Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Greg Landry had the most rushing yards by a quarterback, with 2,335 yards.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Landry | 2,335 | 104 | 380 | 6.1 | 22.5 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | B. Douglass | 2,246 | 80 | 359 | 6.3 | 28.1 | 20 | -2 | 1 | -2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | R. Staubach | 2,204 | 125 | 395 | 5.6 | 17.6 | 19 | -13 | 1 | -13.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 4 |  | T. Bradshaw | 1,971 | 129 | 361 | 5.5 | 15.3 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | A. Manning | 1,864 | 105 | 332 | 5.6 | 17.8 | 18 | -7 | 1 | -7.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 6 | | S. Grogan | 1,738 | 73 | 296 | 5.9 | 23.8 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | K. Anderson | 1,482 | 119 | 276 | 5.4 | 12.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 8 | | M. Phipps | 1,240 | 109 | 238 | 5.2 | 11.4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | B. Jones | 1,096 | 68 | 189 | 5.8 | 16.1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | F. Tarkenton | 1,002 | 120 | 244 | 4.1 | 8.4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Plunkett | 1,001 | 91 | 209 | 4.8 | 11.0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | J. Zorn | 956 | 56 | 182 | 5.3 | 17.1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | | J. Ferguson | 844 | 95 | 233 | 3.6 | 8.9 | 8 | -9 | 2 | -4.5 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 14 | | D. Pastorini | 656 | 125 | 204 | 3.2 | 5.2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 15 | | J. Theismann | 650 | 83 | 135 | 4.8 | 7.8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 | | M. Livingston | 578 | 81 | 139 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | M. Domres | 534 | 80 | 111 | 4.8 | 6.7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | B. Griese | 505 | 122 | 160 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | P. Haden | 493 | 48 | 103 | 4.8 | 10.3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | J. Reed | 484 | 50 | 84 | 5.8 | 9.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | J. Hadl | 461 | 112 | 131 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 22 | | B. Sipe | 454 | 72 | 126 | 3.6 | 6.3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | D. Fouts | 435 | 80 | 119 | 3.7 | 5.4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | D. Shaw | 420 | 50 | 95 | 4.4 | 8.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | R. Jaworski | 407 | 70 | 134 | 3.0 | 5.8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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