List of Toronto Argonauts starting quarterbacks

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The following is an incomplete list of starting quarterbacks for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League that have started a regular season game for the team. This list includes postseason appearances since 1990, 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 Argonauts.

Ricky Ray is the Argonauts' all-time leader in passing yards, completions, and touchdowns. 2023, Alum15, Ricky Ray.jpg
Ricky Ray is the Argonauts' all-time leader in passing yards, completions, and touchdowns.
Damon Allen is the most recent Argonauts' quarterback to win the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award. 2023, Alum09, Damon Allen.jpg
Damon Allen is the most recent Argonauts' quarterback to win the CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award.

Starting quarterbacks by season

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

Season(s)Regular seasonPostseason
2023 Chad Kelly (16) / Cameron Dukes (2) Chad Kelly (1)
2022 McLeod Bethel-Thompson (17) / Chad Kelly (1) McLeod Bethel-Thompson (2)
2021 McLeod Bethel-Thompson (9) / Nick Arbuckle (4) / Antonio Pipkin (1) McLeod Bethel-Thompson (1)
2020 Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019 McLeod Bethel-Thompson (13) / James Franklin (4) / Dakota Prukop (1)
2018 James Franklin (8) / McLeod Bethel-Thompson (8) / Ricky Ray (2)
2017 Ricky Ray (17) / Jeff Mathews (1) Ricky Ray (2)
2016 Ricky Ray (9) / Logan Kilgore (3) / Dan LeFevour (3) / Drew Willy (3)
2015 Trevor Harris (16) / Ricky Ray (2) Ricky Ray (1)
2014 Ricky Ray (17) / Trevor Harris (1)
2013 Ricky Ray (10) / Zach Collaros (8) Ricky Ray (1)
2012 Ricky Ray (14) / Jarious Jackson (4) Ricky Ray (3)
2011 Cleo Lemon (8) / Steven Jyles (8) / Dalton Bell (2)
2010 Cleo Lemon (17) / Dalton Bell (1) Cleo Lemon (1)
2009 Kerry Joseph (10) / Cody Pickett (7) / Stephen Reaves (1)
2008 Kerry Joseph (16) / Cody Pickett (2)
2007 Michael Bishop (12) / Damon Allen (2) / Mike McMahon (2) / Ian Butler (2) Michael Bishop (1)
2006 Damon Allen (14) / Spergon Wynn (4) Damon Allen (2)
2005 Damon Allen (17) / Michael Bishop (1) Damon Allen (1)
2004 Damon Allen (9) / Michael Bishop (9) Damon Allen (3)
2003 Damon Allen (15) / Marcus Brady (3) Damon Allen (2)
2002 Reggie Slack (7) / Michael Bishop (5) / Jim Ballard (4) / Stanley Jackson (2) Reggie Slack (2)
2001 Kerwin Bell (9) / Jimmy Kemp (9)
2000 Kerwin Bell (9) / Jimmy Kemp (7) / Jay Barker (1) / Oteman Sampson (1)
1999 Jay Barker (11) / Jimmy Kemp (7) Jay Barker (1)
1998 Kerwin Bell (14) / Jay Barker (4) Kerwin Bell (1)
1997 Doug Flutie (18) Doug Flutie (2)
1996 Doug Flutie (18) Doug Flutie (2)
1995 Kent Austin (13) / Marvin Graves (3) / Erik White (2)
1994 Mike Kerrigan (8) / Marvin Graves (7) / Reggie Slack (2) / Erik White (1) Marvin Graves (1)
1993 Tracy Ham (10) / Reggie Slack (5) / Mike Kerrigan (3)
1992 Rickey Foggie (16) / John Congemi (2)
1991 Rickey Foggie (11) / Matt Dunigan (7) Matt Dunigan (2)
1990 Matt Dunigan (7) / John Congemi (5) / Rickey Foggie (4) / Tom Porras (2) Rickey Foggie (1) / John Congemi (1)
1989 Gilbert Renfroe (8) / John Congemi (7) / Rick Johnson (3)
1988 Gilbert Renfroe (18)
1987 Danny Barrett (8) / Gilbert Renfroe (7) / John Congemi (3)

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