List of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks

Won/Lost Records

Quarterbacks who have started for the Cleveland Browns football team from the team's first NFL season of 1950 to present. A player is credited with a win if he started the game and the team won that game, no matter if the player was injured or permanently removed after the first play from scrimmage. Only regular season games are included. The Browns' AAFC games from 1946-1949 are not included yet.

(Note: the Browns did not field a team during the years 1996-98.)

Sorted by number of starts. Members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in italics and most recent starter in bold.

Quarterback	Uniform No(s)	Games Started	Wins	Losses	Ties	Winning Pct.
Sipe, Brian	17	112	57	55	0	.509
Kosar, Bernie	19	105	53	51	1	.510
Ryan, Frank	13	76	52	22	2	.697
Graham, Otto	60,14	116^[1]	57	13	1	.810
Couch, Tim	2	59	22	37	0	.373
Nelsen, Bill	16	51	34	16	1	.676
Phipps, Mike	15	51	24	25	2	.490
Plum, Milt	16	51	33	16	2	.667
Anderson, Derek	3	34	16	18	0	.471
Testaverde, Vinny	12	31	16	15	0	.516
McDonald, Paul	16	21	8	13	0	.381
McCoy, Colt	12	21	6	15	0	.286
Weeden, Brandon	3	20	5	15	0	.250
Frye, Charlie	9	19	6	13	0	.316
Hoyer, Brian	6	16	10	6	0	.625
O'Connell, Tommy	15	14	10	3	1	.750
Holcomb, Kelly	10	12	4	8	0	.333
Quinn, Brady	10	12	3	9	0	.250
Ninowski, Jim	15,11	11	5	6	0	.455
Dilfer, Trent	8	11	4	7	0	.364
Garcia, Jeff	5	10	3	7	0	.300
Danielson, Gary	18	8	5	3	0	.625
Tomczak, Mike	18	8	4	4	0	.500
Pederson, Doug	18	8	1	7	0	.125
Campbell, Jason	17	8	1	7	0	.125
McCown, Josh	13	8	1	7	0	.125
Manziel, Johnny	2	8	2	6	0	.250
Pagel, Mike	10	7	2	5	0	.286
Wallace, Seneca	6	7	1	6	0	.143
Ratterman, George	12,16	5	2	3	0	.400
Philcox, Todd	17	5	2	3	0	.400
Delhomme, Jake	17	4	2	2	0	.500
Mays, Dave	10	4	1	3	0	.250
Zeier, Eric	10	4	1	3	0	.250
McCown, Luke	12	4	0	4	0	.000
Parilli, Babe	18	3	1	2	0	.333
Rypien, Mark	11	3	2	1	0	.667
Dorsey, Ken	11	3	0	3	0	.000
Strock, Don	12	2	2	0	0	1.000
Christensen, Jeff	11	2	1	1	0	.500
Detmer, Ty	11	2	0	2	0	.000
Davis, Austin	7	2	0	2	0	.000
Gault, Don	11	1	1	0	0	1.000
Lane, Gary	15	1	0	1	0	.000
Dawson, Len	18	1	1	0	0	1.000
Wynn, Spergon	13	1	0	1	0	.000
Luck, Terry	7	1	0	1	0	.000
Cureton, Will	16	1	0	1	0	.000
Gradkowski, Bruce	7	1	0	1	0	.000
Lewis, Thaddeus	9	1	0	1	0	.000
Shaw, Connor	9	1	0	1	0	.000

Starters per season

List of all Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks sorted by season. The number of regular-season games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Season(s)	Quarterback(s)
2015	Josh McCown (8) / Johnny Manziel (6) / Austin Davis (2)
2014	Brian Hoyer (13) / Johnny Manziel (2) / Connor Shaw (1)
2013	Jason Campbell (8) / Brandon Weeden (5) / Brian Hoyer (3)
2012	Brandon Weeden (15) / Thad Lewis (1)
2011	Colt McCoy (13) / Seneca Wallace (3)
2010	Colt McCoy (8) / Jake Delhomme (4) / Seneca Wallace (4)
2009	Brady Quinn (9) / Derek Anderson (7)
2008	Derek Anderson (9) / Brady Quinn (3) / Ken Dorsey (3) / Bruce Gradkowski (1)
2007	Derek Anderson (15) / Charlie Frye (1)
2006	Charlie Frye (13) / Derek Anderson (3)
2005	Trent Dilfer (11) / Charlie Frye (5)
2004	Jeff Garcia (10) / Kelly Holcomb (2) / Luke McCown (4)
2003	Kelly Holcomb (8) / Tim Couch (8)
2002	Tim Couch (14) / Kelly Holcomb (2)
2001	Tim Couch (16)
2000	Doug Pederson (8) / Tim Couch (7) / Spergon Wynn (1)
1999	Tim Couch (14) / Ty Detmer (2)
1996-1998	Vacant
1995	Vinny Testaverde (12) / Eric Zeier (4)
1994	Vinny Testaverde (13) / Mark Rypien (3)
1993	Bernie Kosar (7) / Vinny Testaverde (6) / Todd Philcox (3)
1992	Bernie Kosar (7) / Mike Tomczak (8) / Todd Philcox (1)
1991	Bernie Kosar (16)
1990	Bernie Kosar (13) / Mike Pagel (3)
1989	Bernie Kosar (16)
1988	Bernie Kosar (9) / Mike Pagel (4) / Gary Danielson (1) / Don Strock (2)
1987	Jeff Christensen (2) / Bernie Kosar (12) / Gary Danielson (1)
1986	Bernie Kosar (16)
1985	Gary Danielson (6) / Bernie Kosar (10)
1984	Paul McDonald (16)
1983	Brian Sipe (14) / Paul McDonald (2)
1982	Brian Sipe (6) / Paul McDonald (3)
1981	Brian Sipe (16)
1980	Brian Sipe (16)
1979	Brian Sipe (16)
1978	Brian Sipe (16)
1977	Brian Sipe (9) / Dave Mays (4) / Terry Luck (1)
1976	Mike Phipps (2) / Brian Sipe (14)
1975	Mike Phipps (11) / Brian Sipe (2) / Will Cureton (1)
1974	Mike Phipps (9) / Brian Sipe (5)
1973	Mike Phipps (14)
1972	Mike Phipps (13) / Bill Nelsen (1)
1971	Bill Nelsen (13) / Mike Phipps (1)
1970	Bill Nelsen (12) / Mike Phipps (1) / Don Gault (1)
1969	Bill Nelsen (14)
1968	Frank Ryan (3) / Bill Nelsen (11)
1967	Frank Ryan (13) / Gary Lane (1)
1966	Frank Ryan (14)
1965	Frank Ryan (12) / Jim Ninowski (2)
1964	Frank Ryan (14)
1963	Frank Ryan (13) / Jim Ninowski (1)
1962	Jim Ninowski (7) / Frank Ryan (7)
1961	Milt Plum (13) / Len Dawson (1)
1960	Milt Plum (12)
1959	Milt Plum (12)
1958	Milt Plum (12)
1957	Tommy O'Connell (9) /Milt Plum (3)
1956	George Ratterman (4) / Babe Parilli (3) / Tommy O'Connell (5)
1955	Otto Graham (12)
1954	Otto Graham (12)
1953	Otto Graham (11) / George Ratterman (1)
1952	Otto Graham (12)
1951	Otto Graham (12)
1950	Otto Graham (12)
1949	Otto Graham (11) / Cliff Lewis (1)
1948	Otto Graham (14)
1947	Otto Graham (9) / Cliff Lewis (5)
1946	Otto Graham (11) / Cliff Lewis (3)

