# List of Arizona Cardinals starting quarterbacks

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

## Seasons

The number of games they started during the season is listed in parentheses:
| Season | Regular season | Postseason |
| Chicago Cardinals 1920–1959 ||||
| 1920 | Paddy Driscoll (10) | |
| 1921 | Paddy Driscoll (8) | |
| 1922 | Arnie Horween (11) | |
| 1923 | Arnie Horween (12) | |
| 1924 | Arnie Horween (10) | |
| 1925 | Paddy Driscoll (14) | |
| 1926 | Hal Erickson (12) | |
| 1927 | Roddy Lamb (11) | |
| 1928 | Hal Erickson (6) | |
| 1929 | Don Hill (13) | |
| 1930 | Bunny Belden (13) | |
| 1931 | Walt Holmer (9) | |
| 1932 | Walt Holmer (10) | |
| 1933 | Joe Lillard (11) | |
| 1934 | Phil Sarboe (11) | |
| 1935 | Phil Sarboe (12) | |
| 1936 | Pug Vaughan (12) | |
| 1937 | Pat Coffee (11) | |
| 1938 | Jack Robbins (11) | |
| 1939 | Jack Robbins (11) | |
| 1940 | Hugh McCullough (11) | |
| 1941 | Ray Mallouf (11) | |
| 1942 | Bud Schwenk (11) | |
| 1943 | Ronnie Cahill (10) | |
| 1944 | John Grigas (10) | |
| 1945 | Paul Christman (3) / Paul Collins (1) / Vince Oliver (1) | |
| 1946 | Paul Christman (11) | |
| 1947 | Paul Christman (12) | Paul Christman (1–0) |
| 1948 | Ray Mallouf (5) / Paul Christman (8) | Ray Mallouf (0–1) |
| 1949 | Paul Christman (7) / Jim Hardy (5) | |
| 1950 | Jim Hardy (10) / Frank Tripucka (2) | |
| 1951 | Charley Trippi (6) / Jim Hardy (4) / Frank Tripucka (2) | |
| 1952 | Charley Trippi (10) / Don Panciera (1) / Frank Tripucka (1) | |
| 1953 | Jim Root (6) / Steve Romanik (4) / Ray Nagel (2) | |
| 1954 | Lamar McHan (11) / Steve Romanik (1) | |
| 1955 | Lamar McHan (11) / Ogden Compton (1) | |
| 1956 | Lamar McHan (10) / Jim Root (2) | |
| 1957 | Lamar McHan (12) | |
| 1958 | Lamar McHan (9) / M.C. Reynolds (3) | |
| 1959 | King Hill (11) / John Roach (1) | |
| St. Louis Cardinals 1960–1987 ||||
| 1960 | John Roach (10) / King Hill (1) / George Izo (1) | |
| 1961 | Sam Etcheverry (7) / Ralph Guglielmi (7) | |
| 1962 | Charley Johnson (10) / Sam Etcheverry (4) | |
| 1963 | Charley Johnson (14) | |
| 1964 | Charley Johnson (14) | |
| 1965 | Charley Johnson (11) / Buddy Humphrey (3) | |
| 1966 | Charley Johnson (9) / Terry Nofsinger (5) | |
| 1967 | Jim Hart (14) | |
| 1968 | Jim Hart (12) / Charley Johnson (2) | |
| 1969 | Charley Johnson (9) / Jim Hart (5) | |
| 1970 | Jim Hart (14) | |
| 1971 | Jim Hart (9) / Pete Beathard (5) | |
| 1972 | Gary Cuozzo (6) / Tim Van Galder (5) / Jim Hart (2) | |
| 1973 | Jim Hart (12) / Gary Keithley (2) | |
| 1974 | Jim Hart (14) | Jim Hart (0–1) |
| 1975 | Jim Hart (14) | Jim Hart (0–1) |
| 1976 | Jim Hart (14) | |
| 1977 | Jim Hart (14) | |
| 1978 | Jim Hart (15) / Steve Pisarkiewicz (1) | |
| 1979 | Jim Hart (13) / Steve Pisarkiewicz (3) | |
| 1980 | Jim Hart (15) / Mike Loyd (1) | |
| 1981 | Jim Hart (9) / Neil Lomax (7) | |
| 1982 | Neil Lomax (9) | Neil Lomax (0–1) |
| 1983 | Neil Lomax (13) / Jim Hart (3) | |
| 1984 | Neil Lomax (16) | |
| 1985 | Neil Lomax (16) | |
| 1986 | Neil Lomax (14) / Cliff Stoudt (2) | |
| 1987 | Neil Lomax (12) / Shawn Halloran (2) / Sammy Garza (1) | |
| Phoenix Cardinals 1988–1993 ||||
| 1988 | Neil Lomax (14) / Cliff Stoudt (2) | |
| 1989 | Gary Hogeboom (13) / Tom Tupa (2) / Timm Rosenbach (1) | |
| 1990 | Timm Rosenbach (16) | |
| 1991 | Tom Tupa (11) / Stan Gelbaugh (3) / Chris Chandler (2) | |
| 1992 | Chris Chandler (13) / Timm Rosenbach (3) | |
| 1993 | Steve Beuerlein (14) / Chris Chandler (2) | |
| Arizona Cardinals 1994–present ||||
| 1994 | Jay Schroeder (8) / Steve Beuerlein (7) / Jim McMahon (1) | |
| 1995 | Dave Krieg (16) | |
| 1996 | Boomer Esiason (8) / Kent Graham (8) | |
| 1997 | Jake Plummer (9) / Kent Graham (6) / Stoney Case (1) | |
| 1998 | Jake Plummer (16) | Jake Plummer (1–1) |
| 1999 | Jake Plummer (11) / Dave Brown (5) | |
| 2000 | Jake Plummer (14) / Dave Brown (2) | |
| 2001 | Jake Plummer (16) | |
| 2002 | Jake Plummer (16) | |
| 2003 | Jeff Blake (13) / Josh McCown (3) | |
| 2004 | Josh McCown (13) / Shaun King (2) / John Navarre (1) | |
| 2005 | Kurt Warner (10) / Josh McCown (6) | |
| 2006 | Matt Leinart (11) / Kurt Warner (5) | |
| 2007 | Kurt Warner (11) / Matt Leinart (5) | |
| 2008 | Kurt Warner (16) | Kurt Warner (3–1) |
| 2009 | Kurt Warner (15) / Matt Leinart (1) | Kurt Warner (1–1) |
| 2010 | Derek Anderson (9) / John Skelton (4) / Max Hall (3) | |
| 2011 | Kevin Kolb (9) / John Skelton (7) | |
| 2012 | John Skelton (6) / Kevin Kolb (5) / Ryan Lindley (4) / Brian Hoyer (1) | |
| 2013 | Carson Palmer (16) | |
| 2014 | Drew Stanton (8) / Carson Palmer (6) / Ryan Lindley (2) | Ryan Lindley (0–1) |
| 2015 | Carson Palmer (16) | Carson Palmer (1–1) |
| 2016 | Carson Palmer (15) / Drew Stanton (1) | |
| 2017 | Carson Palmer (7) / Blaine Gabbert (5) / Drew Stanton (4) | |
| 2018 | Josh Rosen (13) / Sam Bradford (3) | |
| 2019 | Kyler Murray (16) | |
| 2020 | Kyler Murray (16) | |
| 2021 | Kyler Murray (14) / Colt McCoy (3) | Kyler Murray (0–1) |
| 2022 | Kyler Murray (11) / Colt McCoy (3) / David Blough (2) / Trace McSorley (1) | |
| 2023 | Kyler Murray (8) / Joshua Dobbs (8) / Clayton Tune (1) | |
| 2024 | Kyler Murray (17) | |

