nfl most rushing yards in a season for a qb before 2000

Before 2000, Bobby Douglass rushed for the most yards by a quarterback in a season, with 968 yards in 1972.

NAMERUSH YDSSEASONTMGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
968
1972
14
141
6.9
69.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
2Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
942
1990
16
118
8.0
58.9
5
0
0
0.0
0
3Steve McNair
S. McNair
674
1997
16
101
6.7
42.1
8
0
0
0.0
0
4Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
624
1988
16
93
6.7
39.0
6
0
0
0.0
0
5Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
621
1989
16
104
6.0
38.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
6Steve McNair
S. McNair
559
1998
16
77
7.3
34.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
549
1992
15
87
6.3
36.6
5
0
0
0.0
0
8Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
540
1986
15
66
8.2
36.0
5
0
0
0.0
0
9Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
539
1978
16
81
6.7
33.7
5
0
0
0.0
0
10Steve Young
S. Young
537
1992
16
76
7.1
33.6
4
0
0
0.0
0
11Greg Landry
G. Landry
530
1971
14
76
7.0
37.9
3
0
0
0.0
0
12Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
525
1973
13
94
5.6
40.4
5
0
0
0.0
0
13Greg Landry
G. Landry
524
1972
14
81
6.5
37.4
9
0
0
0.0
0
14Tobin Rote
T. Rote
523
1951
12
76
6.9
43.6
3
11
0
0.9
0
15Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
509
1961
11
96
5.3
46.3
10
0
0
0.0
0
16Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
505
1987
12
76
6.6
42.1
3
-3
1
-3.0
-0.3
0
17Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
501
1951
12
78
6.4
41.8
4
0
0
0.0
0
18Mark Brunell
M. Brunell
480
1995
13
67
7.2
36.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
19Cliff Stoudt
C. Stoudt
479
1983
16
77
6.2
29.9
4
0
0
0.0
0
20Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
476
1999
15
88
5.4
31.7
1
0
0
0
0.0
0
21Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
476
1997
16
88
5.4
29.8
11
0
0
0.0
0
22Timm Rosenbach
T. Rosenbach
470
1990
16
86
5.5
29.4
3
0
0
0.0
0
23Steve Young
S. Young
454
1998
15
70
6.5
30.3
6
0
0
0.0
0
24Al Dorow
A. Dorow
453
1960
14
90
5.0
32.4
7
0
0
0.0
0
25Mike Pagel
M. Pagel
441
1983
15
54
8.2
29.4
0
0
0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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