# List of Dallas Cowboys starting quarterbacks

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

## Starting quarterbacks

| Season | Regular season | Postseason |
| 1960 | Eddie LeBaron (0–9–1) / Don Heinrich (0–1) / Don Meredith (0–1) | |
| 1961 | Eddie LeBaron (2–8) / Don Meredith (2–1–1) | |
| 1962 | Don Meredith (2–5–1) / Eddie LeBaron (3–3) | |
| 1963 | Don Meredith (4–8) / Eddie LeBaron (0–2) | |
| 1964 | Don Meredith (5–4–1) / John Roach (0–4) | |
| 1965 | Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (0–2) / Jerry Rhome (0–1) | |
| 1966 | Don Meredith (9–3–1) / Jerry Rhome (1–0) | Don Meredith (0–1) |
| 1967 | Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (2–1) | Don Meredith (1–1) |
| 1968 | Don Meredith (11–2) / Craig Morton (1–0) | Don Meredith (0–1) |
| 1969 | Craig Morton (10–2–1) / Roger Staubach (1–0) | Craig Morton (0–1) |
| 1970 | Craig Morton (8–3) / Roger Staubach (2–1) | Craig Morton (2–1) |
| 1971 | Roger Staubach (10–0) / Craig Morton (1–3) | Roger Staubach (3–0) |
| 1972 | Craig Morton (10–4) | Craig Morton (1–0) / Roger Staubach (0–1) |
| 1973 | Roger Staubach (10–4) | Roger Staubach (1–1) |
| 1974 | Roger Staubach (8–6) | |
| 1975 | Roger Staubach (9–4) / Clint Longley (1–0) | Roger Staubach (2–1) |
| 1976 | Roger Staubach (11–3) | Roger Staubach (0–1) |
| 1977 | Roger Staubach (12–2) | Roger Staubach (3–0) |
| 1978 | Roger Staubach (11–4) / Danny White (1–0) | Roger Staubach (2–1) |
| 1979 | Roger Staubach (11–5) | Roger Staubach (0–1) |
| 1980 | Danny White (12–4) | Danny White (2–1) |
| 1981 | Danny White (11–4) / Glenn Carano (1–0) | Danny White (1–1) |
| 1982 | Danny White (6–3) | Danny White (2–1) |
| 1983 | Danny White (12–4) | Danny White (0–1) |
| 1984 | Gary Hogeboom (6–4) / Danny White (3–3) | |
| 1985 | Danny White (10–4) / Gary Hogeboom (0–2) | Danny White (0–1) |
| 1986 | Steve Pelluer (3–6) / Danny White (4–2) / Reggie Collier (0–1) | |
| 1987 | Danny White (3–6) / Steve Pelluer (2–2) / Kevin Sweeney (2–0) | |
| 1988 | Steve Pelluer (3–11) / Kevin Sweeney (0–2) | |
| 1989 | Troy Aikman (0–11) / Steve Walsh (1–4) | |
| 1990 | Troy Aikman (7–8) / Babe Laufenberg (0–1) | |
| 1991 | Troy Aikman (7–5) / Steve Beuerlein (4–0) | Steve Beuerlein (1–1) |
| 1992 | Troy Aikman (13–3) | Troy Aikman (3–0) |
| 1993 | Troy Aikman (11–3) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Bernie Kosar (0–1) | Troy Aikman (3–0) |
| 1994 | Troy Aikman (10–4) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Rodney Peete (1–0) | Troy Aikman (1–1) |
| 1995 | Troy Aikman (12–4) | Troy Aikman (3–0) |
| 1996 | Troy Aikman (10–5) / Wade Wilson (0–1) | Troy Aikman (1–1) |
| 1997 | Troy Aikman (6–10) | |
| 1998 | Troy Aikman (7–4) / Jason Garrett (3–2) | Troy Aikman (0–1) |
| 1999 | Troy Aikman (7–7) / Jason Garrett (1–1) | Troy Aikman (0–1) |
| 2000 | Troy Aikman (4–7) / Randall Cunningham (1–2) / Anthony Wright (0–2) | |
| 2001 | Quincy Carter (3–5) / Anthony Wright (1–2) / Ryan Leaf (0–3) / Clint Stoerner (1–1) | |
| 2002 | Chad Hutchinson (2–7) / Quincy Carter (3–4) | |
| 2003 | Quincy Carter (10–6) | Quincy Carter (0–1) |
| 2004 | Vinny Testaverde (5–10) / Drew Henson (1–0) | |
| 2005 | Drew Bledsoe (9–7) | |
| 2006 | Tony Romo (6–4) / Drew Bledsoe (3–3) | Tony Romo (0–1) |
| 2007 | Tony Romo (13–3) | Tony Romo (0–1) |
| 2008 | Tony Romo (8–5) / Brad Johnson (1–2) | |
| 2009 | Tony Romo (11–5) | Tony Romo (1–1) |
| 2010 | Jon Kitna (4–5) / Tony Romo (1–5) / Stephen McGee (1–0) | |
| 2011 | Tony Romo (8–8) | |
| 2012 | Tony Romo (8–8) | |
| 2013 | Tony Romo (8–7) / Kyle Orton (0–1) | |
| 2014 | Tony Romo (12–3) / Brandon Weeden (0–1) | Tony Romo (1–1) |
| 2015 | Matt Cassell (1–6) / Tony Romo (3–1) / Brandon Weeden (0–3) / Kellen Moore (0–2) | |
| 2016 | Dak Prescott (13–3) | Dak Prescott (0–1) |
| 2017 | Dak Prescott (9–7) | |
| 2018 | Dak Prescott (10–6) | Dak Prescott (1–1) |
| 2019 | Dak Prescott (8–8) | |
| 2020 | Andy Dalton (4–5) / Dak Prescott (2–3) / Garrett Gilbert (0–1) / Ben DiNucci (0–1) | |
| 2021 | Dak Prescott (11–5) / Cooper Rush (1–0) | Dak Prescott (0–1) |
| 2022 | Dak Prescott (8–4) / Cooper Rush (4–1) | Dak Prescott (1–1) |
| 2023 | Dak Prescott (12–5) | Dak Prescott (0–1) |
| 2024 | Dak Prescott (3–5) / Cooper Rush (4–4) / Trey Lance (0–1) | |

## Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Cowboys 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 | % |
| Troy Aikman | 1989–2000 | 165 | 165 | 94 | 71 | — | .570 |
| Tony Romo | 2006–2015 | 156 | 127 | 78 | 49 | — | .614 |
| Dak Prescott | 2016–present | 122 | 122 | 76 | 46 | — | .623 |
| Roger Staubach | 1969–1979 | 131 | 114 | 85 | 29 | — | .746 |
| Danny White | 1976–1988 | 166 | 92 | 62 | 30 | — | .674 |
| Don Meredith | 1960–1968 | 104 | 85 | 48 | 33 | 4 | .588 |
| Craig Morton | 1965–1974 | 101 | 47 | 32 | 14 | 1 | .691 |
| Quincy Carter | 2001–2003 | 31 | 31 | 16 | 15 | — | .516 |

## Team career passing records

(Through the 2024 NFL season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
| Troy Aikman | 2,898 | 4,715 | 61.4 | 32,942 | 165 | 141 |
| Tony Romo | 2,829 | 4,335 | 65.3 | 34,183 | 248 | 117 |
| Dak Prescott | 2,779 | 4,158 | 66.8 | 31,426 | 213 | 82 |
| Danny White | 1,761 | 2,950 | 59.7 | 21,959 | 155 | 132 |
| Roger Staubach | 1,685 | 2,958 | 57.0 | 22,700 | 153 | 109 |
| Don Meredith | 1,170 | 2,308 | 50.7 | 17,199 | 135 | 111 |
| Craig Morton | 685 | 1,308 | 52.4 | 10,279 | 80 | 73 |