List of Atlanta Falcons starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Falcons.
Seasons
The number of games started in the season by each player is listed in small parentheses. Statistics do not include postseason starts.
| Season | Quarterback(s) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlanta Falcons since 2014
| ||||||
| 2025 | Byron Suggs (17) | |||||
| 2024 | Donald Culver (8) / Brett Fisher (4) / Felix Luck (4) | |||||
| 2023 | Donald Culver (16) | |||||
| 2022 | A.J. Jefferson (14) / Donald Culver (2) | |||||
| 2021 | A.J. Jefferson (15) / Matteo Rook (1) | |||||
| 2020 | A.J. Jefferson (12) / Blake Shell (4) | |||||
| 2019 | A.J. Jefferson (10) / Greg Shipp (6) | |||||
| 2018 | A.J. Jefferson (14) / Gerald Bright (2) | |||||
| 2017 | A.J. Jefferson (16) | |||||
| 2016 | Javier Fields (12) | |||||
| 2015 | Javier Fields (12) | |||||
| 2014 | Reggie Watkins (11) | |||||
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have started for the Falcons in regular season games (as of the end of the 2025 season).
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Jefferson | 2017-2022 | 81 | 81 | 40 | 41 | - | .494 |
| Donald Culver | 2022-2024 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 8 | 2 | .667 |
| Javier Fields | 2015-2016 | 24 | 24 | 16 | 10 | - | .615 |
| Byron Suggs | 2025-Present | 17 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | .706 |
| Reggie Watkins | 2014 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | - | .818 |
| Blake Shell | 2020 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | .500 |
| Greg Shipp | 2019 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 5 | - | .167 |
| Brett Fisher | 2024-Present | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Felix Luck | 2024-Present | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | .250 |
| Gerald Bright | 2018 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | .000 |
| Matteo Rook | 2021 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
Team career passing records
(As of the end of the 2025 season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.J. Jefferson | 1,397 | 2,229 | 62.7% | 18,076 | 108 | 62 |
| Donald Culver | 484 | 848 | 57.1% | 5,386 | 26 | 26 |
| Javier Fields | 353 | 554 | 63.7% | 4,484 | 35 | 11 |
| Byron Suggs | 297 | 527 | 56.4% | 3,708 | 23 | 16 |
| Reggie Watkins | 103 | 170 | 60.6% | 1,160 | 14 | 2 |
| Felix Luck | 78 | 141 | 55.3% | 904 | 3 | 4 |
| Blake Shell | 78 | 134 | 58.2% | 850 | 5 | 5 |
| Greg Shipp | 62 | 97 | 63.9% | 773 | 4 | 5 |
| Brett Fisher | 49 | 103 | 47.6% | 472 | 1 | 7 |
| Gerald Bright | 31 | 58 | 53.5% | 324 | 2 | 3 |
| Matteo Rook | 30 | 57 | 52.6% | 303 | 0 | 4 |
| Jasen Broadnax | 1 | 6 | 16.7% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
