Ken Anderson (quarterback)

Passing attempts:	4,475
Passing completions:	2,654
Completion percentage:	59.3%
TD–INT:	197–160
Passing yards:	32,838
Passer rating:	81.9

Ken Anderson
No. 14
Position:	Quarterback
Personal information
Born:	February 15, 1949; Batavia, Illinois, U.S.
Height:	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight:	212 lb (96 kg)
Career information
High school:	Batavia (IL)
College:	Augustana (IL) (1967–1970)
NFL draft:	1971 / Round: 3 / Pick: 67
Career history
As a player:
	Cincinnati Bengals (1971–1986);
As a coach:
	Cincinnati Bengals (1993–1995) (QB); Cincinnati Bengals (1996–2000) (OC); Cincinnati Bengals (2001–2002) (QB); Jacksonville Jaguars (2003–2006) (WR, QB); Pittsburgh Steelers (2007–2009) (QB);
Career highlights and awards
	As player NFL Most Valuable Player (1981); NFL Offensive Player of the Year (1981); NFL Comeback Player of the Year (1981); NFL Man of the Year (1975); First-team All-Pro (1981); Second-team All-Pro (1975); 4× Pro Bowl (1975, 1976, 1981, 1982); 2× NFL passing yards leader (1974, 1975); 4× NFL passer rating leader (1974, 1975, 1981, 1982); 3× NFL completion percentage leader (1974, 1982, 1983); Bert Bell Award (1981); Cincinnati Bengals Ring of Honor; As assistant coach Super Bowl champion (XLIII);
Career NFL statistics
Passing attempts:
Passing attempts:	4,475
Passing completions:	2,654
Completion percentage:	59.3%
TD–INT:	197–160
Passing yards:	32,838
Passer rating:	81.9
	Player stats at NFL.com · PFR
	Coaching stats at PFR

Kenneth Allan Anderson (born February 15, 1949) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL), spending his entire career with the Cincinnati Bengals. He later returned as a position coach.

After playing college football for Augustana College, Anderson was selected in the third round of the 1971 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. Over the course of his 16-season NFL career, Anderson led the league in passer rating four times, completion percentage three times and passing yards twice. In 1981, he was awarded AP NFL Most Valuable Player and AP NFL Offensive Player of the Year, a season in which he led the Bengals to their first Super Bowl appearance. In 1982, Anderson set an NFL record for completion percentage of 70.6%—which stood for over 25 years until broken by Drew Brees in 2009.

As of the end of the 2022 NFL season, Anderson holds the Cincinnati Bengals' franchise passing records in attempts, yards, and interceptions.

After his professional playing career, Anderson served as a radio broadcaster for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1987 to 1993. From 1993–2002 he served as the Bengals' quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator. Anderson would later become the quarterbacks coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars (2003–2006) and Pittsburgh Steelers (2007–2009), before retiring from football in 2010.

Anderson has been a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame three times, and is often regarded as one of the best players not in the Hall of Fame.

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