These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL). 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
The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Regular season Season(s) Quarterback(s) 1960 (AFL) Johnny Green (6) / Tommy O'Connell (5) / Richie Lucas (2) / Bob Brodhead (1) 1961 (AFL)Johnny Green (5) / Warren Rabb (3) / M.C. Reynolds (3) / Richie Lucas (2) / Tommy O'Connell (1) 1962 (AFL)Warren Rabb (7) / Al Dorow (4) / Jack Kemp (3) 1963 (AFL)Jack Kemp (12) / Daryle Lamonica (2) 1964 (AFL)Jack Kemp (13) / Daryle Lamonica (1) 1965 (AFL)Jack Kemp (13) / Daryle Lamonica (1) 1966 (AFL)Jack Kemp (14) 1967 (AFL)Jack Kemp (11) / Tom Flores (3) 1968 (AFL)Dan Darragh (7) / Ed Rutkowski (3) / Kay Stephenson (3) / Tom Flores (1) 1969 (AFL)Jack Kemp (11) / Dan Darragh (2) / James Harris (1) 1970 Dennis Shaw (12) / Dan Darragh (2) 1971 Dennis Shaw (12) / James Harris (2) 1972 Dennis Shaw (13) / Leo Hart (1) 1973 Joe Ferguson (14) 1974 Joe Ferguson (14) 1975 Joe Ferguson (14) 1976 Joe Ferguson (7) / Gary Marangi (7) 1977 Joe Ferguson (14) 1978 Joe Ferguson (16) 1979 Joe Ferguson (16) 1980 Joe Ferguson (16) 1981 Joe Ferguson (16) 1982 Joe Ferguson (9) 1983 Joe Ferguson (16) 1984 Joe Ferguson (11) / Joe Dufek (5) 1985 Vince Ferragamo (9) / Bruce Mathison (7) 1986 Jim Kelly (16) 1987 Jim Kelly (12) / Brian McClure (1) / Willie Totten (1) / Dan Manucci (1) 1988 Jim Kelly (16) 1989 Jim Kelly (13) / Frank Reich (3) 1990 Jim Kelly (14) / Frank Reich (2) 1991 Jim Kelly (15) / Frank Reich (1) 1992 Jim Kelly (16) 1993 Jim Kelly (16) 1994 Jim Kelly (14) / Frank Reich (2) 1995 Jim Kelly (15) / Todd Collins (1) 1996 Jim Kelly (13) / Todd Collins (3) 1997 Todd Collins (13) / Alex Van Pelt (3) 1998 Doug Flutie (10) / Rob Johnson (6) 1999 Doug Flutie (15) / Rob Johnson (1) 2000 Rob Johnson (11) / Doug Flutie (5) 2001 Alex Van Pelt (8) / Rob Johnson (8) 2002 Drew Bledsoe (16) 2003 Drew Bledsoe (16) 2004 Drew Bledsoe (16) 2005 J. P. Losman (8) / Kelly Holcomb (8) 2006 J. P. Losman (16) 2007 Trent Edwards (9) / J. P. Losman (7) 2008 Trent Edwards (14) / J. P. Losman (2) 2009 Ryan Fitzpatrick (8) / Trent Edwards (7) / Brian Brohm (1) 2010 Ryan Fitzpatrick (13) / Trent Edwards (2) / Brian Brohm (1) 2011 Ryan Fitzpatrick (16) 2012 Ryan Fitzpatrick (16) 2013 EJ Manuel (10) / Thad Lewis (5) / Jeff Tuel (1) 2014 Kyle Orton (12) / EJ Manuel (4) 2015 Tyrod Taylor (13) / EJ Manuel (2) / Matt Cassel (1) 2016 Tyrod Taylor (15) / EJ Manuel (1) 2017 Tyrod Taylor (14) / Nathan Peterman (2) 2018 Josh Allen (11) / Nathan Peterman (2) / Derek Anderson (2) / Matt Barkley (1) 2019 Josh Allen (16) 2020 Josh Allen (16)2021Josh Allen (17)2022Josh Allen (16)2023Josh Allen (17)2024Josh Allen (17)2025Josh Allen (17)2026Josh Allen (3)
Postseason Season(s) Quarterback(s) 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)1988Jim Kelly (1–1)1989Jim Kelly (0–1)1990 Jim Kelly (2–1)1991 Jim Kelly (2–1)1992Frank Reich (2–0)Jim Kelly (1–1)1993Jim Kelly (2–1)1995Jim Kelly (1–1)1996Jim Kelly (0–1)1998Doug Flutie (0–1)1999Rob Johnson (0–1)2017Tyrod Taylor (0–1)2019Josh Allen (0–1) 2020Josh Allen (2–1)2021Josh Allen (1–1)2022Josh Allen (1–1)2023Josh Allen (1–1)2024Josh Allen (2–1)2025Josh Allen (1–1)
Statistics Most games started These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Bills in regular season games (through the 2026 NFL season).
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
NamePeriodGPGSWLT% 1973–1984 164 163 77 86 — .472 1986–1996 160 160 101 59 — .631 2018–Present 130 129 90 39 — .698 1962–1969 88 77 43 31 3 .578 2009–2012 55 53 20 33 — .377 2002–2004 48 48 23 25 — .479 2015–2017 44 43 23 20 — .535
Top ten passers in Bills history
This table lists the quarterbacks with the most passing yards while with the Bills (Stats updated through the 2026 NFL regular season)
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 CompAtt%YdsTDInt 2,8744,779 60.135,467 237 175 2,6554,148 64.030,684 225 94 2,1884,166 52.527,590 181 190 1,0411,742 59.811,654 80 64 1,0392,240 46.415,134 77 132 9051,531 59.110,151 55 43 7741,236 62.68,857 51 16 5981,063 56.37,582 47 30 485916 52.96,286 35 67 558941 59.36,211 33 34
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Notes
See also List of American Football League players Lists of NFL starting quarterbacks
References
Buffalo Bills Franchise Encyclopedia