Chiefs Starting Lineup 2026

The Chiefs start Patrick Mahomes at quarterback, Kenneth Walker III at running back and Travis Kelce at tight end. Rashee Rice, Xavier Worthy and Jalen Royals start at receiver. Week 5, from the depth chart the team filed (as of 2026-10-06) and the injury report (as of 2026-10-08). No listed starter is out or on injured reserve.

Chiefs offense

Pos	Starter	Next up
QB	Patrick Mahomes	Justin Fields
RB	Kenneth Walker III	Emmett Johnson
WR	Rashee Rice
WR	Xavier Worthy
WR	Jalen Royals	Cyrus Allen
TE	Travis Kelce	Noah Gray
LT	Josh Simmons	Kahlil Benson
LG	Kingsley Suamataia	Mike Caliendo
C	Creed Humphrey	Hunter Nourzad
RG	Trey Smith	Mike Caliendo
RT	Kahlil Benson	Jaylon Moore

Chiefs defense

Pos	Starter	Next up
LDE	George Karlaftis	Ashton Gillotte
LDT	Chris Jones	Peter Woods
RDT	Khyiris Tonga	Bryson Eason
RDE	Felix Anudike-Uzomah	R Mason Thomas
SLB	Jeffrey Bassa	Cole Christiansen
MLB	Nick Bolton	Jack Cochrane
WLB	Drue Tranquill
LCB	Nohl Williams	Chris Roland-Wallace
RCB	Mansoor Delane	Kristian Fulton
FS	Alohi Gilman	Xavier Nwankpa
SS	Chamarri Conner	Jaden Hicks

Special teams

Pos	Starter	Next up
K	Harrison Butker
P	Matt Araiza
LS	James Winchester
KR	Nikko Remigio	Brashard Smith
PR	Nikko Remigio	Brashard Smith

Base personnel: three receivers and one tight end on offense; on defense, the base front plus the slot corner when the base set is short of 11. Rebuilt every Tuesday with the depth chart.

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Source: the depth chart each team files with the league, via nflverse, and the official injury report. Player links go to the StickToTheModel profile.