before 1971 what qb had the most passing td through first 3 seasons

Joe Namath had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 3 seasons, with 63 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Namath
J. Namath
63
41
654
1,302
50.2
9,606
7.4
234.3
70
68.4
4.8
5.4
2Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
55
42
490
906
54.1
6,903
7.6
164.4
57
72.9
6.1
6.3
3Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
52
34
418
762
54.9
6,055
7.9
178.1
34
85.1
6.8
4.5
4Otto Graham
O. Graham
51
36
465
882
52.7
6,964
7.9
193.4
60
69.8
5.8
6.8
5Tom Flores
T. Flores
47
42
439
865
50.8
6,015
7.0
143.2
44
70.3
5.4
5.1
6Bob Griese
B. Griese
46
34
473
938
50.4
6,173
6.6
181.6
50
65.7
4.9
5.3
33
289
7Norm Snead
N. Snead
46
42
531
1,092
48.6
8,306
7.6
197.8
71
61.2
4.2
6.5
8Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
44
29
377
744
50.7
5,771
7.8
199.0
43
72.3
5.9
5.8
9Jim Finks
J. Finks
42
35
453
934
48.5
5,794
6.2
165.5
52
60.1
4.5
5.6
10John Hadl
J. Hadl
39
42
282
598
47.2
4,291
7.2
102.2
45
61.7
6.5
7.5
11Dick Wood
D. Wood
39
32
370
807
45.8
5,157
6.4
161.2
51
56.7
4.8
6.3
12Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
39
33
312
643
48.5
4,566
7.1
138.4
52
58.6
6.1
8.1
13Butch Songin
B. Songin
38
35
327
694
47.1
4,347
6.3
124.2
31
67.1
5.5
4.5
14Joe Kapp
J. Kapp
37
40
351
699
50.2
4,807
6.9
120.2
47
62.2
5.3
6.7
28
198
15Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
37
32
259
485
53.4
4,387
9.0
137.1
27
86.5
7.6
5.6
16Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
35
32
384
788
48.7
5,792
7.4
181.0
49
62.2
4.4
6.2
17Tobin Rote
T. Rote
35
36
271
637
42.5
4,039
6.3
112.2
52
48.3
5.5
8.2
18Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
35
35
301
626
48.1
4,415
7.1
126.1
49
57.6
5.6
7.8
19Paul Christman
P. Christman
35
31
327
749
43.7
4,994
6.7
161.1
52
52.9
4.7
6.9
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
34
28
336
724
46.4
5,096
7.0
182.0
48
58.1
4.7
6.6
21Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
33
33
319
632
50.5
5,000
7.9
151.5
46
64.2
5.2
7.3
22Bobby Layne
B. Layne
28
35
323
687
47.0
4,351
6.3
124.3
38
58.2
4.1
5.5
23Milt Plum
M. Plum
27
33
299
531
56.3
4,201
7.9
127.3
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
24Lamar McHan
L. McHan
27
36
255
614
41.5
3,719
6.1
103.3
49
43.3
4.4
8.0
25Frankie Albert
F. Albert
27
36
316
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
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