highest rushing average by a qb in a season

Michael Vick has the most rushing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a season, with 8.4 per attempt in 2006.

Interpreted as:
highest rushing average with a minimum of 6.25 rushing attempts per team game by a qb in a season
NAMEYPCSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
8.4
2006
16
1,039
123
64.9
2
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
8.0
1990
16
942
118
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Michael Vick
M. Vick
7.5
2004
15
902
120
60.1
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
7.2
2014
16
849
118
53.1
6
17
1
1
17.0
1.1
0
5Justin Fields
J. Fields
7.1
2022
15
1,143
160
76.2
8
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
6.9
1951
12
523
76
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
7Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.9
2002
15
777
113
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
8Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
6.9
1972
14
968
141
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.9
2019
15
1,206
176
80.4
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.8
2022
12
764
112
63.7
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
6.8
2012
15
815
120
54.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
12Michael Vick
M. Vick
6.8
2010
12
676
100
56.3
9
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Steve McNair
S. McNair
6.7
1997
16
674
101
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
14Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.6
2024
17
915
139
53.8
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
6.4
1951
12
501
78
41.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
16Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
6.3
2020
15
1,005
159
67.0
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Josh Allen
J. Allen
6.3
2021
17
763
122
44.9
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Kyler Murray
K. Murray
6.2
2020
16
819
133
51.2
11
0
0
0
0.0
0
19Josh Allen
J. Allen
6.1
2022
16
762
124
47.6
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
6.1
2014
16
639
104
39.9
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Jayden Daniels
J. Daniels
6.0
2024
17
891
148
52.4
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
6.0
1989
16
621
104
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Daniel Jones
D. Jones
5.9
2022
16
708
120
44.3
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Michael Vick
M. Vick
5.9
2005
15
597
102
39.8
6
-14
1
1
-14.0
-0.9
0
25Cam Newton
C. Newton
5.8
2012
16
741
127
46.3
8
6
0
0
0.4
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts per team game and rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,174

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

810

London

Drake London
Team Rankings

PPG

20.1

26th

OPP PPG

24.4

22nd

RUSH YDS/G

122.7

12th

PASS YDS/G

228.6

18th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
Falcons Falcons
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
@
4:05 PM
Mon
12/29
@
8:15 PM
Sun
1/4
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
ATL Falcons

5 - 9

29

Final

28

Thu 11 Dec 2025

NFL 2025 Leaders

NFL 2025 Rankings

NFL Fantasy 2025

NFL 2025 Betting

NFL 2025 Standings

AFC EastWLTPCT
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
Jets Jets - e
3
11
0
.214
AFC NorthWLTPCT
8
6
0
.571
7
7
0
.500
4
10
0
.286
3
11
0
.214
AFC SouthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
5
0
.643
8
6
0
.571
2
12
0
.143
AFC WestWLTPCT
12
2
0
.857
10
4
0
.714
6
8
0
.429
2
12
0
.143
NFC EastWLTPCT
9
5
0
.643
6
7
1
.464
4
10
0
.286
2
12
0
.143
NFC NorthWLTPCT
10
4
0
.714
9
4
1
.679
8
6
0
.571
6
8
0
.429
NFC SouthWLTPCT
7
7
0
.500
7
7
0
.500
5
9
0
.357
4
10
0
.286
NFC WestWLTPCT
Rams Rams - x
11
3
0
.786
11
3
0
.786
10
4
0
.714
3
11
0
.214

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
9/13
@
26-21
Sat
9/13
@
33-27
Sat
9/13
@
22-27
Sat
9/13
@
28-29
Sat
9/13
@
20-17

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
@
8:15 PM
Sat
12/20
@
5:00 PM
Sat
12/20
@
8:20 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
1:00 PM