List of Buffalo Bills starting quarterbacks
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. The Bills are a professional American football franchise based in the Buffalo–Niagara Falls metropolitan area. . The quarterbacks are listed in order of the date of each player's first start for the team at that position.
Starting quarterbacks
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The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Regular season
[edit]Postseason
[edit]Season(s) | Quarterback(s) |
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1963 (AFL) | Jack Kemp (0–1) |
1964 (AFL) | Jack Kemp (1–0) |
1965 (AFL) | Jack Kemp (1–0) |
1966 (AFL) | Jack Kemp (0–1) |
1974 | Joe Ferguson (0–1) |
1980 | Joe Ferguson (0–1) |
1981 | Joe Ferguson (1–1) |
1988 | Jim Kelly (1–1) |
1989 | Jim Kelly (0–1) |
1990 | Jim Kelly (2–1) |
1991 | Jim Kelly (2–1) |
1992 | Frank Reich (2–0) |
Jim Kelly (1–1) | |
1993 | Jim Kelly (2–1) |
1995 | Jim Kelly (1–1) |
1996 | Jim Kelly (0–1) |
1998 | Doug Flutie (0–1) |
1999 | Rob Johnson (0–1) |
2017 | Tyrod Taylor (0–1) |
2019 | Josh Allen (0–1) |
2020 | Josh Allen (2–1) |
2021 | Josh Allen (1–1) |
2022 | Josh Allen (1–1) |
2023 | Josh Allen (1–1) |
Statistics
[edit]Most games started
[edit]These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bills in regular season games (through the 2024 NFL season).
Name | |
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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 |
% | Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
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Joe Ferguson | 1973–1984 | 164 | 163 | 77 | 86 | — | .472 |
Jim Kelly | 1986–1996 | 160 | 160 | 101 | 59 | — | .631 |
Josh Allen | 2018–Present | 95 | 94 | 64 | 30 | — | .681 |
Jack Kemp | 1962–1969 | 88 | 77 | 43 | 31 | 3 | .578 |
Ryan Fitzpatrick | 2009–2012 | 55 | 53 | 20 | 33 | — | .377 |
Drew Bledsoe | 2002–2004 | 48 | 48 | 23 | 25 | — | .479 |
Tyrod Taylor | 2015–2017 | 44 | 43 | 23 | 20 | — | .535 |
Top ten passers in Bills history
[edit]This table lists the quarterbacks with the most passing yards while with the Bills
(Stats updated through the 2024 NFL regular season)
Name | |
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Comp | Number of passes completed |
Att | Number of passes attempted |
% | Percentage of passes completed |
Yds | Total passing yards |
TD | Number of passing touchdowns |
INT | Number of interceptions thrown |
Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
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Jim Kelly | 2,874 | 4,779 | 60.1 | 35,467 | 237 | 175 |
Joe Ferguson | 2,188 | 4,166 | 52.5 | 27,590 | 181 | 190 |
Josh Allen | 2,007 | 3,168 | 63.4 | 22,935 | 169 | 78 |
Ryan Fitzpatrick | 1,041 | 1,742 | 59.8 | 11,654 | 80 | 64 |
Jack Kemp | 1,039 | 2,240 | 46.4 | 15,134 | 77 | 132 |
Drew Bledsoe | 905 | 1,531 | 59.1 | 10,151 | 55 | 43 |
Tyrod Taylor | 774 | 1,236 | 62.6 | 8,857 | 51 | 16 |
Doug Flutie | 598 | 1,063 | 56.3 | 7,582 | 47 | 30 |
Dennis Shaw | 485 | 916 | 52.9 | 6,286 | 35 | 67 |
J. P. Losman | 558 | 941 | 59.3 | 6,211 | 33 | 34 |
- Source:[1]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Due to an injury involving Damar Hamlin, the Bills Week 17 game against the Cincinnati Bengals was canceled.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Buffalo Bills Career Passing Leaders". Retrieved October 16, 2019.