1940 to 1960 most passing tds by qb

Between the 1940 and 1960 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 176 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
176
154
1,623
3,318
48.9
23,877
7.2
155.0
210
64.1
5.3
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
173
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
23,611
8.2
168.7
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
144
136
1,212
2,428
49.9
16,679
6.9
122.6
146
67.0
5.9
6.0
4Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
132
117
881
1,693
52.0
14,050
8.3
120.1
128
74.5
7.8
7.6
5Tobin Rote
T. Rote
119
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
6Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
116
124
1,387
2,509
55.3
17,900
7.1
144.4
153
67.9
4.6
6.1
7Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
109
58
801
1,507
53.2
12,053
8.0
207.8
72
83.9
7.2
4.8
8Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
107
93
1,014
1,766
57.4
13,507
7.6
145.2
110
76.0
6.1
6.2
9Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
90
88
723
1,396
51.8
10,240
7.3
116.4
100
67.4
6.4
7.2
10Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
11Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
83
67
641
1,295
49.5
9,654
7.5
144.1
104
62.3
6.4
8.0
12Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
71
93
650
1,329
48.9
9,804
7.4
105.4
113
56.0
5.3
8.5
13Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
85
687
1,346
51.0
9,480
7.0
111.5
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
14George Blanda
G. Blanda
64
82
557
1,194
46.6
7,601
6.4
92.7
78
58.1
5.4
6.5
15Lamar McHan
L. McHan
61
84
514
1,211
42.4
7,900
6.5
94.0
91
50.1
5.0
7.5
16Paul Christman
P. Christman
58
61
504
1,140
44.2
7,294
6.4
119.6
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
17Adrian Burk
A. Burk
57
70
463
997
46.4
6,440
6.5
92.0
84
51.6
5.7
8.4
18Ed Brown
E. Brown
56
72
551
1,131
48.7
8,673
7.7
120.5
76
63.1
5.0
6.7
19Billy Wade
B. Wade
56
69
603
1,116
54.0
8,572
7.7
124.2
68
70.5
5.0
6.1
20Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
54
69
423
912
46.4
5,690
6.2
82.5
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
21Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
22Milt Plum
M. Plum
48
45
450
781
57.6
6,498
8.3
144.4
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
23Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
44
62
293
680
43.1
4,735
7.0
76.4
65
49.0
6.5
9.6
24Al Dorow
A. Dorow
43
51
345
694
49.7
4,724
6.8
92.6
56
58.9
6.2
8.1
25Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
42
45
465
946
49.2
5,644
6.0
125.4
73
50.6
4.4
7.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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