Between the 1920 and 1991 seasons, Fran Tarkenton had the most rushing yards by a quarterback, with 3,674 yards.
| NAME | RUSH YDS | GP | ATT | YPC | RUSH YDS/G | RUSH TD | REC YDS | REC | TRG | AVG | REC YDS/G | REC TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Tarkenton | 3,674 | 246 | 675 | 5.4 | 14.9 | 32 | -12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | | R. Cunningham | 3,437 | 82 | 486 | 7.1 | 41.9 | 23 | -3 | 1 | -3.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 3 | | T. Rote | 3,128 | 149 | 635 | 4.9 | 21.0 | 37 | 28 | 2 | 14.0 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| 4 | | G. Landry | 2,655 | 146 | 430 | 6.2 | 18.2 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | B. Douglass | 2,654 | 91 | 410 | 6.5 | 29.2 | 22 | -2 | 1 | -2.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 6 | | B. Layne | 2,451 | 175 | 611 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | R. Staubach | 2,264 | 131 | 410 | 5.5 | 17.3 | 20 | -13 | 1 | -13.0 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| 8 |  | T. Bradshaw | 2,257 | 168 | 444 | 5.1 | 13.4 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | K. Anderson | 2,220 | 192 | 397 | 5.6 | 11.6 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | A. Manning | 2,197 | 151 | 384 | 5.7 | 14.5 | 18 | -7 | 1 | -7.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 11 |  | J. Elway | 2,188 | 132 | 460 | 4.8 | 16.6 | 20 | 47 | 2 | 23.5 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| 12 | | S. Grogan | 2,176 | 149 | 445 | 4.9 | 14.6 | 35 | 19 | 3 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 0 | |
| 13 | | J. Theismann | 1,815 | 167 | 355 | 5.1 | 10.9 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | J. Unitas | 1,777 | 211 | 450 | 3.9 | 8.4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 15 |  | S. Young | 1,732 | 65 | 286 | 6.1 | 26.6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 16 |  | J. Montana | 1,567 | 166 | 411 | 3.8 | 9.4 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 17 | | J. Zorn | 1,504 | 140 | 322 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 17 | 27 | 1 | 27.0 | 0.2 | 0 | |
| 18 | | J. McMahon | 1,481 | 95 | 289 | 5.1 | 15.6 | 16 | 72 | 5 | 14.4 | 0.8 | 2 | |
| 19 | | B. Jones | 1,429 | 102 | 247 | 5.8 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | B. Parilli | 1,416 | 177 | 351 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| 21 | | F. Ryan | 1,358 | 126 | 310 | 4.4 | 10.8 | 6 | 31 | 0 | 0.2 | 1 | ||
| 22 | | J. Plunkett | 1,337 | 157 | 323 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | B. Wade | 1,334 | 128 | 318 | 4.2 | 10.4 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0.1 | 0 | ||
| 24 | | B. Starr | 1,308 | 196 | 247 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| 25 | | R. Gabriel | 1,304 | 183 | 358 | 3.6 | 7.1 | 30 | -5 | 1 | -5.0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
StatMuse has season-level data for rushing yards going back to the 1932 season.
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