| Player | Team | Position | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marcus Mariota |  | QB | 22.0 | - | - | - | - | 22.0 | - |
| 2 | Tyson Bagent |  | QB | 7.0 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.0 |
| 2 | Patrick Mahomes |  | QB | 7.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | - | 10.0 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Lamar Jackson |  | QB | 6.7 | - | - | - | - | 3.0 | 7.4 |
| 5 | Kyler Murray |  | QB | 5.3 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 5.3 | - | 3.5 | 7.0 |
Through games played November 3, 2026, Marcus Mariota of Washington leads all NFL players in yards per carry on designed rush attempts with 22.0. Tyson Bagent of Chicago & Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City are tied for second with 7.0. Mariota's average puts him 15.0 yards clear of second place & 20.5 ahead of the 25th-ranked player.
Baltimore & Tampa Bay each have two players inside the top ten. Lamar Jackson of Baltimore is fourth with 6.7, Kyler Murray of Minnesota fifth with 5.3, Tyler Huntley of Baltimore & Jalon Daniels of Tampa Bay are tied for sixth with 4.5, Justin Herbert of the Los Angeles Chargers is eighth with 4.2, Baker Mayfield of Tampa Bay ninth with 4.0 & Trevor Lawrence of Jacksonville tenth with 3.8.
Patrick Mahomes of Kansas City ranks second on the season at 7.0 but has led the league in yards per carry on designed rush attempts over the last three weeks at 7.0. Jordan Love of Green Bay ranks 11th with 3.6, Cam Ward of Tennessee 12th with 3.5, Caleb Williams of Chicago 13th with 2.9, Joe Burrow of Cincinnati 14th with 2.7, Josh Allen of Buffalo 15th with 2.6, Deshaun Watson of Cleveland 16th with 2.3 and Malik Willis of Miami & Daniel Jones of Indianapolis are tied 17th with 1.9.
All 9 players are within 0.4 yards of each other. Bo Nix of Denver is 19th with 1.9, Dak Prescott of Dallas 20th with 1.8, Brock Purdy of San Francisco 21st with 1.8, Jacoby Brissett of Arizona 22nd with 1.7, C.J. Stroud of Houston 23rd with 1.6 and Jameis Winston of the New York Giants & Matthew Stafford of the Los Angeles Rams are tied 24th with 1.5. Baltimore, Chicago & Tampa Bay are the only teams with two players in the top 25. Four ranks inside the top 25 are shared by more than one player.
The ranking above covers the top 25 of 40 NFL players in the 2026 regular season. A minimum of 47 dropbacks is applied. Yards per Carry on Designed Rush Attempts measures the average yards gained on quarterback runs from designed rushing plays. Figures are as of November 3, 2026 & are recalculated on StatRankings after each game's play-by-play is processed.
