# List of Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterbacks

The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional American football team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Steelers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the American Football Conference (AFC) North division.

## Starters per season

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right of their name:
| Season | Regular season | Postseason |
| 1933 | Tony Holm | |
| 1934 | Warren Heller | |
| 1935 | Johnny Gildea | |
| 1936 | Ed Matesic | |
| 1937 | Max Fiske / Johnny Gildea | |
| 1938 | Max Fiske / Frankie Filchock / Byron White | |
| 1939 | Hugh McCullough | |
| 1940 | Billy Patterson | |
| 1941 | Boyd Brumbaugh / Coley McDonough | |
| 1942 | Bill Dudley | |
| 1943 | Roy Zimmerman / Allie Sherman | |
| 1944 | John Grigas / John McCarthy | |
| 1945 | Buss Warren / Bill Dudley | |
| 1946 | Bill Dudley / Johnny Clement | |
| 1947 | Johnny Clement / Charlie Seabright | Johnny Clement (0–1) |
| 1948 | Ray Evans / Joe Gasparella / Johnny Clement | |
| 1949 | Joe Geri / Jim Finks | |
| 1950 | Joe Geri | |
| 1951 | Joe Geri / Chuck Ortmann | |
| 1952 | Jim Finks (12) | |
| 1953 | Jim Finks (9) / Bill Mackrides (3) | |
| 1954 | Jim Finks (12) | |
| 1955 | Jim Finks (12) | |
| 1956 | Ted Marchibroda (11) / Jack Scarbath (1) | |
| 1957 | Earl Morrall (11) / Len Dawson (1) | |
| 1958 | Bobby Layne (10) / Earl Morrall (2) | |
| 1959 | Bobby Layne (12) | |
| 1960 | Bobby Layne (9) / Rudy Bukich (3) | |
| 1961 | Rudy Bukich (8) / Bobby Layne (6) | |
| 1962 | Bobby Layne (11) / Ed Brown (3) | |
| 1963 | Ed Brown (14) | |
| 1964 | Ed Brown (13) / Bill Nelsen (1) | |
| 1965 | Bill Nelsen (12) / Tommy Wade (2) | |
| 1966 | Ron C. Smith (7) / Bill Nelsen (5) / George Izo (2) | |
| 1967 | Kent Nix (9) / Bill Nelsen (5) | |
| 1968 | Dick Shiner (11) / Kent Nix (3) | |
| 1969 | Dick Shiner (9) / Terry Hanratty (5) | |
| 1970 | Terry Bradshaw (8) / Terry Hanratty (6) | |
| 1971 | Terry Bradshaw (13) / Terry Hanratty (1) | |
| 1972 | Terry Bradshaw (14) | Terry Bradshaw (1–1) |
| 1973 | Terry Bradshaw (9) / Terry Hanratty (4) / Joe Gilliam (1) | Terry Bradshaw (0–1) |
| 1974 | Terry Bradshaw (7) / Joe Gilliam (6) / Terry Hanratty (1) | Terry Bradshaw (3–0) |
| 1975 | Terry Bradshaw (14) | Terry Bradshaw (3–0) |
| 1976 | Terry Bradshaw (8) / Mike Kruczek (6) | Terry Bradshaw (1–1) |
| 1977 | Terry Bradshaw (14) | Terry Bradshaw (0–1) |
| 1978 | Terry Bradshaw (16) | Terry Bradshaw (3–0) |
| 1979 | Terry Bradshaw (16) | Terry Bradshaw (3–0) |
| 1980 | Terry Bradshaw (15) / Cliff Stoudt (1) | |
| 1981 | Terry Bradshaw (14) / Mark Malone (2) | |
| 1982 | Terry Bradshaw (9) | Terry Bradshaw (0–1) |
| 1983 | Cliff Stoudt (15) / Terry Bradshaw (1) | Cliff Stoudt (0–1) |
| 1984 | Mark Malone (9) / David Woodley (7) | Mark Malone (1–1) |
| 1985 | Mark Malone (8) / David Woodley (6) / Scott Campbell (2) | |
| 1986 | Mark Malone (14) / Bubby Brister (2) | |
| 1987 | Mark Malone (12) / Steve Bono (3) | |
| 1988 | Bubby Brister (13) / Todd Blackledge (3) | |
| 1989 | Bubby Brister (14) / Todd Blackledge (2) | Bubby Brister (1–1) |
| 1990 | Bubby Brister (16) | |
| 1991 | Neil O'Donnell (8) / Bubby Brister (8) | |
| 1992 | Neil O'Donnell (12) / Bubby Brister (4) | Neil O'Donnell (0–1) |
| 1993 | Neil O'Donnell (15) / Mike Tomczak (1) | Neil O'Donnell (0–1) |
| 1994 | Neil O'Donnell (14) / Mike Tomczak (2) | Neil O'Donnell (1–1) |
| 1995 | Neil O'Donnell (12) / Mike Tomczak (4) | Neil O'Donnell (2–1) |
| 1996 | Mike Tomczak (15) / Jim Miller (1) | Mike Tomczak (1–1) |
| 1997 | Kordell Stewart (16) | Kordell Stewart (1–1) |
| 1998 | Kordell Stewart (16) | |
| 1999 | Kordell Stewart (12) / Mike Tomczak (4) | |
| 2000 | Kordell Stewart (11) / Kent Graham (5) | |
| 2001 | Kordell Stewart (16) | Kordell Stewart (1–1) |
| 2002 | Tommy Maddox (11) / Kordell Stewart (5) | Tommy Maddox (1–1) |
| 2003 | Tommy Maddox (16) | |
| 2004 | Ben Roethlisberger (13) / Tommy Maddox (3) | Ben Roethlisberger (1–1) |
| 2005 | Ben Roethlisberger (12) / Tommy Maddox (2) / Charlie Batch (2) | Ben Roethlisberger (4–0) |
| 2006 | Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Charlie Batch (1) | |
| 2007 | Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Charlie Batch (1) | Ben Roethlisberger (0–1) |
| 2008 | Ben Roethlisberger (16) | Ben Roethlisberger (3–0) |
| 2009 | Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Dennis Dixon (1) | |
| 2010 | Ben Roethlisberger (12) / Charlie Batch (2) / Dennis Dixon (2) | Ben Roethlisberger (2–1) |
| 2011 | Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Charlie Batch (1) | Ben Roethlisberger (0–1) |
| 2012 | Ben Roethlisberger (13) / Charlie Batch (2) / Byron Leftwich (1) | |
| 2013 | Ben Roethlisberger (16) | |
| 2014 | Ben Roethlisberger (16) | Ben Roethlisberger (0–1) |
| 2015 | Ben Roethlisberger (11) / Michael Vick (3) / Landry Jones (2) | Ben Roethlisberger (1–1) |
| 2016 | Ben Roethlisberger (14) / Landry Jones (2) | Ben Roethlisberger (2–1) |
| 2017 | Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Landry Jones (1) | Ben Roethlisberger (0–1) |
| 2018 | Ben Roethlisberger (16) | |
| 2019 | Mason Rudolph (8) / Devlin Hodges (6) / Ben Roethlisberger (2) | |
| 2020 | Ben Roethlisberger (15) / Mason Rudolph (1) | Ben Roethlisberger (0–1) |
| 2021 | Ben Roethlisberger (16) / Mason Rudolph (1) | Ben Roethlisberger (0–1) |
| 2022 | Kenny Pickett (12) / Mitchell Trubisky (5) | |
| 2023 | Kenny Pickett (12) / Mason Rudolph (3) / Mitchell Trubisky (2) | Mason Rudolph (0–1) |
| 2024 | Russell Wilson (11) / Justin Fields (6) | Russell Wilson (0–1) |

