who had the most qb rush touchdowns career before 1999

Before 1999, Steve Young scored the most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 43 touchdowns.

NAMERUSH TDGPRUSH YDSATTYPCRUSH YDS/GREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Steve Young
S. Young
43
166
4,182
711
5.9
25.2
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
2Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
40
122
1,150
356
3.2
9.4
-9
1
-9.0
-0.1
0
3Tobin Rote
T. Rote
37
149
3,128
635
4.9
21.0
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
4Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
35
149
2,176
445
4.9
14.6
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
5Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
33
143
4,741
728
6.5
33.2
-6
2
-3.0
0.0
0
6John Elway
J. Elway
33
234
3,407
774
4.4
14.6
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
7Otto Graham
O. Graham
33
72
682
306
2.2
9.5
0
0
0.0
0
8Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
33
178
999
291
3.4
5.6
4
1
4.0
0.0
0
9Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
32
168
2,257
444
5.1
13.4
1
0
0.0
0
10Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
32
246
3,674
675
5.4
14.9
-12
0
0.0
0
11Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
30
183
1,304
358
3.6
7.1
-5
1
-5.0
0.0
0
12Bobby Layne
B. Layne
25
175
2,451
611
4.0
14.0
0
0
0.0
0
13Billy Wade
B. Wade
24
128
1,334
318
4.2
10.4
10
0
0.1
0
14Norm Snead
N. Snead
23
178
521
212
2.5
2.9
0
0
0.0
0
15Warren Moon
W. Moon
22
205
1,734
541
3.2
8.5
0
0
0.0
0
16Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
22
91
2,654
410
6.5
29.2
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
17John Brodie
J. Brodie
22
201
1,167
235
5.0
5.8
0
0
0.0
0
18Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
22
177
1,416
351
4.0
8.0
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
19Greg Landry
G. Landry
21
146
2,655
430
6.2
18.2
0
0
0.0
0
20Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
21
45
742
133
5.6
16.5
16
1
16.0
0.4
0
21Joe Montana
J. Montana
20
192
1,676
457
3.7
8.7
0
0
0.0
0
22Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
20
192
2,220
397
5.6
11.6
0
0
0.0
0
23Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
20
131
2,264
410
5.5
17.3
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
24Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
18
156
2,637
511
5.2
16.9
-8
2
-4.0
-0.1
0
25Mark Malone
M. Malone
18
73
628
159
3.9
8.6
90
1
90.0
1.2
1
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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