most rushing yards by a quarterback per season until 2011

Before 2012, Michael Vick had the most rushing yards by a quarterback in a season, with 1,039 yards in 2006.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Michael Vick
M. Vick
1,039
2006
16
123
8.4
64.9
2
1
1
1
1.0
0.1
0
2Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
968
1972
14
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
3Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
942
1990
16
118
8.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
4Michael Vick
M. Vick
902
2004
15
120
7.5
60.1
3
0
0
0
0.0
0
5Michael Vick
M. Vick
777
2002
15
113
6.9
51.8
8
16
0
0
1.1
0
6Cam Newton
C. Newton
706
2011
16
126
5.6
44.1
14
27
1
1
27.0
1.7
0
7Michael Vick
M. Vick
676
2010
12
100
6.8
56.3
9
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Steve McNair
S. McNair
674
1997
16
101
6.7
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
9Tim Tebow
T. Tebow
660
2011
14
122
5.4
47.1
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
629
2000
16
86
7.3
39.3
6
5
2
4
2.5
0.3
0
11Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
624
1988
16
93
6.7
39.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
12Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
621
1989
16
104
6.0
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
13Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
609
2002
16
106
5.7
38.1
10
0
0
0
0.0
0
14Michael Vick
M. Vick
597
2005
15
102
5.9
39.8
6
-14
1
1
-14.0
-0.9
0
15Michael Vick
M. Vick
589
2011
13
76
7.8
45.3
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Steve McNair
S. McNair
559
1998
16
77
7.3
34.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
17Vince Young
V. Young
552
2006
15
83
6.7
36.8
7
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
549
1992
15
87
6.3
36.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
19Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
540
1986
15
66
8.2
36.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
20Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
539
1978
16
81
6.7
33.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
21Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
537
2001
16
96
5.6
33.6
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
22Steve Young
S. Young
537
1992
16
76
7.1
33.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
23Greg Landry
G. Landry
530
1971
14
76
7.0
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
24Rich Gannon
R. Gannon
529
2000
16
89
5.9
33.1
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
525
1973
13
94
5.6
40.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

More Falcons Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,982

Penix

Michael Penix Jr.

RUSH

1,478

Robinson

Bijan Robinson

REC

928

Pitts

Kyle Pitts Sr.
Team Rankings

PPG

20.8

24th

OPP PPG

23.6

19th

RUSH YDS/G

125.8

8th

PASS YDS/G

217.8

20th

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Falcons Falcons
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
Last Game
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19

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
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
3
14
0
.176