Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Jim McMahon had the most passing touchdowns, with 77 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:

most passing touchdowns by a player in the 80s

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Jim McMahon J. McMahon	77	24	556	868	64.1	8,126	9.4	338.6	25	166.2	8.9	2.9
2	Andre Ware A. Ware	75	27	660	1,074	61.5	8,202	7.6	303.8	28	143.4	7.0	2.6
3	John Elway J. Elway	71	33	724	1,150	63.0	8,805	7.7	266.8	36	141.4	6.2	3.1
4	Todd Santos T. Santos	70	47	910	1,484	61.3	11,425	7.7	243.1	57	133.9	4.7	3.8
5	Scott Mitchell S. Mitchell	69	35	669	1,165	57.4	8,981	7.7	256.6	38	135.2	5.9	3.3
6	Tommy Hodson T. Hodson	69	44	674	1,163	58.0	9,115	7.8	207.2	41	136.3	5.9	3.5
7	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	67	44	677	1,271	53.3	10,579	8.3	240.4	54	132.1	5.3	4.2
8	Robbie Bosco R. Bosco	66	36	638	997	64.0	8,400	8.4	233.3	36	149.4	6.6	3.6
9	Kevin Sweeney K. Sweeney	66	56	731	1,336	54.7	10,623	8.0	189.7	48	130.6	4.9	3.6
10	Dan Marino D. Marino	65	33	511	891	57.4	6,397	7.2	193.8	57	128.9	7.3	6.4
11	Chuck Long C. Long	64	56	692	1,072	64.6	9,210	8.6	164.5	46	147.8	6.0	4.3
12	Brian McClure B. McClure	63	44	900	1,427	63.1	10,280	7.2	233.6	58	130.0	4.4	4.1
13	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	59	34	596	1,029	57.9	8,020	7.8	235.9	29	136.7	5.7	2.8
14	Kerwin Bell K. Bell	56	42	549	953	57.6	7,585	8.0	180.6	35	136.5	5.9	3.7
15	Steve Young S. Young	56	34	592	908	65.2	7,733	8.5	227.4	33	149.8	6.2	3.6
16	Ben Bennett B. Bennett	55	42	820	1,375	59.6	9,614	7.0	228.9	57	123.3	4.0	4.1
17	Mike Gundy M. Gundy	54	42	604	1,035	58.4	7,997	7.7	190.4	37	133.3	5.2	3.6
18	Steve Clarkson S. Clarkson	54	33	505	955	52.9	6,756	7.1	204.7	40	122.6	5.7	4.2
19	Erik Wilhelm E. Wilhelm	52	44	870	1,480	58.8	9,393	6.3	213.5	61	115.4	3.5	4.1
20	Rodney Peete R. Peete	52	44	571	972	58.7	7,640	7.9	173.6	32	135.8	5.3	3.3
21	T.J. Rubley	51	33	496	995	49.8	6,847	6.9	207.5	43	115.9	5.1	4.3
22	Troy Taylor T. Taylor	51	44	683	1,162	58.8	8,126	7.0	184.7	46	124.1	4.4	4.0
23	Jack Trudeau J. Trudeau	51	44	736	1,151	63.9	8,146	7.1	185.1	38	131.4	4.4	3.3
24	Todd Ellis T. Ellis	49	41	704	1,266	55.6	9,519	7.5	232.2	66	121.1	3.9	5.2
25	Steve Walsh S. Walsh	48	33	410	690	59.4	5,369	7.8	162.7	19	142.2	7.0	2.8