List of Winnipeg Blue Bombers starting quarterbacks

The following is an incomplete list of starting quarterbacks for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League that have started a regular season game for the team. This list includes postseason appearances since 1992, but does not include preseason games. They are listed in order of most starts with any tiebreaker being the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Blue Bombers.

Zach Collaros won two Grey Cups as the team's starting quarterback.
Matt Nichols holds the team record for most completions in a regular season.
Khari Jones holds the team record for most passing yards and passing touchdowns in a regular season.
Matt Dunigan threw for a professional football record 713 yards in a single game as a Blue Bomber.

Season-by-season

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Where known, the number of games they started during the season is listed to the right:

Season(s) Regular season Postseason
2024 Zach Collaros (17) / Chris Streveler (1) Zach Collaros (2)
2023 Zach Collaros (16) / Dru Brown (2) Zach Collaros (2)
2022 Zach Collaros (17) / Dru Brown (1) Zach Collaros (2)
2021 Zach Collaros (13) / Sean McGuire (1) Zach Collaros (2)
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Matt Nichols (9) / Chris Streveler (8) / Zach Collaros (1) Zach Collaros (3)
2018 Matt Nichols (14) / Chris Streveler (4) Matt Nichols (2)
2017 Matt Nichols (17) / Dan LeFevour (1) Matt Nichols (1)
2016 Matt Nichols (13) / Drew Willy (5) Matt Nichols (1)
2015 Drew Willy (7) / Matt Nichols (7) / Robert Marve (2) / Brian Brohm (1) / Dominique Davis (1)
2014 Drew Willy (17) / Brian Brohm (1)
2013 Max Hall (9) / Justin Goltz (5) / Buck Pierce (4)
2012 Buck Pierce (7) / Joey Elliott (7) / Alex Brink (4)
2011 Buck Pierce (16) / Alex Brink (2) Buck Pierce (2)
2010 Steven Jyles (10) / Buck Pierce (5) / Joey Elliott (2) / Alex Brink (1)
2009 Michael Bishop (14) / Stefan LeFors (4)
2008 Kevin Glenn (15) / Ryan Dinwiddie (3) Kevin Glenn (1)
2007 Kevin Glenn (18) Kevin Glenn (2) / Ryan Dinwiddie (1)
2006 Kevin Glenn (16) / Mike Quinn (2) Kevin Glenn (1)
2005 Kevin Glenn (15) / Tee Martin (3)
2004 Khari Jones (9) / Kevin Glenn (9)
2003 Khari Jones (16) / Pat Barnes (2) Khari Jones (1)
2002 Khari Jones (18) Khari Jones (2)
2001 Khari Jones (17) / Brian Ah Yat (1) Khari Jones (2)
2000 Khari Jones (15) / Kerwin Bell (3) Khari Jones (2)
1999 Kerwin Bell (18)
1998 T. J. Rubley (10) / Troy Kopp (7) / Kevin Mason (1)
1997 Chris Vargas (12) / Kevin McDougal (6)
1996 Kent Austin (11) / Reggie Slack (4) / Kevin McDougal (3) Kent Austin (1)
1995 Reggie Slack (8) / Sammy Garza (5) / Kevin McDougal (3) / Shawn Moore (2) Reggie Slack (1)
1994 Matt Dunigan (11) / Keithen McCant (6) / Sammy Garza (1) Matt Dunigan (2)
1993 Matt Dunigan (16) / Sammy Garza (2) Sammy Garza (2)
1992 Matt Dunigan (12) / Danny McManus (4) / Sammy Garza (2) Matt Dunigan (2)
1991 Tom Burgess (16) / Danny McManus (2)
1990 Tom Burgess (18)
1989 Sean Salisbury (17) / Lee Saltz (1)
1988 Tom Muecke (9) / Sean Salisbury (5) / Roy Dewalt (4)
1987 Tom Clements (18)
1986 Tom Clements (9) / John Hufnagel (9)
1985 Tom Clements (15) / John Hufnagel (1)
1984 Tom Clements (16)
1983 Dieter Brock (5) / Carl Hall (4) / John Hufnagel (3) / Tom Clements (2) / Norman Gibbs (1) / Mark Jackson (1)
1982 Dieter Brock (16)
1981 Dieter Brock (16)
1980 Dieter Brock (16)
1979 Dieter Brock (11) / Bill Troup (5)
1978 Dieter Brock (15) / Harry Knight (1)
1977 Dieter Brock (15) / Harry Knight (1)
1976 Dieter Brock (16)
1975 Chuck Ealey (9) / Dieter Brock (7)
1974 Chuck Ealey (9) / Don Jonas (6) / Dieter Brock (1)
1973 Don Jonas (16)
1972 Don Jonas (16)
1971 Don Jonas (16)
  • * - Indicates that the number of starts is not known for that year for each quarterback

Team passer rankings

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Quarterbacks are listed by number of starts for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.[1]

Name GS W–L–T Comp Att Pct Yards TD Int
Ken Ploen 135 82–52–1 1,084 1,916 56.6 16,470 119 106
Dieter Brock 120 71–48–1 2,168 3,777 57.4 29,623 187 129
Khari Jones 73 44–28–1 1,416 2,346 60.4 20,175 139 98
Kevin Glenn 73 35–37–1 1,328 2,183 60.8 18,116 103 71
Zach Collaros 64 49–15–0 1,203 1,720 69.9 16,177 109 50
Jack Jacobs 62 38–21–3 709 1,330 53.3 11,094 104 53
Matt Nichols 60 39–21–0 1,312 1,930 68.0 14,977 89 42
Tom Clements 60 41–18–1 1,075 1,779 60.4 14,917 102 81
Don Jonas 53 24–27–2 821 1,553 52.9 12,291 75 95
Matt Dunigan 39 26–13–0 791 1,442 54.9 11,504 84 49

References

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  1. ^ "2024 CFL Guide" (PDF). Canadian Football League. p. 350. Retrieved July 12, 2024.