# List of Cincinnati Bengals starting quarterbacks

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Bengals.

## Starting quarterbacks

The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

### Regular season

| Season(s) | Quarterback(s) |
| 1968 | John Stofa (7) / Dewey Warren (4) / Sam Wyche (3) |
| 1969 | Greg Cook (11) / Sam Wyche (3) |
| 1970 | Virgil Carter (11) / Sam Wyche (3) |
| 1971 | Virgil Carter (10) / Ken Anderson (4) |
| 1972 | Ken Anderson (13) / Virgil Carter (1) |
| 1973 | Ken Anderson (14) |
| 1974 | Ken Anderson (13) / Wayne Clark (1) |
| 1975 | Ken Anderson (13) / John Reaves (1) |
| 1976 | Ken Anderson (14) |
| 1977 | Ken Anderson (13) / John Reaves (1) |
| 1978 | Ken Anderson (12) / John Reaves (4) |
| 1979 | Ken Anderson (15) / Jack Thompson (1) |
| 1980 | Ken Anderson (12) / Jack Thompson (4) |
| 1981 | Ken Anderson (16) |
| 1982 | Ken Anderson (9) |
| 1983 | Ken Anderson (13) / Turk Schonert (3) |
| 1984 | Ken Anderson (9) / Boomer Esiason (4) / Turk Schonert (3) |
| 1985 | Boomer Esiason (14) / Ken Anderson (2) |
| 1986 | Boomer Esiason (16) |
| 1987 | Boomer Esiason (12) / Dave Walter (2) / Adrian Breen (1) |
| 1988 | Boomer Esiason (16) |
| 1989 | Boomer Esiason (15) / Turk Schonert (1) |
| 1990 | Boomer Esiason (16) |
| 1991 | Boomer Esiason (14) / Donald Hollas (1) / Erik Wilhelm (1) |
| 1992 | Boomer Esiason (11) / David Klingler (4) / Donald Hollas (1) |
| 1993 | David Klingler (13) / Jay Schroeder (3) |
| 1994 | Jeff Blake (9) / David Klingler (7) |
| 1995 | Jeff Blake (16) |
| 1996 | Jeff Blake (16) |
| 1997 | Jeff Blake (11) / Boomer Esiason (5) |
| 1998 | Neil O'Donnell (11) / Paul Justin (3) / Jeff Blake (2) |
| 1999 | Jeff Blake (12) / Akili Smith (4) |
| 2000 | Akili Smith (11) / Scott Mitchell (5) |
| 2001 | Jon Kitna (15) / Akili Smith (1) |
| 2002 | Jon Kitna (12) / Gus Frerotte (3) / Akili Smith (1) |
| 2003 | Jon Kitna (16) |
| 2004 | Carson Palmer (13) / Jon Kitna (3) |
| 2005 | Carson Palmer (16) |
| 2006 | Carson Palmer (16) |
| 2007 | Carson Palmer (16) |
| 2008 | Ryan Fitzpatrick (12) / Carson Palmer (4) |
| 2009 | Carson Palmer (16) |
| 2010 | Carson Palmer (16) |
| 2011 | Andy Dalton (16) |
| 2012 | Andy Dalton (16) |
| 2013 | Andy Dalton (16) |
| 2014 | Andy Dalton (16) |
| 2015 | Andy Dalton (13) / A. J. McCarron (3) |
| 2016 | Andy Dalton (16) |
| 2017 | Andy Dalton (16) |
| 2018 | Andy Dalton (11) / Jeff Driskel (5) |
| 2019 | Andy Dalton (13) / Ryan Finley (3) |
| 2020 | Joe Burrow (10) / Brandon Allen (5) / Ryan Finley (1) |
| 2021 | Joe Burrow (16) / Brandon Allen (1) |
| 2022 | Joe Burrow (16) |
| 2023 | Joe Burrow (10) / Jake Browning (7) |
| 2024 | Joe Burrow (17) |

### Postseason

| Season | Quarterback(s) |
| 1970 | Virgil Carter (0–1) |
| 1973 | Ken Anderson (0–1) |
| 1975 | Ken Anderson (0–1) |
| 1981 | Ken Anderson (2–1) |
| 1982 | Ken Anderson (0–1) |
| 1988 | Boomer Esiason (2–1) |
| 1990 | Boomer Esiason (1–1) |
| 2005 | Carson Palmer (0–1) |
| 2009 | Carson Palmer (0–1) |
| 2011 | Andy Dalton (0–1) |
| 2012 | Andy Dalton (0–1) |
| 2013 | Andy Dalton (0–1) |
| 2014 | Andy Dalton (0–1) |
| 2015 | A. J. McCarron (0–1) |
| 2021 | Joe Burrow (3–1) |
| 2022 | Joe Burrow (2−1) |

## Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bengals in regular season games (through the 2024 NFL season).
| Name | |
| GP | Games played |
| GS | Games started |
| W | Number of wins as starting quarterback |
| L | Number of losses as starting quarterback |
| T | Number of ties as starting quarterback |
| Pct | Winning Percentage as starting quarterback |
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
| Ken Anderson | 1971–1986 | 192 | 172 | 91 | 81 | - | .529 |
| Andy Dalton | 2011–2019 | 133 | 133 | 70 | 61 | 2 | .534 |
| Boomer Esiason | 1984–1992, 1997 | 134 | 123 | 62 | 61 | - | .504 |
| Carson Palmer | 2004–2010 | 97 | 97 | 46 | 51 | - | .474 |
| Joe Burrow | 2020–present | 69 | 69 | 38 | 30 | 1 | .558 |
| Jeff Blake | 1994–1999 | 75 | 66 | 25 | 41 | - | .379 |
| Jon Kitna | 2001–2005 | 53 | 46 | 18 | 28 | - | .391 |

## Team career passing records

(Through the 2024 NFL season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
| Andy Dalton | 2,757 | 4,449 | 62.0 | 31,594 | 204 | 118 |
| Ken Anderson | 2,654 | 4,475 | 59.3 | 32,838 | 197 | 160 |
| Carson Palmer | 2,024 | 3,217 | 62.9 | 22,694 | 154 | 100 |
| Boomer Esiason | 2,015 | 3,564 | 56.5 | 27,149 | 187 | 131 |
| Joe Burrow | 1,748 | 2,547 | 68.6 | 19,001 | 140 | 46 |
| Jeff Blake | 1,240 | 2,221 | 55.8 | 15,134 | 93 | 62 |
| Jon Kitna | 1,009 | 1,707 | 59.1 | 10,707 | 59 | 59 |