Post Season

Here is a list of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks during the post season and the W/L record of games they started.

Season(s)	Quarterback(s)	Record
2002	Kelly Holcomb	0-1
1994	Vinny Testaverde	1-1
1989	Bernie Kosar	1-1
1988	Don Strock	0-1
1987	Bernie Kosar	1-1
1986	Bernie Kosar	1-1
1985	Bernie Kosar	0-1
1980	Brian Sipe	0-1
1972	Mike Phipps	0-1
1971	Bill Nelsen	0-1
1969	Bill Nelsen	1-1
1968	Bill Nelsen	1-1
1967	Frank Ryan	0-1
1965	Frank Ryan	0-1
1964	Frank Ryan	1-0
1958	Milt Plum	0-1
1957	Tommy O'Connell	0-1
1955	Otto Graham	1-0
1954	Otto Graham	1-0
1953	Otto Graham	0-1
1952	Otto Graham	0-1
1951	Otto Graham	0-1
1950	Otto Graham	2-0
1949	Otto Graham	2-0
1948	Otto Graham	1-0
1947	Otto Graham	2-0
1946	Otto Graham	1-0

Pro Bowl Selections

Here is a list of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks selected to the Pro Bowl.^[2]

Quarterback	Season(s) selected
Otto Graham	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954
Tommy O'Connell	1957
Milt Plum	1960, 1961
Frank Ryan	1964, 1965, 1966
Bill Nelson	1969
Brian Sipe	1980
Bernie Kosar	1987
Derek Anderson	2007

References

↑ The list below
↑ Retrieved March 2014 from http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/cle/all-pros.htm

Database Football.com, last accessed 10/24/07
Pro Football Reference.com, last accessed 12/29/08
Cleveland Plain Dealer's Browns History Database, last accessed 7/02/2008
Bill Levy, Return to Glory: The Story of the Cleveland Browns, (The World Publishing Co., 1965) LCCN 65023356.

Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks

Otto Graham (1946–1955)
Cliff Lewis (1946–1947, 1949)
George Ratterman (1953–1956)
Babe Parilli (1956)
Tommy O'Connell (1956–1957)
Milt Plum (1957–1961)
Len Dawson (1961)
Jim Ninowski (1962–1963, 1965)
Frank Ryan (1962–1968)
Gary Lane (1967)
Bill Nelsen (1968–1972)
Mike Phipps (1970–1976)
Don Gault (1970)
Brian Sipe (1974–1983)
Will Cureton (1975)
Dave Mays (1977)
Terry Luck (1977)
Paul McDonald (1982–1984)
Gary Danielson (1985–1988)
Bernie Kosar (1985–1993)
Jeff Christensen (1987)
Mike Pagel (1988, 1990)
Don Strock (1988)
Mike Tomczak (1992)
Todd Philcox (1992–1993)
Vinny Testaverde (1993–1995)
Mark Rypien (1994)
Eric Zeier (1995)
Ty Detmer (1999)
Tim Couch (1999–2003)
Doug Pederson (2000)
Spergon Wynn (2000)
Kelly Holcomb (2002–2004)
Jeff Garcia (2004)
Luke McCown (2004)
Trent Dilfer (2005)
Charlie Frye (2005–2007)
Derek Anderson (2006–2009)
Brady Quinn (2008–2009)
Ken Dorsey (2008)
Bruce Gradkowski (2008)
Jake Delhomme (2010)
Seneca Wallace (2010–2011)
Colt McCoy (2010–2011)
Brandon Weeden (2012–2013)
Thad Lewis (2012)
Brian Hoyer (2013–2014)
Jason Campbell (2013)
Johnny Manziel (2014–2015)
Connor Shaw (2014)
Josh McCown (2015)
Austin Davis (2015–present)

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

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