nfl qb rushing touchdown leaders 1940 to 2021

Between the 1940 and 2021 seasons, Cam Newton had the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 75 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Cam Newton
C. Newton
75
148
5,631
1,118
5.0
38.0
68
3
3
22.7
0.5
1
2Steve Young
S. Young
43
169
4,239
722
5.9
25.1
2
2
0
1.0
0.0
0
3Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
40
122
1,150
356
3.2
9.4
-9
1
-9.0
-0.1
0
4Steve McNair
S. McNair
37
161
3,590
669
5.4
22.3
4
1
1
4.0
0.0
0
5Tobin Rote
T. Rote
37
149
3,128
635
4.9
21.0
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
6Michael Vick
M. Vick
36
143
6,109
873
7.0
42.7
1
2
2
0.5
0.0
0
7Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
35
161
4,928
775
6.4
30.6
-6
2
0
-3.0
0.0
0
8Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
35
149
2,176
445
4.9
14.6
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
34
213
3,372
685
4.9
15.8
-11
3
3
-3.7
-0.1
0
10Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
34
105
2,652
514
5.2
25.3
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
11John Elway
J. Elway
33
234
3,407
774
4.4
14.6
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
12Otto Graham
O. Graham
33
72
682
306
2.2
9.5
0
0
0.0
0
13Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
33
178
999
291
3.4
5.6
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
14Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
32
99
2,617
506
5.2
26.4
130
10
18
13.0
1.3
1
15Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
32
168
2,257
444
5.1
13.4
1
0
0.0
0
16Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
32
246
3,674
675
5.4
14.9
-12
0
0.0
0
17Josh Allen
J. Allen
31
61
2,325
422
5.5
38.1
12
1
2
12.0
0.2
1
18Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
30
183
1,304
358
3.6
7.1
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
19Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
29
167
3,459
616
5.6
20.7
-7
5
8
-1.4
0.0
0
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
27
318
1,124
664
1.7
3.5
65
3
3
21.7
0.2
0
21Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
26
125
2,140
468
4.6
17.1
6
1
1
6.0
0.0
0
22Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
25
85
1,460
307
4.8
17.2
11
1
2
11.0
0.1
1
23Drew Brees
D. Brees
25
287
752
498
1.5
2.6
74
8
9
9.3
0.3
1
24Bobby Layne
B. Layne
25
175
2,451
611
4.0
14.0
0
0
0.0
0
25Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
24
133
1,931
389
5.0
14.5
8
4
4
2.0
0.1
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

More Panthers Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

3,011

Young

Bryce Young

RUSH

1,076

Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

REC

1,014

McMillan

Tetairoa McMillan
Team Rankings

PPG

18.3

27th

OPP PPG

22.4

15th

RUSH YDS/G

116.3

19th

PASS YDS/G

194.4

27th

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TEAMWLTPCT
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9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
Panthers Panthers
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9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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LAR Rams

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CAR Panthers

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
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.706
7
10
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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.471
6
11
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5
12
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13
4
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12
5
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8
9
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14
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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
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9
8
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
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14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176