List of Cincinnati Bengals starting quarterbacks

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

Starting quarterbacks

List of all Cincinnati Bengals starting quarterbacks The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Regular season

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

Post-season

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	AJ McCarron (0–1)

Most games as starting quarterback

These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bengals in regular season games (as of Week 17 of 2015 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	%
Anderson, Ken	1971-1986	192	172	91	81	-	.529
Esiason, Boomer	1984-1992, 1997	134	123	62	61	-	.504
Palmer, Carson	2004-2010	97	97	46	51	-	.474
Dalton, Andy	2011-present	77	77	50	26	1	.656
Blake, Jeff	1994-1999	75	66	25	41	-	.379
Kitna, Jon	2001-2005	53	46	18	28	-	.391

Team career passing records

(As of Week 17 of 2015 season)

Name	Comp	Att	%	Yds	TD	Int
Anderson, Ken	2,654	4,475	59.3%	32,838	197	160
Palmer, Carson	2,024	3,217	62.9%	22,694	154	100
Esiason, Boomer	2,015	3,564	56.5%	27,149	187	131
Dalton, Andy	1,556	2,497	62.3%	18,008	124	73
Blake, Jeff	1,240	2,221	55.8%	15,134	93	62
Kitna, Jon	1,009	1,707	59.1%	10,707	59	59

Seasons (48)

1960s	1968 1969

1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979

1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Cincinnati Bengals starting quarterbacks

Dewey Warren (1968)
John Stofa (1968)
Sam Wyche (1968–1970)
Greg Cook (1969)
Virgil Carter (1970–1972)
Ken Anderson (1971–1985)
Wayne Clark (1974)
John Reaves (1975, 1977–1978)
Jack Thompson (1979–1980)
Turk Schonert (1983–1984, 1989)
Boomer Esiason (1984–1992, 1997)
Adrian Breen (1987)
Dave Walter (1987)
Erik Wilhelm (1991)
Donald Hollas (1991)
David Klingler (1992–1994)
Jay Schroeder (1993)
Jeff Blake (1994–1999)
Neil O'Donnell (1998)
Paul Justin (1998)
Akili Smith (1999–2002)
Scott Mitchell (2000)
Jon Kitna (2001–2004)
Gus Frerotte (2002)
Carson Palmer (2004–2010)
Ryan Fitzpatrick (2008)
Andy Dalton (2011–2015)
AJ McCarron (2015–present)

Current starting quarterbacks in the National Football League (as of Week 17 of the 2015 NFL season)

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