Which QB has the most passing TDs in a season?

Peyton Manning throws his 51st TD, breaking Tom Brady's 2007 single-season record. He finished 2013 with 55 TDs.

NAME SEASON TM GP TD CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G TD% INT INT% SCK SCKY RATE
1 Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
2013
DEN DEN
16
55
450
659
68.3
5,477
8.3
342.3
8.3
10
1.5
18
120
115.1
2 Patrick Mahomes
Patrick Mahomes
2018
KC KC
16
50
383
580
66.0
5,097
8.8
318.6
8.6
12
2.1
26
171
113.8
3 Tom Brady
Tom Brady
2007
NE NE
16
50
398
578
68.9
4,806
8.3
300.4
8.7
8
1.4
21
128
117.2
4 Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
2004
IND IND
16
49
336
497
67.6
4,557
9.2
284.8
9.9
10
2.0
13
101
121.1
5 Dan Marino
Dan Marino
1984
MIA MIA
16
48
362
564
64.2
5,084
9.0
317.8
8.5
17
3.0
13
120
108.9
6 Drew Brees
Drew Brees
2011
NO NO
16
46
468
657
71.2
5,476
8.3
342.3
7.0
14
2.1
24
158
110.6
7 Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
2011
GB GB
15
45
343
502
68.3
4,643
9.2
309.5
9.0
6
1.2
36
219
122.5
8 Dan Marino
Dan Marino
1986
MIA MIA
16
44
378
623
60.7
4,746
7.6
296.6
7.1
23
3.7
17
119
92.5
9 Drew Brees
Drew Brees
2012
NO NO
16
43
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
6.4
19
2.8
26
190
96.3
10 Matthew Stafford
Matthew Stafford
2011
DET DET
16
41
421
663
63.5
5,038
7.6
314.9
6.2
16
2.4
36
257
97.2
11 Kurt Warner
Kurt Warner
1999
STL STL
16
41
325
499
65.1
4,353
8.7
272.1
8.2
13
2.6
29
201
109.2
12 Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
2016
GB GB
16
40
401
610
65.7
4,428
7.3
276.8
6.6
7
1.1
35
246
104.2
13 Andrew Luck
Andrew Luck
2014
IND IND
16
40
380
616
61.7
4,761
7.7
297.6
6.5
16
2.6
27
161
96.5
14 Andrew Luck
Andrew Luck
2018
IND IND
16
39
430
639
67.3
4,593
7.2
287.1
6.1
15
2.3
18
134
98.7
15 Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
2014
DEN DEN
16
39
395
597
66.2
4,727
7.9
295.4
6.5
15
2.5
17
118
101.5
16 Drew Brees
Drew Brees
2013
NO NO
16
39
446
650
68.6
5,162
7.9
322.6
6.0
12
1.8
37
244
104.7
17 Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
2012
GB GB
16
39
371
552
67.2
4,295
7.8
268.4
7.1
8
1.4
51
293
108.0
18 Tom Brady
Tom Brady
2011
NE NE
16
39
401
611
65.6
5,235
8.6
327.2
6.4
12
2.0
32
173
105.6
19 Daunte Culpepper
Daunte Culpepper
2004
MIN MIN
16
39
379
548
69.2
4,717
8.6
294.8
7.1
11
2.0
46
238
110.9
20 Brett Favre
Brett Favre
1996
GB GB
16
39
325
543
59.9
3,899
7.2
243.7
7.2
13
2.4
40
241
95.8
21 Matt Ryan
Matt Ryan
2016
ATL ATL
16
38
373
534
69.9
4,944
9.3
309.0
7.1
7
1.3
37
235
117.1
22 Aaron Rodgers
Aaron Rodgers
2014
GB GB
16
38
341
520
65.6
4,381
8.4
273.8
7.3
5
1.0
28
174
112.2
23 Brett Favre
Brett Favre
1995
GB GB
16
38
359
570
63.0
4,413
7.7
275.8
6.7
13
2.3
33
217
99.5
24 Drew Brees
Drew Brees
2016
NO NO
16
37
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
5.5
15
2.2
27
184
101.7
25 Peyton Manning
Peyton Manning
2012
DEN DEN
16
37
400
583
68.6
4,659
8.0
291.2
6.3
11
1.9
21
137
105.8
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
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3
0
0
1.000
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1
2
0
.333
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49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Rams Rams
2
1
0
.667
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Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
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Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
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Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

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21-27
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9/6
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9/6
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9/25
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9/28
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9:30 AM
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9/28
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1:00 PM
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9/28
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1:00 PM