nfl league qb rushing yards per game by decade

Quarterbacks rushed for an average of 5.7 yards per game in the 1930s.

POSITIONDECADERUSH YDS/GGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1
Quarterback
1930s
5.7
372
2,129
940
2.3
17
1,299
92
14.1
3.5
12
2
Quarterback
1940s
3.0
1,468
4,415
2,779
1.6
93
2,335
216
10.8
1.6
18
3
Quarterback
1950s
6.9
2,632
18,207
5,071
3.6
309
462
29
15.9
0.2
5
4
Quarterback
1960s
5.8
5,624
32,855
8,056
4.1
501
75
23
3.3
0.0
1
5
Quarterback
1970s
5.9
6,292
37,166
8,758
4.2
462
-4
15
-0.3
0.0
2
6
Quarterback
1980s
5.9
7,032
41,792
10,907
3.8
469
493
45
11.0
0.1
11
7
Quarterback
1990s
7.0
6,781
47,386
13,059
3.6
418
156
51
23
3.1
0.0
2
8
Quarterback
2000s
8.0
6,665
53,258
14,642
3.6
513
390
73
97
5.3
0.1
2
9
Quarterback
2010s
10.8
6,284
67,800
16,423
4.1
625
539
86
120
6.3
0.1
15
10
Quarterback
2020s
14.5
4,112
59,638
13,557
4.4
651
576
87
115
6.6
0.1
12
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards per game going back to the 1932 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,942

Williams

Caleb Williams

RUSH

1,087

Swift

D'Andre Swift

REC

713

Loveland

Colston Loveland
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PPG

25.9

9th

OPP PPG

24.4

23rd

RUSH YDS/G

144.5

3rd

PASS YDS/G

234.8

12th

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TEAMWLTPCT
Bears Bears
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
9
8
0
.529
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
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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
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5
12
0
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AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
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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