most rushing yards by a qb before 1975

Before 1975, Fran Tarkenton had the most rushing yards by a quarterback, with 3,521 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,521
194
593
5.9
18.1
28
-12
0
-0.1
0
2Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,128
149
635
4.9
21.0
37
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
3Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,451
175
611
4.0
14.0
25
0
0
0.0
0
4Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,436
60
368
6.6
40.6
19
0
0
0.0
0
5Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,048
66
296
6.9
31.0
18
0
0
0.0
0
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1,777
211
450
3.9
8.4
13
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
7Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
1,416
177
351
4.0
8.0
22
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
8Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
1,358
126
310
4.4
10.8
6
31
0
0.2
1
9Billy Wade
B. Wade
1,334
128
318
4.2
10.4
24
10
0
0.1
0
10Bart Starr
B. Starr
1,308
196
247
5.3
6.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
11Len Dawson
L. Dawson
1,286
199
289
4.4
6.5
9
0
0
0.0
0
12Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
1,239
59
182
6.8
21.0
9
-13
1
-13.0
-0.2
0
13Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1,232
155
341
3.6
7.9
29
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
14Don Meredith
D. Meredith
1,216
104
242
5.0
11.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1,195
59
211
5.7
20.3
18
0
0
0.0
0
16John Brodie
J. Brodie
1,167
201
235
5.0
5.8
22
0
0
0.0
0
17Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
1,150
122
356
3.2
9.4
40
-9
1
-9.0
-0.1
0
18Al Dorow
A. Dorow
1,150
69
248
4.6
16.7
16
0
0
0.0
0
19Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
1,059
70
176
6.0
15.1
11
0
0
0.0
0
20John Hadl
J. Hadl
1,043
182
321
3.2
5.7
15
-9
3
-3.0
0.0
0
21Jack Concannon
J. Concannon
1,026
83
217
4.7
12.4
12
7
1
7.0
0.1
0
22Archie Manning
A. Manning
1,020
50
187
5.5
20.4
9
-7
1
-7.0
-0.1
0
23Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
999
178
291
3.4
5.6
33
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
932
128
254
3.7
7.3
14
-6
1
-6.0
0.0
0
25Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
870
113
198
4.4
7.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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