most qb rushing tds in a career before 2000

Before 2000, Steve Young scored the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 43 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Young
S. Young
43
169
4,239
722
5.9
25.1
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
2Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
40
122
1,150
356
3.2
9.4
-9
1
-9.0
-0.1
0
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
37
149
3,128
635
4.9
21.0
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
4Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
35
149
2,176
445
4.9
14.6
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
5Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
33
149
4,799
738
6.5
32.2
-6
2
0
-3.0
0.0
0
6John Elway
J. Elway
33
234
3,407
774
4.4
14.6
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
7Otto Graham
O. Graham
33
72
682
306
2.2
9.5
0
0
0.0
0
8Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
33
178
999
291
3.4
5.6
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
9Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
32
168
2,257
444
5.1
13.4
1
0
0.0
0
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
32
246
3,674
675
5.4
14.9
-12
0
0.0
0
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
30
183
1,304
358
3.6
7.1
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
12Bobby Layne
B. Layne
25
175
2,451
611
4.0
14.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Billy Wade
B. Wade
24
128
1,334
318
4.2
10.4
10
0
0.1
0
14Norm Snead
N. Snead
23
178
521
212
2.5
2.9
0
0
0.0
0
15Steve McNair
S. McNair
22
56
1,777
292
6.1
31.7
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
22
206
1,734
541
3.2
8.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
22
91
2,654
410
6.5
29.2
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
18John Brodie
J. Brodie
22
201
1,167
235
5.0
5.8
0
0
0.0
0
19Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
22
177
1,416
351
4.0
8.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
20Greg Landry
G. Landry
21
146
2,655
430
6.2
18.2
0
0
0.0
0
21Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
21
45
742
133
5.6
16.5
16
1
16.0
0.4
0
22Joe Montana
J. Montana
20
192
1,676
457
3.7
8.7
0
0
0.0
0
23Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
20
192
2,220
397
5.6
11.6
0
0
0.0
0
24Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
20
131
2,264
410
5.5
17.3
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
25Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
18
170
2,763
545
5.1
16.3
-8
2
0
-4.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Bills Bills - w
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10
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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.471
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11
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3
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11
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6
11
0
.353
3
14
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11
6
0
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
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8
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8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
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14
0
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