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List of New York Jets starting quarterbacks
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These quarterbacks have started at least one game played for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start.
Regular season
| New York Jets}};" | Season(s) | New York Jets}};" | Quarterback (games) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Al Dorow (13) / Dick Jamieson (1) | ||
| 1961 | Al Dorow (14) | ||
| 1962 | Johnny Green (8) / Lee Grosscup (4) / Butch Songin (2) | ||
| 1963 | Dick Wood (12) / Galen Hall (2) | ||
| 1964 | Dick Wood (13) / Pete Liske (1) | ||
| 1965 | Joe Namath (9) / Mike Taliaferro (5) | ||
| 1966 | Joe Namath (13) / Mike Taliaferro (1) | ||
| 1967 | Joe Namath (14) | ||
| 1968 | |||
| 1969 | |||
| 1970 | Al Woodall (9) / Joe Namath (5) | ||
| 1971 | Bob Davis (7) / Al Woodall (4) / Joe Namath (3) | ||
| 1972 | Joe Namath (13) / Bob Davis (1) | ||
| 1973 | Al Woodall (6) / Joe Namath (5) / Bill Demory (3) | ||
| 1974 | Joe Namath (14) | ||
| 1975 | Joe Namath (13) / J.J. Jones (1) | ||
| 1976 | Joe Namath (8) / Richard Todd (6) | ||
| 1977 | Richard Todd (11) / Matt Robinson (1) / Marty Domres (2) | ||
| 1978 | Matt Robinson (11) / Richard Todd (5) | ||
| 1979 | Richard Todd (15) / Matt Robinson (1) | ||
| 1980 | Richard Todd (16) | ||
| 1981 | |||
| 1982 | Richard Todd (9) | ||
| 1983 | Richard Todd (16) | ||
| 1984 | Pat Ryan (11) / Ken O'Brien (5) | ||
| 1985 | Ken O'Brien (16) | ||
| 1986 | Ken O'Brien (14) / Pat Ryan (2) | ||
| 1987 | Ken O'Brien (12) / David Norrie (2) / Pat Ryan (1) | ||
| 1988 | Ken O'Brien (12) / Pat Ryan (4) | ||
| 1989 | Ken O'Brien (12) / Tony Eason (2) / Pat Ryan (1) / Kyle Mackey (1) | ||
| 1990 | Ken O'Brien (16) | ||
| 1991 | |||
| 1992 | Browning Nagle (13) / Ken O'Brien (3) | ||
| 1993 | Boomer Esiason (16) | ||
| 1994 | Boomer Esiason (14) / Jack Trudeau (2) | ||
| 1995 | Boomer Esiason (12) / Bubby Brister (4) | ||
| 1996 | Frank Reich (7) / Neil O'Donnell (6) / Glenn Foley (3) | ||
| 1997 | Neil O'Donnell (14) / Glenn Foley (2) | ||
| 1998 | Vinny Testaverde (13) / Glenn Foley (3) | ||
| 1999 | Ray Lucas (9) / Rick Mirer (6) / Vinny Testaverde (1) | ||
| 2000 | Vinny Testaverde (16) | ||
| 2001 | |||
| 2002 | Chad Pennington (12) / Vinny Testaverde (4) | ||
| 2003 | Chad Pennington (9) / Vinny Testaverde (7) | ||
| 2004 | Chad Pennington (13) / Quincy Carter (3) | ||
| 2005 | Brooks Bollinger (9) / Vinny Testaverde (4) / Chad Pennington (3) | ||
| 2006 | Chad Pennington (16) | ||
| 2007 | Chad Pennington (8) / Kellen Clemens (8) | ||
| 2008 | Brett Favre (16) | ||
| 2009 | Mark Sanchez (15) / Kellen Clemens (1) | ||
| 2010 | Mark Sanchez (16) | ||
| 2011 | |||
| 2012 | Mark Sanchez (15) / Greg McElroy (1) | ||
| 2013 | Geno Smith (16) | ||
| 2014 | Geno Smith (13) / Michael Vick (3) | ||
