most rushing yards per game by a qb in the 2016 nfl season

Colin Kaepernick averaged the most rushing yards per game by a quarterback in 2016, with 39.0 per game.

NAMERUSH YDS/GSEASONTMGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
39.0
2016
12
468
69
6.8
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
2Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
38.7
2016
15
580
95
6.1
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
3Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
38.0
2016
5
190
31
6.1
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
4Blaine Gabbert
B. Gabbert
28.8
2016
6
173
40
4.3
2
-16
1
1
-16.0
-2.7
0
5Jacoby Brissett
J. Brissett
27.7
2016
3
83
16
5.2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
6Kevin Hogan
K. Hogan
26.3
2016
4
105
8
13.1
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
7Cam Newton
C. Newton
23.9
2016
15
359
90
4.0
5
0
0
0
0.0
0
8Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
23.3
2016
15
349
60
5.8
2
0
0
1
0.0
0
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
23.1
2016
16
369
67
5.5
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
10Andrew Luck
A. Luck
22.7
2016
15
341
64
5.3
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
11Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
22.4
2016
16
359
58
6.2
3
20
1
1
20.0
1.3
1
12Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
17.6
2016
16
282
57
4.9
6
0
0
0
0.0
0
13Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
16.2
2016
16
259
72
3.6
1
14
2
2
7.0
0.9
1
14Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
12.9
2016
16
207
37
5.6
2
0
0
0
0.0
0
15Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
12.6
2016
13
164
39
4.2
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
16Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
11.5
2016
16
184
46
4.0
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
17Jameis Winston
J. Winston
10.3
2016
16
165
53
3.1
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
18Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
9.4
2016
16
150
46
3.3
2
7
1
1
7.0
0.4
0
19Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
9.3
2016
14
130
33
3.9
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
20Alex Smith
A. Smith
8.9
2016
15
134
48
2.8
5
3
1
1
3.0
0.2
0
21Brock Osweiler
B. Osweiler
8.7
2016
15
131
30
4.4
2
-14
1
1
-14.0
-0.9
0
22Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
8.3
2016
3
25
11
2.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
7.3
2016
16
117
35
3.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
24Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
6.0
2016
16
96
34
2.8
4
0
0
0
0.0
0
25Tom Brady
T. Brady
5.3
2016
12
64
28
2.3
0
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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