# List of Toronto Argonauts starting quarterbacks

The following is an incomplete list of starting quarterbacks for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League that have started a regular season game for the team. This list includes postseason appearances since 1990, but does not include preseason games. They are listed in order of most starts with any tiebreaker being the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Argonauts.

## Starting quarterbacks by season

Where known, the number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
| Season(s) | Regular season | Postseason |
| 2024 | Cameron Dukes (9) / Nick Arbuckle (1) / Chad Kelly (8) | Chad Kelly (2) / Nick Arbuckle (1) |
| 2023 | Chad Kelly (16) / Cameron Dukes (2) | Chad Kelly (1) |
| 2022 | McLeod Bethel-Thompson (17) / Chad Kelly (1) | McLeod Bethel-Thompson (2) |
| 2021 | McLeod Bethel-Thompson (9) / Nick Arbuckle (4) / Antonio Pipkin (1) | McLeod Bethel-Thompson (1) |
| 2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2019 | McLeod Bethel-Thompson (13) / James Franklin (4) / Dakota Prukop (1) | |
| 2018 | James Franklin (8) / McLeod Bethel-Thompson (8) / Ricky Ray (2) | |
| 2017 | Ricky Ray (17) / Jeff Mathews (1) | Ricky Ray (2) |
| 2016 | Ricky Ray (9) / Logan Kilgore (3) / Dan LeFevour (3) / Drew Willy (3) | |
| 2015 | Trevor Harris (16) / Ricky Ray (2) | Ricky Ray (1) |
| 2014 | Ricky Ray (17) / Trevor Harris (1) | |
| 2013 | Ricky Ray (10) / Zach Collaros (8) | Ricky Ray (1) |
| 2012 | Ricky Ray (14) / Jarious Jackson (4) | Ricky Ray (3) |
| 2011 | Cleo Lemon (8) / Steven Jyles (8) / Dalton Bell (2) | |
| 2010 | Cleo Lemon (17) / Dalton Bell (1) | Cleo Lemon (1) |
| 2009 | Kerry Joseph (10) / Cody Pickett (7) / Stephen Reaves (1) | |
| 2008 | Kerry Joseph (16) / Cody Pickett (2) | |
| 2007 | Michael Bishop (12) / Damon Allen (2) / Mike McMahon (2) / Ian Butler (2) | Michael Bishop (1) |
| 2006 | Damon Allen (14) / Spergon Wynn (4) | Damon Allen (2) |
| 2005 | Damon Allen (17) / Michael Bishop (1) | Damon Allen (1) |
| 2004 | Damon Allen (9) / Michael Bishop (9) | Damon Allen (3) |
| 2003 | Damon Allen (15) / Marcus Brady (3) | Damon Allen (2) |
| 2002 | Reggie Slack (7) / Michael Bishop (5) / Jim Ballard (4) / Stanley Jackson (2) | Reggie Slack (2) |
| 2001 | Kerwin Bell (9) / Jimmy Kemp (9) | |
| 2000 | Kerwin Bell (9) / Jimmy Kemp (7) / Jay Barker (1) / Oteman Sampson (1) | |
| 1999 | Jay Barker (11) / Jimmy Kemp (7) | Jay Barker (1) |
| 1998 | Kerwin Bell (14) / Jay Barker (4) | Kerwin Bell (1) |
| 1997 | Doug Flutie (18) | Doug Flutie (2) |
| 1996 | Doug Flutie (18) | Doug Flutie (2) |
| 1995 | Kent Austin (13) / Marvin Graves (3) / Erik White (2) | |
| 1994 | Mike Kerrigan (8) / Marvin Graves (7) / Reggie Slack (2) / Erik White (1) | Marvin Graves (1) |
| 1993 | Tracy Ham (10) / Reggie Slack (5) / Mike Kerrigan (3) | |
| 1992 | Rickey Foggie (16) / John Congemi (2) | |
| 1991 | Rickey Foggie (11) / Matt Dunigan (7) | Matt Dunigan (2) |
| 1990 | Matt Dunigan (7) / John Congemi (5) / Rickey Foggie (4) / Tom Porras (2) | Rickey Foggie (1) / John Congemi (1) |
| 1989 | Gilbert Renfroe (8) / John Congemi (7) / Rick Johnson (3) |
| 1988 | Gilbert Renfroe (18) |
| 1987 | Danny Barrett (8) / Gilbert Renfroe (7) / John Congemi (3) |
* * - Indicates that the number of starts is not known for that year for each quarterback

## Team passer rankings

Quarterbacks are listed by number of starts for the Argonauts.
| Name | GS | W–L–T | Comp | Att | Pct | Yards | TD | Int |
| Ricky Ray | 71 | 33–38–0 | 1,757 | 2,476 | 71.0 | 20,205 | 114 | 47 |
| Condredge Holloway | 68 | 38–30–0 | 1,149 | 1,988 | 57.8 | 16,619 | 98 | 55 |
| Damon Allen | 55 | 33–22–0 | 1,051 | 1,713 | 61.4 | 13,974 | 77 | 40 |
| McLeod Bethel-Thompson | 47 | 24–23–0 | 1,125 | 1,683 | 66.8 | 13,261 | 70 | 49 |
| Wally Gabler | 41 | 18–22–1 | 532 | 1,046 | 50.9 | 8,400 | 41 | 67 |
| Tobin Rote | 40 | 21–18–1 | 663 | 1,187 | 55.9 | 9,872 | 66 | 58 |
| Chuck Ealey | 40 | 15–24–1 | 414 | 759 | 54.5 | 5,426 | 30 | 29 |
| Doug Flutie | 36 | 30–6–0 | 864 | 1,350 | 64.0 | 11,125 | 76 | 41 |
| Gilbert Renfroe | 33 | 21–12–0 | 520 | 1,008 | 51.6 | 7,134 | 36 | 41 |
| Kerwin Bell | 32 | 18–14–0 | 695 | 1,092 | 63.6 | 8,812 | 52 | 34 |
| Joe Theismann | 32 | 19–12–1 | 382 | 679 | 56.3 | 6,093 | 40 | 47 |