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