who had the most qb rush yards career before 1999

Before 1999, Randall Cunningham had the most rushing yards by a quarterback, with 4,741 yards.

NAMERUSH YDSGPATTYPCRUSH YDS/GRUSH TDREC YDSRECTRGAVGREC YDS/GREC TD
1Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
4,741
143
728
6.5
33.2
33
-6
2
-3.0
0.0
0
2Steve Young
S. Young
4,182
166
711
5.9
25.2
43
2
2
1.0
0.0
0
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
3,674
246
675
5.4
14.9
32
-12
0
0.0
0
4John Elway
J. Elway
3,407
234
774
4.4
14.6
33
61
3
20.3
0.3
1
5Tobin Rote
T. Rote
3,128
149
635
4.9
21.0
37
28
2
14.0
0.2
1
6Greg Landry
G. Landry
2,655
146
430
6.2
18.2
21
0
0
0.0
0
7Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
2,654
91
410
6.5
29.2
22
-2
1
-2.0
0.0
0
8Jim Harbaugh
J. Harbaugh
2,637
156
511
5.2
16.9
18
-8
2
-4.0
-0.1
0
9Bobby Layne
B. Layne
2,451
175
611
4.0
14.0
25
0
0
0.0
0
10Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
2,264
131
410
5.5
17.3
20
-13
1
-13.0
-0.1
0
11Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
2,257
168
444
5.1
13.4
32
1
0
0.0
0
12Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
2,220
192
397
5.6
11.6
20
0
0
0.0
0
13Archie Manning
A. Manning
2,197
151
384
5.7
14.5
18
-7
1
-7.0
0.0
0
14Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
2,176
149
445
4.9
14.6
35
19
3
6.3
0.1
0
15Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
1,815
167
355
5.1
10.9
17
0
0
0.0
0
16Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
1,777
211
450
3.9
8.4
13
1
1
1.0
0.0
0
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
1,734
205
541
3.2
8.5
22
0
0
0.0
0
18Joe Montana
J. Montana
1,676
192
457
3.7
8.7
20
0
0
0.0
0
19Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
1,631
119
338
4.8
13.7
16
72
5
14.4
0.6
2
20Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
1,598
187
447
3.6
8.5
7
-8
1
-8.0
0.0
0
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
1,508
156
321
4.7
9.7
12
6
3
2.0
0.0
0
22Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
1,504
140
322
4.7
10.7
17
27
1
27.0
0.2
0
23Steve McNair
S. McNair
1,440
45
220
6.5
32.0
14
0
0
0.0
0
24Bert Jones
B. Jones
1,429
102
247
5.8
14.0
14
0
0
0.0
0
25Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
1,416
177
351
4.0
8.0
22
0
1
0.0
0.0
0
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.

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