most rushing yards by a quarterback in a career through 2012

Before 2013, Michael Vick rushed for the most yards by a quarterback, with 5,551 yards.

NAME RUSH YDS GP ATT YPC RUSH YDS/G RUSH TD REC YDS REC TRG AVG REC YDS/G REC TD
1 Michael Vick
M. Vick
5,551
121
791
7.0
45.9
34
3
2
2
1.5
0.0
0
2 Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
4,928
161
775
6.4
30.6
35
-6
2
0
-3.0
0.0
0
3 Steve Young
S. Young
4,239
169
722
5.9
25.1
43
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
4 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,674
246
675
5.4
14.9
32
-12
0
0.0
0
5 Steve McNair
S. McNair
3,590
161
669
5.4
22.3
37
4
1
1
4.0
0.0
0
6 Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
3,459
167
616
5.6
20.7
29
-7
5
8
-1.4
0.0
0
7 John Elway
J. Elway
3,407
234
774
4.4
14.6
33
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
8 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,128
149
635
4.9
21.0
37
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
9 Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
2,787
177
561
5.0
15.7
18
-8
2
0
-4.0
0.0
0
10 Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,655
146
430
6.2
18.2
21
0
0
0.0
0
11 Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,654
91
410
6.5
29.2
22
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
12 Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
2,652
105
514
5.2
25.3
34
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
13 Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
2,617
99
506
5.2
26.4
32
130
10
18
13.0
1.3
1
14 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,451
175
611
4.0
14.0
25
0
0
0.0
0
15 Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
2,449
157
521
4.7
15.6
21
-3
2
1
-1.5
0.0
0
16 Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
2,421
193
513
4.7
12.5
15
0
0
0
0.0
0
17 Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,264
131
410
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
18 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,257
168
444
5.1
13.4
32
1
0
0.0
0
19 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,220
192
397
5.6
11.6
20
0
0
0.0
0
20 Archie Manning
A. Manning
2,197
151
384
5.7
14.5
18
-7
1
-7.0
0.0
0
21 Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
2,176
149
445
4.9
14.6
35
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
22 Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
2,140
125
468
4.6
17.1
26
6
1
1
6.0
0.0
0
23 Jeff Blake
J. Blake
2,027
119
418
4.8
17.0
14
0
0
0
0.0
0
24 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
1,853
143
428
4.3
13.0
17
4
2
1
2.0
0.0
0
25 Brett Favre
B. Favre
1,844
302
602
3.1
6.1
14
-7
2
1
-3.5
0.0
0
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PPG

19.0

25th

OPP PPG

21.5

14th

RUSH YDS/G

136.5

7th

PASS YDS/G

236.8

11th

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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
2
2
0
.500
Panthers Panthers
1
3
0
.250
Saints Saints
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4
0
.000
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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10/13
BUF BUF
@
ATL ATL
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ATL ATL
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SF SF
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MIA MIA
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ATL ATL
1:00 PM
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11/2
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@
NE NE
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
9:30 AM
Last Game
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2 - 2 - 0

34

Final

27

WAS Commanders

2 - 2 - 0

Sun 28 Sep 2025

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0
0
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.750
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0
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1.000
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2
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.500
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.750
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2
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.500
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1
0
.750
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1
0
.750
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1
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.750
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2
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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9/4
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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9/6
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Sun
10/5
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10/5
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1:00 PM
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10/5
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10/5
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@
NYJ NYJ
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