which qb has the most rushing tds before 2016

Before 2016, Cam Newton and Steve Young were tied for the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 43 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Cam Newton
C. Newton
43
78
3,207
599
5.4
41.1
33
1
1
33.0
0.4
0
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
9Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
34
105
2,652
514
5.2
25.3
0
1
1
0.0
0.0
0
10John Elway
J. Elway
33
234
3,407
774
4.4
14.6
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
11Otto Graham
O. Graham
33
72
682
306
2.2
9.5
0
0
0.0
0
12Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
33
178
999
291
3.4
5.6
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
13Kordell Stewart
K. Stewart
32
99
2,617
506
5.2
26.4
130
10
18
13.0
1.3
1
14Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
32
168
2,257
444
5.1
13.4
1
0
0.0
0
15Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
32
246
3,674
675
5.4
14.9
-12
0
0.0
0
16Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
30
183
1,304
358
3.6
7.1
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
17Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
29
167
3,459
616
5.6
20.7
-7
5
8
-1.4
0.0
0
18Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
26
125
2,140
468
4.6
17.1
6
1
1
6.0
0.0
0
19Bobby Layne
B. Layne
25
175
2,451
611
4.0
14.0
0
0
0.0
0
20Billy Wade
B. Wade
24
128
1,334
318
4.2
10.4
10
0
0.1
0
21Norm Snead
N. Snead
23
178
521
212
2.5
2.9
0
0
0.0
0
22Warren Moon
W. Moon
22
208
1,736
543
3.2
8.3
0
0
0
0.0
0
23Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
22
91
2,654
410
6.5
29.2
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
24John Brodie
J. Brodie
22
201
1,167
235
5.0
5.8
0
0
0.0
0
25Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
22
177
1,416
351
4.0
8.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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Team Leaders

PASS

3,011

Young

Bryce Young

RUSH

1,076

Dowdle

Rico Dowdle

REC

1,014

McMillan

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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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