most rushing attempts from 1965 to 1979 by a qb

Between the 1965 and 1979 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most rush attempts by a quarterback, with 500 carries.

NAMEATTGPRUSH YDSYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
500
190
2,513
5.0
13.2
22
0
0
0.0
0
2Greg Landry
G. Landry
420
118
2,617
6.2
22.2
19
0
0
0.0
0
3Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
410
91
2,654
6.5
29.2
22
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
4Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
410
131
2,264
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
5Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
361
129
1,971
5.5
15.3
28
1
0
0.0
0
6Archie Manning
A. Manning
332
105
1,864
5.6
17.8
18
-7
1
-7.0
-0.1
0
7Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
296
73
1,738
5.9
23.8
23
0
0
0.0
0
8Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
290
158
1,074
3.7
6.8
26
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
283
182
877
3.1
4.8
14
-9
3
-3.0
0.0
0
10Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
276
119
1,482
5.4
12.5
14
0
0
0.0
0
11Bob Griese
B. Griese
260
156
994
3.8
6.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
12Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
238
109
1,240
5.2
11.4
11
0
0
0.0
0
13Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
233
95
844
3.6
8.9
8
-9
2
-4.5
-0.1
0
14Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
209
91
1,001
4.8
11.0
10
0
0
0.0
0
15Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
204
125
656
3.2
5.2
8
0
0
0.0
0
16Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
201
86
892
4.4
10.4
11
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
17Bert Jones
B. Jones
189
68
1,096
5.8
16.1
12
0
0
0.0
0
18Craig Morton
C. Morton
186
177
580
3.1
3.3
11
0
0
0.0
0
19Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
182
56
956
5.3
17.1
13
0
0
0.0
0
20Len Dawson
L. Dawson
168
141
640
3.8
4.5
2
0
0
0.0
0
21Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
156
91
682
4.4
7.5
7
0
0
0.0
0
22Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
149
56
361
2.4
6.4
11
-9
1
-9.0
-0.2
0
23Jim Hart
J. Hart
139
165
188
1.4
1.1
16
-4
1
-4.0
0.0
0
24Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
137
137
409
3.0
3.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
25Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
135
83
650
4.8
7.8
8
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rush attempts going back to the 1932 season.

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