## Most games started

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Steelers in regular season games.
| | Name | Period | Starts | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % |
| 1 | Ben Roethlisberger | 2004–21 | 247 | 165 | 81 | 1 | .670 |
| 2 | Terry Bradshaw | 1970–83 | 158 | 107 | 51 | 0 | .677 |
| 3 | Kordell Stewart | 1997–2002 | 75 | 46 | 29 | 0 | .613 |
| 4 | Neil O'Donnell | 1991–95 | 61 | 39 | 22 | 0 | .639 |
| 5 | Bubby Brister | 1986–92 | 57 | 28 | 29 | 0 | .491 |

## Team career passing records

| Name | Completions | Attempts | Completion % | Yards | Touchdowns | Interceptions | QB rating |
| Ben Roethlisberger | 5,440 | 8,443 | 64.4 | 64,088 | 418 | 211 | 93.5 |
| Terry Bradshaw | 2,025 | 3,901 | 51.9 | 27,989 | 212 | 210 | 70.9 |
| Bubby Brister | 776 | 1,477 | 52.5 | 10,104 | 51 | 57 | 69.8 |
| Kordell Stewart | 1,190 | 2,107 | 56.5 | 13,328 | 70 | 72 | 72.3 |
| Neil O'Donnell | 1,069 | 1,871 | 57.1 | 12,867 | 68 | 39 | 81.8 |
| Bobby Layne | 569 | 1,159 | 49.2 | 9,030 | 66 | 78 | 65.5 |