before 1966 what qb had the most passing td through first 5 seasons

Johnny Unitas had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 5 seasons, with 109 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
109
58
801
1,507
53.2
12,053
8.0
207.8
72
83.9
7.2
4.8
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
96
70
832
1,541
54.0
12,018
7.8
171.7
79
79.0
6.2
5.1
3Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
83
54
755
1,486
50.8
11,255
7.6
208.4
82
71.6
5.6
5.5
4Norm Snead
N. Snead
75
65
819
1,663
49.2
12,558
7.6
193.2
96
65.6
4.5
5.8
5Otto Graham
O. Graham
73
60
774
1,380
56.1
11,778
8.5
196.3
86
76.1
5.3
6.2
6Bobby Layne
B. Layne
73
59
614
1,306
47.0
8,753
6.7
148.4
81
62.0
5.6
6.2
7Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
70
56
528
976
54.1
8,516
8.7
152.1
58
82.7
7.2
5.9
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
70
56
553
1,119
49.4
8,088
7.2
144.4
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
9Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
70
51
692
1,158
59.8
9,218
8.0
180.7
67
81.1
6.0
5.8
10Tom Flores
T. Flores
68
70
659
1,334
49.4
8,997
6.7
128.5
69
66.8
5.1
5.2
11Milt Plum
M. Plum
66
59
627
1,083
57.9
8,914
8.2
151.1
39
89.9
6.1
3.6
12Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
62
50
354
674
52.5
6,358
9.4
127.2
52
83.7
9.2
7.7
13Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
61
58
526
1,098
47.9
7,216
6.6
124.4
84
56.0
5.6
7.7
14John Hadl
J. Hadl
59
56
456
946
48.2
7,089
7.5
126.6
66
65.2
6.2
7.0
15Adrian Burk
A. Burk
56
58
424
915
46.3
6,014
6.6
103.7
78
53.0
6.1
8.5
16Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
56
59
649
1,191
54.5
8,425
7.1
142.8
65
69.9
4.7
5.5
17Tobin Rote
T. Rote
54
60
523
1,204
43.4
7,355
6.1
122.6
85
49.3
4.5
7.1
18Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
53
52
641
1,311
48.9
9,630
7.3
185.2
75
63.1
4.0
5.7
19Don Meredith
D. Meredith
52
53
553
1,095
50.5
7,645
7.0
144.2
58
67.0
4.7
5.3
20Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
21Paul Christman
P. Christman
51
50
453
1,014
44.7
6,749
6.7
135.0
69
55.5
5.0
6.8
22Lamar McHan
L. McHan
50
60
433
1,012
42.8
6,578
6.5
109.6
77
49.6
4.9
7.6
23Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
50
51
471
919
51.3
6,394
7.0
125.4
52
68.3
5.4
5.7
24Ed Brown
E. Brown
49
60
492
982
50.1
7,594
7.7
126.6
65
65.1
5.0
6.6
25Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
48
53
339
739
45.9
4,447
6.0
83.9
58
54.3
6.5
7.8
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