle
- Kevin Kolb
- John Beck
- Drew Stanton
- Trent Edwards
- Brian Brohm
- Josh McCown
- Luke McCown
- Matt Flynn
- Curtis Painter
- Dan Orlovsky
- Seneca Wallace
- Bruce Gradkowski
- Kyle Boller
- Joey Harrington
- David Carr
- Patrick Ramsey
- Chris Redman
- Quincy Carter
- Tim Couch
- Shaun King
- Chris Weinke
- Rob Johnson
- Jim Druckenmiller
- Danny Wuerffel
- Bobby Hoying
- Koy Detmer
- Ty Detmer
- Jeff Blake
- Steve Walsh
- Browning Nagle
- Dan McGwire
- Andre Ware
- David Klingler
- Tommy Maddox
- Rick Mirer
- Jim Miller
- Scott Zolak
- Hugh Millen
- Craig Erickson
- Kent Graham
- Dave Brown
- Glenn Foley
- Mike Tomczak
- Frank Reich
- Don Majkowski
- Mark Rypien
- Jeff Hostetler
- Timm Rosenbach
- Jack Trudeau
- Billy Joe Tolliver
- Billy Joe Hobert
- John Friesz
- Sean Salisbury
- Jay Schroeder
- Vince Evans
- Tony Eason
- Marc Wilson
- Steve Pelluer
- Gary Hogeboom
- Steve Fuller
- Bill Kenney
- Todd Blackledge
- Joe Ferguson
- Greg Landry
- Gary Danielson
- Eric Hipple
- Chuck Long
- Bob Gagliano
- Mike McMahon
- Shaun Hill
- Steve Bartkowski
- Bill Munson
- Norm Snead
- Charley Johnson
- Bobby Douglass
- Jack Concannon
- Bob Avellini
- Mike Phipps
- Greg Cook
- Virgil Carter
- Turk Schonert
- Frank Ryan
- Bill Nelsen
- Paul McDonald
- Milt Plum
- Jim Ninowski
- Don Meredith
- Eddie LeBaron
- Jason Garrett
- Chad Hutchinson
- Frank Tripucka
- Steve Tensi
- Marlin Briscoe
- Norris Weese
- Brian Griese
- Brock Osweiler
- Tobin Rote
- Babe Parilli
- Zeke Bratkowski
- Don Horn
- Scott Hunter
- Jerry Tagge
- John Hadl
- Lynn Dickey
- David Whitehurst
- Randy Wright
- Karl Sweetan
- Gary Cuozzo
- Bob Lee
- Tommy Kramer
- Brooks Bollinger
- Johnny Lujack
- Ed Brown
- Bill Wade
- Rudy Bukich
- Gary Huff
- Shane Matthews
- Jonathan Quinn
- Craig Krenzel
- George Ratterman
- Tommy O'Connell
- Mike Pagel
- Todd Philcox
- Eric Zeier
- Kelly Holcomb
- Charlie Frye
- Ken Dorsey
- Thad Lewis
- Johnny Manziel
- Connor Shaw
- Austin Davis
- Dillon Gabriel
- Shedeur Sanders
- Marty Domres
- Art Schlichter
- Paul Justin
- Scott Tolzien
- Sam Ehlinger
- Jim Finks
- Ted Marchibroda
- Dick Shiner
- Kent Nix
- Terry Hanratty
- Joe Gilliam
- Mike Kruczek
- Cliff Stoudt
- Mark Malone
- David Woodley
- Landry Jones
- Anthony Wright
- Troy Smith
- Ryan Mallett
- Tyler Huntley
- Jack Kemp
- Tom Flores
- Dennis Shaw
- Gary Marangi
- Vince Ferragamo
- Bruce Mathison
- Todd Collins
- Alex Van Pelt
- J.P. Losman
- EJ Manuel
- Jeff Tuel
- Rick Norton
- Don Strock
- Damon Huard
- Jay Fiedler
- Ray Lucas
- A.J. Feeley
- Sage Rosenfels
- Cleo Lemon
- Pat White
- Butch Songin
- Mike Taliaferro
- Matt Cavanaugh
- Tom Ramsey
- Tommy Hodson
- Al Dorow
- Dick Wood
- Richard Todd
- Matt Robinson
- Pat Ryan
- Mark Sanchez
- Greg McElroy
- Luke Falk
- Tim Boyle
- Jacky Lee
- Don Trull
- Pete Beathard
- Dan Pastorini
- Gifford Nielsen
- Oliver Luck
- Cody Carlson
- Bucky Richardson
- Billy Volek
- Rusty Smith
- Cam Ward
- Quinn Gray
- Todd Bouman
- Mike Glennon
- T.J. Yates
- Cotton Davidson
- Mike Livingston
- Tony Adams
- Donald Hollas
- Marques Tuiasosopo
- Andrew Walter
- Terrelle Pryor
- Matt McGloin
- Jesse Freitas
- Ed Luther
- Mark Herrmann
- Gale Gilbert
- Craig Whelihan
- Moses Moreno
- Easton Stick
- Steve Pisarkiewicz
- Tom Tupa
- John Navarre
- John Skelton
- Max Hall
- Ryan Lindley
- Trace McSorley
- Randy Johnson
- Bob Berry
- Kim McQuilken
- June Jones
- David Archer
- Scott Campbell
- Tony Graziani
- Doug Johnson
- Kurt Kittner
- Jeff Lewis
- P.J. Walker
- Edd Hargett
- Bobby Scott
- John Fourcade
- Taysom Hill
- Spencer Rattler
- Tyler Shough
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