List of Cincinnati Bengals starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Bengals.
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) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cincinnati Bengals since 2014
| ||||||
| 2025 | Joel King (17) | |||||
| 2024 | Joel King (16) | |||||
| 2023 | Joel King (16) | |||||
| 2022 | Joel King (15) / Tommy Jones (1) | |||||
| 2021 | Joel King (16) | |||||
| 2020 | Joel King (15) / Anthony Newson (1) | |||||
| 2019 | Joel King (16) | |||||
| 2018 | Blake Shell (13) / DeSean Jenkins (3) | |||||
| 2017 | Blake Shell (16) | |||||
| 2016 | Blake Shell (7) / Robert Aikman (5) | |||||
| 2015 | Blake Shell (14) | |||||
| 2014 | Nu Battles (11) | |||||
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have started for the Bengals in regular season games (as of end of the 2025 season).
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel King | 2019-present | 111 | 111 | 34 | 77 | - | .306 |
| Blake Shell | 2015-2018 | 50 | 50 | 22 | 28 | - | .440 |
| Nu Battles | 2014 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | .364 |
| Robert Aikman | 2016 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | - | .200 |
| DeSean Jenkins | 2018 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | .333 |
| Anthony Newson | 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
| Tommy Jones | 2022 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
Team career passing records
(As of the end of the 2025 season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel King | 2,469 | 4,142 | 59.6% | 28,315 | 192 | 112 |
| Blake Shell | 826 | 1,377 | 60.0% | 10,144 | 74 | 43 |
| Robert Aikman | 56 | 97 | 57.7% | 736 | 5 | 5 |
| Nu Battles | 64 | 124 | 53.6% | 695 | 2 | 6 |
| DeSean Jenkins | 24 | 40 | 60.0% | 330 | 3 | 1 |
| Tommy Jones | 20 | 37 | 54.1% | 230 | 1 | 1 |
| Antohny Newson | 16 | 32 | 50.0% | 145 | 1 | 3 |
