Who is the best quarterback in Bengals history? Here are the top 12, ranked by their rating in 17-0 — the free game where you draft an all-time roster and simulate whether it can go a perfect 17-0 season. Joe Burrow (2020s) tops the list at 93.
The ranking
Best Bengals quarterbacks ever · rating out of 100
- 1Joe Burrow
Bengals · 2020s93 - 2Ken Anderson
Bengals · 1970s85 - 3Boomer Esiason
Bengals · 1980s85 - 4Carson Palmer
Bengals · 2000s84 - 5Andy Dalton
Bengals · 2010s80 - 6Jon Kitna
Bengals · 2000s74 - 7Jeff Blake
Bengals · 1990s73 - 8Jake Browning
Bengals · 2020s72 - 9Virgil Carter
Bengals · 1970s71 - 10Ryan Fitzpatrick
Bengals · 2000s70 - 11AJ McCarron
Bengals · 2010s70 - 12Greg Cook
Bengals · 1960s68
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