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List of Denver Broncos starting quarterbacks
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League (NFL). They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the team.
Starting quarterbacks
The number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:
Regular season
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Post-season
| Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Season | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Quarterback(s) |
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| 1977 | Craig Morton (2–1) | ||||
| 1978 | Craig Morton (0–1) | ||||
| 1979 | Craig Morton (0–1) | ||||
| 1983 | Steve DeBerg (0–1) | ||||
| 1984 | John Elway (0–1) | ||||
| 1986 | John Elway (2–1) | ||||
| 1987 | John Elway (2–1) | ||||
| 1989 | John Elway (2–1) | ||||
| 1991 | John Elway (1–1) | ||||
| 1993 | John Elway (0–1) | ||||
| 1996 | John Elway (0–1) | ||||
| 1997 | John Elway (4–0) | ||||
| 1998 | John Elway (3–0) | ||||
| 2000 | Gus Frerotte (0–1) | ||||
| 2003 | Jake Plummer (0–1) | ||||
| 2004 | Jake Plummer (0–1) | ||||
| 2005 | Jake Plummer (1–1) | ||||
| 2011 | Tim Tebow (1–1) | ||||
| 2012 | Peyton Manning (0–1) | ||||
| 2013 | Peyton Manning (2–1) | ||||
| 2014 | Peyton Manning (0–1) | ||||
| 2015 | Peyton Manning (3–0) | ||||
| 2024 | Bo Nix (0–1) | ||||
| 2025 | Bo Nix (1–0) / Jarrett Stidham (0–1) |
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Broncos in regular season games (through the 2025 NFL season).
| Name | GP | GS | W | L | T | Pct |
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| Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
| Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Name | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Period | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | GP | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | GS | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | W | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | L | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | T | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | % |
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| 1983–1998 | 234 | 231 | 146 | 80 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1977–1982 | 72 | 64 | 41 | 23 | — | .641 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2015 | 58 | 57 | 45 | 12 | — | .789 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2006 | 59 | 54 | 39 | 15 | — | .722 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1998–2002 | 53 | 51 | 26 | 24 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1975 | 54 | 41 | 20 | 18 | 3 | .524 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1963 | 44 | 39 | 13 | 25 | 1 | .346 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2008 | 37 | 37 | 17 | 20 | — | .459 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2011 | 34 | 33 | 12 | 21 | — | .364 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1970 | 41 | 32 | 10 | 21 | 1 | .328 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1976 | 53 | 31 | 14 | 17 | — | .452 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | 34 | 34 | 24 | 10 | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | 30 | 30 | 11 | 19 | — | .367 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | 26 | 24 | 12 | 11 | — |
Team career passing records
Through the 2025 NFL season
| Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Name | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Comp | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Att | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | % | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Yds | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | TD | Denver Broncos | border=2}};" | Int |
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| 4,123 | 7,250 | 56.9 | 51,475 | 300 | 226 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,443 | 2,170 | 66.5 | 17,112 | 140 | 53 | |||||||||||||||
| 1,044 | 1,678 | 62.2 | 11,763 | 71 | 53 | |||||||||||||||
| 944 | 1,596 | 59.1 | 11,631 | 71 | 47 | |||||||||||||||
| 907 | 1,594 | 56.9 | 11,895 | 74 | 65 | |||||||||||||||
| 762 | 1,220 | 62.5 | 9,024 | 54 | 37 | |||||||||||||||
| 720 | 1,194 | 60.3 | 8,434 | 49 | 28 | |||||||||||||||
| 662 | 1,277 | 51.8 | 7,676 | 51 | 85 | |||||||||||||||
| Russell Wilson | 589 | 930 | 63.3 | 6,594 | 42 | 19 | ||||||||||||||
| Bo Nix | 764 | 1,179 | 64.8 | 7,706 | 54 | 23 | ||||||||||||||
| 517 | 970 | 53.3 | 7,238 | 52 | 52 |
References
References
- "New Orleans Saints at Denver Broncos – November 29th, 2020".
- "Broncos rookie receiver Kendall Hinton to get chance to shine … at quarterback".
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