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Updated October 7, 2026

Kansas City Chiefs depth chart.

Every position on offense, defense and special teams, ranked from the starter down, as the team published it on October 7, 2026. Names in colour open that player’s full page — career stats, contract and outlook.

QB1Patrick Mahomes
RB1Kenneth Walker III
WR1Rashee Rice
TE1Travis Kelce

Quarterback, running back, receiver, tight end

The four positions people look up by name, with the usage behind the ordering. “WR2” and “18% of the targets” are very different claims, and only one of them is worth knowing.

Kansas City Chiefs QB depth chart

  1. QB1Patrick Mahomes100% snaps
  2. QB2Justin Fields1% snaps
  3. QB3Garrett Nussmeier

Kansas City Chiefs RB depth chart

  1. RB1Kenneth Walker III75% snaps74% carries
  2. RB2Emmett Johnson27% snaps14% carries
  3. RB3Brashard Smith6% snaps0% carries

Kansas City Chiefs WR depth chart

  1. WR1Rashee Rice62% snaps14% targets
  2. WR2Xavier Worthy80% snaps19% targets
  3. WR3Jalen Royals32% snaps4% targets
  4. WR4Cyrus Allen4% snaps2% targets
  5. WR5Nikko Remigio0% targets
  6. WR6Tyquan Thornton59% snaps13% targets
  7. WR7Jeff Caldwell
  8. WR8Jimmy Holiday

Kansas City Chiefs TE depth chart

  1. TE1Travis Kelce80% snaps19% targets
  2. TE2Noah Gray59% snaps7% targets
  3. TE3Jake Briningstool14% snaps2% targets
  4. TE4Jared Wiley
  5. TE5John Michael Gyllenborg

The ordering is the team’s current chart. The shares beside it are 2026 rates from the nflverse play-by-play data — how a team actually used a player, not a projection. Where a player has since changed teams the share is tagged with the club he earned it at, because a new arrival’s carry share says nothing yet about how Kansas City Chiefs will use him.

Offense 3WR 1TE

10 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

WRWide Receiver
  1. 1Rashee Rice
  2. 2Xavier Worthy
  3. 3Jalen Royals
  4. 4Cyrus Allen
  5. 5Nikko Remigio
  6. 6Tyquan Thornton
  7. 7Jeff Caldwell
  8. 8Jimmy Holiday
LTLeft Tackle
  1. 1Josh Simmons
  2. 2Kahlil Benson
  3. 3Jaylon Moore
LGLeft Guard
  1. 1Kingsley Suamataia
  2. 2Mike Caliendo
  3. 3Joshua Ezeudu
CCenter
  1. 1Creed Humphrey
  2. 2Hunter Nourzad
RGRight Guard
  1. 1Trey Smith
  2. 2Mike Caliendo
  3. 3Matt Waletzko
RTRight Tackle
  1. 1Kahlil Benson
  2. 2Jaylon Moore
  3. 3Diego Pounds
QBQuarterback
  1. 1Patrick Mahomes
  2. 2Justin Fields
  3. 3Garrett Nussmeier
TETight End
  1. 1Travis Kelce
  2. 2Noah Gray
  3. 3Jake Briningstool
  4. 4Jared Wiley
  5. 5John Michael Gyllenborg
RBRunning Back
  1. 1Kenneth Walker III
  2. 2Emmett Johnson
  3. 3Brashard Smith
FBFullback
  1. 1Ben VanSumeren

Defense Base 4-3 D

12 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

LDELeft Defensive End
  1. 1George Karlaftis
  2. 2Ashton Gillotte
  3. 3Jack Pyburn
  4. 4Ethan Downs
LDTLeft Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Chris Jones
  2. 2Peter Woods
RDTRight Defensive Tackle
  1. 1Khyiris Tonga
  2. 2Bryson Eason
  3. 3Omarr Norman-Lott
RDERight Defensive End
  1. 1Felix Anudike-Uzomah
  2. 2R Mason Thomas
  3. 3Cooper McDonald
WLBWeakside Linebacker
  1. 1Drue Tranquill
MLBMiddle Linebacker
  1. 1Nick Bolton
  2. 2Jack Cochrane
SLBStrongside Linebacker
  1. 1Jeffrey Bassa
LCBLeft Cornerback
  1. 1Nohl Williams
  2. 2Chris Roland-Wallace
SSStrong Safety
  1. 1Chamarri Conner
  2. 2Jaden Hicks
FSFree Safety
  1. 1Alohi Gilman
  2. 2Xavier Nwankpa
RCBRight Cornerback
  1. 1Mansoor Delane
  2. 2Kristian Fulton
NBNickel Back
  1. 1L'Jarius Sneed
  2. 2Jadon Canady

Special teams

6 positions. The first name at each is the listed starter.

PKPlace kicker
  1. 1Harrison Butker
PPunter
  1. 1Matt Araiza
HHolder
  1. 1Matt Araiza
PRPunt Returner
  1. 1Nikko Remigio
  2. 2Brashard Smith
  3. 3Tyquan Thornton
KRKick Returner
  1. 1Nikko Remigio
  2. 2Brashard Smith
  3. 3Xavier Worthy
  4. 4Emmett Johnson
LSLong Snapper
  1. 1James Winchester
Where this comes from. The league’s own published depth chart, via the nflverse open dataset (CC-BY-4.0), re-pulled on a schedule. The snapshot on this page is dated October 7, 2026. Depth charts are a team’s stated ordering, not a guarantee of playing time — see the Kansas City Chiefs team page for snap share and production, and start/sit for what it means this week.