most rushing yards by a qb from 1950 to 1990

Between the 1950 and 1990 seasons, Fran Tarkenton rushed for the most yards by a quarterback, with 3,674 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,674
246
675
5.4
14.9
32
-12
0
0.0
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
3,437
81
486
7.1
42.4
23
-3
1
-3.0
0.0
0
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,128
149
635
4.9
21.0
37
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
4Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,655
146
430
6.2
18.2
21
0
0
0.0
0
5Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,654
91
410
6.5
29.2
22
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
6Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,264
131
410
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,257
168
444
5.1
13.4
32
1
0
0.0
0
8Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,220
192
397
5.6
11.6
20
0
0
0.0
0
9Archie Manning
A. Manning
2,197
151
384
5.7
14.5
18
-7
1
-7.0
0.0
0
10Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
2,176
149
445
4.9
14.6
35
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
11Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,175
152
544
4.0
14.3
21
0
0
0.0
0
12John Elway
J. Elway
1,933
116
405
4.8
16.7
14
23
1
23.0
0.2
1
13Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
1,815
167
355
5.1
10.9
17
0
0
0.0
0
14Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1,777
211
450
3.9
8.4
13
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
15Joe Montana
J. Montana
1,567
166
411
3.8
9.4
20
0
0
0.0
0
16Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
1,504
140
322
4.7
10.7
17
27
1
27.0
0.2
0
17Bert Jones
B. Jones
1,429
102
247
5.8
14.0
14
0
0
0.0
0
18Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,426
83
267
5.3
17.2
15
77
4
19.3
0.9
2
19Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
1,416
177
351
4.0
8.0
22
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
20Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
1,358
126
310
4.4
10.8
6
31
0
0.2
1
21Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
1,337
157
323
4.1
8.5
14
0
0
0.0
0
22Billy Wade
B. Wade
1,334
128
318
4.2
10.4
24
10
0
0.1
0
23Steve Young
S. Young
1,317
54
220
6.0
24.4
10
0
0
0.0
0
24Bart Starr
B. Starr
1,308
196
247
5.3
6.7
15
0
0
0.0
0
25Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
1,304
183
358
3.6
7.1
30
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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3
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4
0
.692
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7
6
0
.538
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6
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10
3
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.769
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