## Most games started

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Cardinals in regular season games (through the 2024 NFL season).
| | Name | Period | Starts | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win % |
| 1 | Jim Hart | 1967–1983 | 180 | 87 | 88 | 5 | .497 |
| 2 | Neil Lomax | 1982–1988 | 101 | 47 | 52 | 2 | .475 |
| 3 | Kyler Murray | 2019–Present | 82 | 36 | 45 | 1 | .445 |
| 4 | Jake Plummer | 1997–2002 | 82 | 30 | 52 | 0 | .366 |
| 5 | Charley Johnson | 1961–1969 | 69 | 36 | 28 | 5 | .558 |
| 6 | Carson Palmer | 2013–2017 | 60 | 38 | 21 | 1 | .633 |
| 7 | Kurt Warner | 2005–2009 | 58 | 27 | 30 | 0 | .465 |

## Team career passing records

(Through the 2024 NFL season)
| Name | Completions | Attempts | Completion % | Yards | Touchdowns | Interceptions | QB Rating |
| Jim Hart | 2,590 | 5,069 | 51.1 | 34,639 | 209 | 247 | 66.6 |
| Neil Lomax | 1,817 | 3,153 | 57.6 | 22,771 | 136 | 90 | 82.7 |
| Kyler Murray | 1,863 | 2,779 | 67.0 | 19,483 | 115 | 57 | 92.4 |
| Jake Plummer | 1,540 | 2,754 | 55.9 | 17,622 | 90 | 114 | 69.0 |
| Carson Palmer | 1,373 | 2,197 | 62.5 | 16,872 | 105 | 57 | 91.1 |
| Kurt Warner | 1,371 | 2,105 | 65.1 | 15,843 | 100 | 59 | 91.9 |
| Charley Johnson | 1,030 | 2,047 | 50.3 | 14,928 | 108 | 110 | 69.6 |
| Paul Christman | 453 | 1,014 | 44.7 | 6,749 | 51 | 69 | 55.5 |