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Don Meredith (1960–1968)

These quarterbacks have started at least one game for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL).

Starting quarterbacks

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Roger Staubach (1969–1971, 1973–1979)
Troy Aikman (1989–2000)
Tony Romo (2006–2015)
Dak Prescott (2016–present)
SeasonRegular seasonPostseasonRef.
1960 Eddie LeBaron (0–9–1) / Don Heinrich (0–1) / Don Meredith (0–1) [1]
1961 Eddie LeBaron (2–8) / Don Meredith (2–1–1) [2]
1962 Don Meredith (2–5–1) / Eddie LeBaron (3–3) [3]
1963 Don Meredith (4–8) / Eddie LeBaron (0–2) [4]
1964 Don Meredith (5–4–1) / John Roach (0–4) [5]
1965 Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (0–2) / Jerry Rhome (0–1) [6]
1966 Don Meredith (9–3–1) / Jerry Rhome (1–0) Don Meredith (0–1) [7]
1967 Don Meredith (7–4) / Craig Morton (2–1) Don Meredith (1–1) [8]
1968 Don Meredith (11–2) / Craig Morton (1–0) Don Meredith (0–1) [9]
1969 Craig Morton (10–2–1) / Roger Staubach (1–0) Craig Morton (0–1) [10]
1970 Craig Morton (8–3) / Roger Staubach (2–1) Craig Morton (2–1) [11]
1971 Roger Staubach (10–0) / Craig Morton (1–3) Roger Staubach (3–0) [12]
1972 Craig Morton (10–4) Craig Morton (1–0) / Roger Staubach (0–1) [13]
1973 Roger Staubach (10–4) Roger Staubach (1–1) [14]
1974 Roger Staubach (8–6) [15]
1975 Roger Staubach (9–4) / Clint Longley (1–0) Roger Staubach (2–1) [16]
1976 Roger Staubach (11–3) Roger Staubach (0–1) [17]
1977 Roger Staubach (12–2) Roger Staubach (3–0) [18]
1978 Roger Staubach (11–4) / Danny White (1–0) Roger Staubach (2–1) [19]
1979 Roger Staubach (11–5) Roger Staubach (0–1) [20]
1980 Danny White (12–4) Danny White (2–1) [21]
1981 Danny White (11–4) / Glenn Carano (1–0) Danny White (1–1) [22]
1982 Danny White (6–3) Danny White (2–1) [23]
1983 Danny White (12–4) Danny White (0–1) [24]
1984 Gary Hogeboom (6–4) / Danny White (3–3) [25]
1985 Danny White (10–4) / Gary Hogeboom (0–2) Danny White (0–1) [26]
1986 Steve Pelluer (3–6) / Danny White (4–2) / Reggie Collier (0–1) [27]
1987 Danny White (3–6) / Steve Pelluer (2–2) / Kevin Sweeney (2–0) [28]
1988 Steve Pelluer (3–11) / Kevin Sweeney (0–2) [29]
1989 Troy Aikman (0–11) / Steve Walsh (1–4) [30]
1990 Troy Aikman (7–8) / Babe Laufenberg (0–1) [31]
1991 Troy Aikman (7–5) / Steve Beuerlein (4–0) Steve Beuerlein (1–1) [32]
1992 Troy Aikman (13–3) Troy Aikman (3–0) [33]
1993 Troy Aikman (11–3) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Bernie Kosar (0–1) Troy Aikman (3–0) [34]
1994 Troy Aikman (10–4) / Jason Garrett (1–0) / Rodney Peete (1–0) Troy Aikman (1–1) [35]
1995 Troy Aikman (12–4) Troy Aikman (3–0) [36]
1996 Troy Aikman (10–5) / Wade Wilson (0–1) Troy Aikman (1–1) [37]
1997 Troy Aikman (6–10) [38]
1998 Troy Aikman (7–4) / Jason Garrett (3–2) Troy Aikman (0–1) [39]
1999 Troy Aikman (7–7) / Jason Garrett (1–1) Troy Aikman (0–1) [40]
2000 Troy Aikman (4–7) / Randall Cunningham (1–2) / Anthony Wright (0–2) [41]
2001 Quincy Carter (3–5) / Anthony Wright (1–2) / Ryan Leaf (0–3) / Clint Stoerner (1–1) [42]
2002 Chad Hutchinson (2–7) / Quincy Carter (3–4) [43]
2003 Quincy Carter (10–6) Quincy Carter (0–1) [44]
2004 Vinny Testaverde (5–10) / Drew Henson (1–0) [45]
2005 Drew Bledsoe (9–7) [46]
2006 Tony Romo (6–4) / Drew Bledsoe (3–3) Tony Romo (0–1) [47]
2007 Tony Romo (13–3) Tony Romo (0–1) [48]
2008 Tony Romo (8–5) / Brad Johnson (1–2) [49]
2009 Tony Romo (11–5) Tony Romo (1–1) [50]
2010 Jon Kitna (4–5) / Tony Romo (1–5) / Stephen McGee (1–0) [51]
2011 Tony Romo (8–8) [52]
2012 Tony Romo (8–8) [53]
2013 Tony Romo (8–7) / Kyle Orton (0–1) [54]
2014 Tony Romo (12–3) / Brandon Weeden (0–1) Tony Romo (1–1) [55]
2015 Matt Cassel (1–6) / Tony Romo (3–1) / Brandon Weeden (0–3) / Kellen Moore (0–2) [56]
2016 Dak Prescott (13–3) Dak Prescott (0–1) [57]
2017 Dak Prescott (9–7) [58]
2018 Dak Prescott (10–6) Dak Prescott (1–1) [59]
2019 Dak Prescott (8–8) [60]
2020 Andy Dalton (4–5) / Dak Prescott (2–3) / Garrett Gilbert (0–1) / Ben DiNucci (0–1) [61]
2021 Dak Prescott (11–5) / Cooper Rush (1–0) Dak Prescott (0–1) [62]
2022 Dak Prescott (8–4) / Cooper Rush (4–1) Dak Prescott (1–1) [63]
2023 Dak Prescott (12–5) Dak Prescott (0–1) [64]
2024 Dak Prescott (3–5) / Cooper Rush (4–4) / Trey Lance (0–1)
2025 Dak Prescott (7–9–1)
2026 Dak Prescott (1–1)

Most games as starting quarterback

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These quarterbacks have the most starts for the Cowboys in regular season games (through the 2026 NFL season).

Name
GP Games played
GS Games started
W Number of wins as starting quarterback
L Number of losses as starting quarterback
T Number of ties as starting quarterback
Pct Winning percentage as starting quarterback
Name Period GP GS W L T %
Troy Aikman1989–20001651659471—.570
Dak Prescott2016–present14114184561.599
Tony Romo2006–20151561277849—.614
Roger Staubach1969–19791311148529—.746
Danny White1976–1988166926230—.674
Don Meredith1960–19681048548334.588
Craig Morton1965–19741014732141.691
Quincy Carter2001–200331311615—.516

Team career passing records

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(Through the 2026 NFL season)

Name Comp Att % Yds TD Int
Dak Prescott3,2324,82467.036,44324993
Troy Aikman2,8984,71561.432,942165141
Tony Romo2,8294,33565.334,183248117
Danny White1,7612,95059.721,959155132
Roger Staubach1,6852,95857.022,700153109
Don Meredith1,1702,30850.717,199135111
Craig Morton6851,30852.410,2798073

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