before 1971 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
2Joe Namath
J. Namath
97
69
1,026
2,043
50.2
15,487
7.6
224.4
104
70.1
4.7
5.1
13
117
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
96
70
832
1,541
54.0
12,018
7.8
171.7
79
79.0
6.2
5.1
4Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
83
54
755
1,486
50.8
11,255
7.6
208.4
82
71.6
5.6
5.5
5John Hadl
J. Hadl
82
70
656
1,321
49.7
9,935
7.5
141.9
80
70.3
6.2
6.1
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
75
65
819
1,663
49.2
12,558
7.6
193.2
96
65.6
4.5
5.8
7Otto Graham
O. Graham
73
60
774
1,380
56.1
11,778
8.5
196.3
86
76.1
5.3
6.2
8Bobby Layne
B. Layne
73
59
614
1,306
47.0
8,753
6.7
148.4
81
62.0
5.6
6.2
9Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
70
56
528
976
54.1
8,516
8.7
152.1
58
82.7
7.2
5.9
10Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
70
56
553
1,119
49.4
8,088
7.2
144.4
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
11Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
70
51
692
1,158
59.8
9,218
8.0
180.7
67
81.1
6.0
5.8
12Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
68
69
543
1,123
48.4
8,535
7.6
123.7
54
74.2
6.1
4.8
13Tom Flores
T. Flores
68
70
659
1,334
49.4
8,997
6.7
128.5
69
66.8
5.1
5.2
14Milt Plum
M. Plum
66
59
627
1,083
57.9
8,914
8.2
151.1
39
89.9
6.1
3.6
15Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
62
50
354
674
52.5
6,358
9.4
127.2
52
83.7
9.2
7.7
16Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
61
58
526
1,098
47.9
7,216
6.6
124.4
84
56.0
5.6
7.7
17Bob Griese
B. Griese
58
48
615
1,183
52.0
8,192
6.9
170.7
67
67.0
4.9
5.7
64
571
18Adrian Burk
A. Burk
56
58
424
915
46.3
6,014
6.6
103.7
78
53.0
6.1
8.5
19Y.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
20Jim Hart
J. Hart
54
51
591
1,266
46.7
8,757
6.9
171.7
78
58.4
4.3
6.2
36
316
21Tobin Rote
T. Rote
54
60
523
1,204
43.4
7,355
6.1
122.6
85
49.3
4.5
7.1
22Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
53
52
641
1,311
48.9
9,630
7.3
185.2
75
63.1
4.0
5.7
23Don Meredith
D. Meredith
52
53
553
1,095
50.5
7,645
7.0
144.2
58
67.0
4.7
5.3
24Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
25Dick Wood
D. Wood
51
60
522
1,194
43.7
7,153
6.0
119.2
71
52.9
4.3
5.9
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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