| 2015 | Ryan Fitzpatrick (16) | ||
| 2016 | Ryan Fitzpatrick (11) / Bryce Petty (4) / Geno Smith (1) | ||
| 2017 | Josh McCown (13) / Bryce Petty (3) | ||
| 2018 | Sam Darnold (13) / Josh McCown (3) | ||
| 2019 | Sam Darnold (13) / Luke Falk (2) / Trevor Siemian (1) | ||
| 2020 | Sam Darnold (12) / Joe Flacco (4) | ||
| 2021 | Zach Wilson (13) / Mike White (3) / Joe Flacco (1) | ||
| 2022 | Zach Wilson (9) / Mike White (4) / Joe Flacco (4) | ||
| 2023 | Zach Wilson (11) / Trevor Siemian (3) / Tim Boyle (2) / Aaron Rodgers (1) | ||
| 2024 | Aaron Rodgers (17) | ||
| 2025 | Justin Fields (9) / Tyrod Taylor (4) / Brady Cook (4) |
Postseason
| New York Jets}};" | Season | New York Jets}};" | Quarterback(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Joe Namath (2–0) | ||
| 1969 | Joe Namath (0–1) | ||
| 1981 | Richard Todd (0–1) | ||
| 1982 | Richard Todd (2–1) | ||
| 1985 | Ken O'Brien (0–1) | ||
| 1986 | Pat Ryan (1–1) | ||
| 1991 | Ken O'Brien (0–1) | ||
| 1998 | Vinny Testaverde (1–1) | ||
| 2001 | Vinny Testaverde (0–1) | ||
| 2002 | Chad Pennington (1–1) | ||
| 2004 | Chad Pennington (1–1) | ||
| 2006 | Chad Pennington (0–1) | ||
| 2009 | Mark Sanchez (2–1) | ||
| 2010 | Mark Sanchez (2–1) |
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Jets in regular season games.
| GP | GS | W | L | T | Pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games played | |||||
| Games started | |||||
| Number of wins as starting quarterback | |||||
| Number of losses as starting quarterback | |||||
| Number of ties as starting quarterback | |||||
| Winning percentage as starting quarterback |
| New York Jets}};" | Name | New York Jets}};" | Period | New York Jets}};" | GP | New York Jets}};" | GS | New York Jets}};" | W | New York Jets}};" | L | New York Jets}};" | T | New York Jets}};" | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966–1976 | 136 | 125 | 60 | 61 | 4 | .496 | |||||||||
| 1984–1992 | 124 | 106 | 50 | 55 | 1 | .476 | |||||||||
| Richard Todd | 1976–1983 | 102 | 94 | 42 | 51 | 1 | .452 | ||||||||
| 2009–2012 | 62 | 62 | 33 | 29 | — | .532 | |||||||||
| 1998–2003, 2005 | 65 | 61 | 35 | 26 | — | .574 | |||||||||
| 2000–2007 | 69 | 61 | 32 | 29 | — | .525 |
Team career passing records
| New York Jets}};" | Name | New York Jets}};" | Comp | New York Jets}};" | Att | New York Jets}};" | % | New York Jets}};" | Yds | New York Jets}};" | TD | New York Jets}};" | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,039 | 3,465 | 58.8 | 24,386 | 124 | 95 | ||||||||
| 1,836 | 3,655 | 50.2 | 27,057 | 170 | 215 | ||||||||
| 1,433 | 2,623 | 54.6 | 18,241 | 110 | 138 | ||||||||
| 1,259 | 1,919 | 65.6 | 13,738 | 82 | 55 | ||||||||
| 1,094 | 1,854 | 59.0 | 12,497 | 77 | 58 | ||||||||
| 1,028 | 1,867 | 55.1 | 12,092 | 68 | 69 |
References
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