List of Cleveland Browns starting quarterbacks
These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. They are listed in order of the date of each player's first start at quarterback for the Browns.
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) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns since 2014
| ||||||
| 2025 | Zach Lombardi (17) | |||||
| 2024 | Zach Lombardi (16) | |||||
| 2023 | Jordan North (9) / Matthew Dobbs (6) / Doug Kirby (1) | |||||
| 2022 | Ryan Clark (16) | |||||
| 2021 | Ryan Clark (12) / Rob Zeko (3) / Matthew Dobbs (1) | |||||
| 2020 | Ryan Clark (16) | |||||
| 2019 | Ryan Clark (16) | |||||
| 2018 | Ryan Clark (15) / Rob Green (1) | |||||
| 2017 | Ryan Clark (12) / Derek Keys (4) | |||||
| 2016 | Alexander Williams (12) | |||||
| 2015 | Alexander Williams (13) / Derek Keys (1) | |||||
| 2014 | Alexander Williams (11) | |||||
Most games as starting quarterback
These quarterbacks have started for the Browns in regular season games (as of the end of the 2025 season).
| Name | Period | GP | GS | W | L | T | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Clark | 2017-2022 | 88 | 87 | 31 | 56 | - | .356 |
| Alexander Williams | 2014-2016 | 36 | 36 | 19 | 16 | 1 | .543 |
| Zach Lombardi | 2024-Present | 33 | 33 | 8 | 25 | - | .242 |
| Derek Keys | 2014-2019 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | .600 |
| Matthew Dobbs | 2020-2023 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | - | .143 |
| Jordan North | 2023 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 9 | - | .000 |
| Rob Zeko | 2019-2022 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | - | .000 |
| Rob Green | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
| Doug Kirby | 2023 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | - | .000 |
Team career passing records
(As of the end of the 2025 season)
| Name | Comp | Att | % | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryan Clark | 1,478 | 2,309 | 64.0% | 19,148 | 117 | 56 |
| Zach Lombardi | 809 | 1,462 | 55.3% | 8,886 | 36 | 30 |
| Alexander Williams | 476 | 749 | 63.6% | 6,071 | 40 | 18 |
| Jordan North | 127 | 231 | 55.0% | 1,499 | 7 | 11 |
| Derek Keys | 101 | 169 | 59.7% | 1,268 | 11 | 4 |
| Matthew Dobbs | 55 | 96 | 57.3% | 597 | 4 | 7 |
| Rob Zeko | 41 | 77 | 65.3% | 507 | 3 | 4 |
| Rob Green | 11 | 24 | 45.8% | 150 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Kirby | 5 | 13 | 38.5% | 56 | 1 | 2 |
