# List of Atlanta Falcons starting quarterbacks

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each playing at quarterback for the Falcons.

## Starting quarterbacks

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

### Regular season

| Season | Regular season | Postseason |
| 1966 | Randy Johnson (3–8) / Dennis Claridge (0–3) | |
| 1967 | Randy Johnson (1–10–1) / Terry Nofsinger (0–1) / Steve Sloan (0–1) | |
| 1968 | Bob Berry (1–6) / Randy Johnson (1–6) | |
| 1969 | Bob Berry (4–3) / Randy Johnson (2–3) / Bruce Lemmerman (0–2) | |
| 1970 | Bob Berry (3–7–2) / Randy Johnson (1–1) | |
| 1971 | Bob Berry (4–5–1) / Dick Shiner (3–1) | |
| 1972 | Bob Berry (7–7) | |
| 1973 | Bob Lee (8–2) / Dick Shiner (1–3) | |
| 1974 | Bob Lee (2–7) / Pat Sullivan (0–3) / Kim McQuilken (1–1) | |
| 1975 | Steve Bartkowski (4–7) / Kim McQuilken (0–2) / Pat Sullivan (0–1) | |
| 1976 | Scott Hunter (2–4) / Steve Bartkowski (1–4) / Kim McQuilken (1–2) | |
| 1977 | Scott Hunter (4–3) / Steve Bartkowski (3–4) | |
| 1978 | Steve Bartkowski (8–5) / June Jones (1–2) | Steve Bartkowski (1–1) |
| 1979 | Steve Bartkowski (6–8) / June Jones (0–2) | |
| 1980 | Steve Bartkowski (12–4) | Steve Bartkowski (0–1) |
| 1981 | Steve Bartkowski (7–9) | |
| 1982 | Steve Bartkowski (5–4) | Steve Bartkowski (0–1) |
| 1983 | Steve Bartkowski (6–8) / Mike Moroski (1–1) | |
| 1984 | Steve Bartkowski (3–8) / Mike Moroski (1–4) | |
| 1985 | David Archer (4–7) / Steve Bartkowski (0–5) | |
| 1986 | David Archer (5–5–1) / Turk Schonert (2–3) | |
| 1987 | Scott Campbell (2–7) / Erik Kramer (1–1) / Chris Miller (0–2) / David Archer (0–1) / Jeff Van Raaphorst (0–1) | |
| 1988 | Chris Miller (5–8) / Steve Dils (0–3) | |
| 1989 | Chris Miller (3–12) / Hugh Millen (0–1) | |
| 1990 | Chris Miller (3–9) / Hugh Millen (2–0) / Scott Campbell (0–2) | |
| 1991 | Chris Miller (9–5) / Billy Joe Tolliver (1–1) | Chris Miller (1–1) |
| 1992 | Chris Miller (3–5) / Billy Joe Tolliver (2–3) / Wade Wilson (1–2) | |
| 1993 | Bobby Hebert (4–8) / Billy Joe Tolliver (2–0) / Chris Miller (0–2) | |
| 1994 | Jeff George (7–9) | |
| 1995 | Jeff George (9–7) | Jeff George (0–1) |
| 1996 | Bobby Hebert (3–10) / Jeff George (0–3) | |
| 1997 | Chris Chandler (7–7) / Billy Joe Tolliver (0–1) / Tony Graziani (0–1) | |
| 1998 | Chris Chandler (13–1) / Tony Graziani (1–0) / Steve DeBerg (0–1) | Chris Chandler (2–1) |
| 1999 | Chris Chandler (4–8) / Tony Graziani (1–2) / Danny Kanell (0–1) | |
| 2000 | Chris Chandler (4–9) / Doug Johnson (0–2) / Danny Kanell (0–1) | |
| 2001 | Chris Chandler (6–8) / Michael Vick (1–1) | |
| 2002 | Michael Vick (8–6–1) / Doug Johnson (1–0) | Michael Vick (1–1) |
| 2003 | Doug Johnson (1–7) / Michael Vick (3–1) / Kurt Kittner (1–3) | |
| 2004 | Michael Vick (11–4) / Matt Schaub (0–1) | Michael Vick (1–1) |
| 2005 | Michael Vick (8–7) / Matt Schaub (0–1) | |
| 2006 | Michael Vick (7–9) | |
| 2007 | Joey Harrington (3–7) / Chris Redman (1–3) / Byron Leftwich (0–2) | |
| 2008 | Matt Ryan (11–5) | Matt Ryan (0–1) |
| 2009 | Matt Ryan (9–5) / Chris Redman (0–2) | |
| 2010 | Matt Ryan (13–3) | Matt Ryan (0–1) |
| 2011 | Matt Ryan (10–6) | Matt Ryan (0–1) |
| 2012 | Matt Ryan (13–3) | Matt Ryan (1–1) |
| 2013 | Matt Ryan (4–12) | |
| 2014 | Matt Ryan (6–10) | |
| 2015 | Matt Ryan (8–8) | |
| 2016 | Matt Ryan (11–5) | Matt Ryan (2–1) |
| 2017 | Matt Ryan (10–6) | Matt Ryan (1–1) |
| 2018 | Matt Ryan (7–9) | |
| 2019 | Matt Ryan (7–8) / Matt Schaub (0–1) | |
| 2020 | Matt Ryan (4–12) | |
| 2021 | Matt Ryan (7–10) | |
| 2022 | Marcus Mariota (5–8) / Desmond Ridder (2–2) | |
| 2023 | Desmond Ridder (6–7) / Taylor Heinicke (1–3) | |
| 2024 | Kirk Cousins (7–7) / Michael Penix Jr. (1–2) | |

## Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Falcons in regular season games (through the 2021 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 | % |
| Matt Ryan | 2008–2021 | 222 | 222 | 120 | 102 | — | .541 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1975–1985 | 123 | 121 | 55 | 66 | — | .455 |
| Michael Vick | 2001–2006 | 74 | 67 | 38 | 28 | 1 | .575 |
| Chris Chandler | 1997–2001 | 68 | 67 | 34 | 33 | — | .507 |
| Chris Miller | 1987–1993 | 69 | 66 | 23 | 43 | — | .348 |
| Bob Berry | 1968–1972 | 54 | 51 | 19 | 29 | 3 | .402 |

## Team career passing records
### Regular season

(Through the 2021 NFL season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
| Matt Ryan | 5,242 | 8,003 | 65.5 | 59,735 | 367 | 170 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 1,871 | 3,330 | 56.2 | 23,470 | 154 | 141 |
| Chris Miller | 1,129 | 2,089 | 54.0 | 14,066 | 87 | 72 |
| Chris Chandler | 981 | 1,672 | 58.7 | 13,268 | 87 | 56 |
| Michael Vick | 930 | 1,730 | 53.8 | 11,505 | 71 | 52 |
| Jeff George | 714 | 1,180 | 60.5 | 8,575 | 50 | 32 |
| Bobby Hebert | 637 | 1,066 | 59.8 | 7,053 | 50 | 49 |
| Bob Berry | 598 | 1,049 | 57.0 | 8,489 | 57 | 56 |

### Postseason

| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
| Matt Ryan | 237 | 351 | 67.5 | 2,672 | 20 | 7 |
| Steve Bartkowski | 53 | 101 | 52.4 | 792 | 5 | 8 |
| Chris Miller | 35 | 62 | 56.4 | 451 | 1 | 6 |
| Chris Chandler | 59 | 97 | 60.8 | 728 | 4 | 4 |
| Michael Vick | 58 | 103 | 56.3 | 609 | 3 | 3 |
| Jeff George | 30 | 54 | 55.5 | 366 | 2 | 2 |