most yards per carry in a game by a quarterback

Greg Landry has the most rushing yards per attempt by a quarterback in a game, with 76.0 per attempt versus the Packers on September 20, 1970.

Interpreted as:
most yards per carry in a regular-season game by a quarterback
NAMEYPCDATETMOPPRUSH YDSATTRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC TD
1Greg Landry
G. Landry
76.0
9/20/1970
@
76
1
0
0
0
0
2Alex Smith
A. Smith
70.0
12/3/2017
@
70
1
0
0
0
0
0
3Mitchell Trubisky
M. Trubisky
45.0
9/27/2020
@
45
1
0
0
0
0
0
4Vince Young
V. Young
44.0
12/13/2009
vs
44
1
0
0
0
0
0
5Joe Namath
J. Namath
39.0
12/3/1966
@
39
1
0
0
0
0
6George Wilson
G. Wilson
37.0
9/2/1966
vs
37
1
0
0
0
0
7Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
35.0
12/5/1982
@
35
1
0
0
0
0
8Lamar McHan
L. McHan
35.0
10/9/1960
vs
35
1
1
0
0
0
9Michael Vick
M. Vick
34.0
11/22/2009
@
34
1
0
0
0
0
0
10Billy Wade
B. Wade
33.5
12/11/1960
vs
67
2
1
0
0
0
11Andrew Luck
A. Luck
33.0
9/23/2018
@
33
1
0
0
0
0
0
12Tarvaris Jackson
T. Jackson
33.0
10/31/2010
@
33
1
0
0
0
0
0
13Greg Landry
G. Landry
33.0
11/21/1971
@
66
2
0
0
0
0
14Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
33.0
9/28/1969
@
33
1
0
0
0
0
15Adrian Burk
A. Burk
32.0
10/10/1953
@
32
1
1
16Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
31.0
9/13/2021
vs
31
1
0
0
0
0
0
17Byron Leftwich
B. Leftwich
31.0
11/18/2012
vs
31
1
1
0
0
0
0
18Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
31.0
9/13/1987
vs
31
1
0
0
0
0
19Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
31.0
9/8/1985
@
31
1
0
0
0
0
20Rusty Lisch
R. Lisch
31.0
9/30/1984
vs
31
1
0
0
0
0
21Terry Hanratty
T. Hanratty
31.0
10/18/1969
@
31
1
0
0
0
0
22Tobin Rote
T. Rote
30.7
12/2/1951
vs
92
3
1
23C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
30.0
10/5/2025
@
30
1
0
0
0
0
0
24Andre Ware
A. Ware
30.0
12/30/1990
@
30
1
0
0
0
0
25Greg Cook
G. Cook
30.0
11/9/1969
@
30
1
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for rushing yards per attempt going back to the 1960 season.

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