before 1978 what qb had the most passing td through first 4 seasons

Johnny Unitas had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 4 seasons, with 84 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
2Joe Namath
J. Namath
78
55
841
1,682
50.0
12,753
7.6
231.9
87
69.2
4.6
5.2
3Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
77
56
661
1,212
54.5
9,409
7.8
168.0
68
77.7
6.4
5.6
4Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
65
43
600
1,164
51.5
8,816
7.6
205.0
67
71.2
5.6
5.8
5Otto Graham
O. Graham
62
48
632
1,140
55.4
9,686
8.5
201.8
69
76.6
5.4
6.1
6Norm Snead
N. Snead
60
54
669
1,375
48.7
10,212
7.4
189.1
83
63.0
4.4
6.0
7Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
59
56
693
1,411
49.1
9,361
6.6
167.2
80
61.0
4.2
5.7
133
1,228
8John Hadl
J. Hadl
59
56
456
946
48.2
7,089
7.5
126.6
66
65.2
6.2
7.0
9Bob 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
10Bert Jones
B. Jones
54
47
596
1,065
56.0
7,736
7.3
164.6
41
79.8
5.1
3.8
117
1,063
11Tom Flores
T. Flores
54
56
537
1,065
50.4
7,404
7.0
132.2
58
67.3
5.1
5.4
12Bobby Layne
B. Layne
54
47
475
1,019
46.6
6,754
6.6
143.7
61
61.3
5.3
6.0
13Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
53
44
399
823
48.5
5,920
7.2
134.5
70
58.5
6.4
8.5
14Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
15Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
51
44
372
690
53.9
6,123
8.9
139.2
44
82.1
7.4
6.4
16Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
51
43
283
531
53.3
5,340
10.1
124.2
40
89.0
9.6
7.5
17Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
50
49
435
868
50.1
6,039
7.0
123.2
40
72.8
5.8
4.6
83
632
18Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
48
51
635
1,089
58.3
7,790
7.2
152.7
33
82.5
4.4
3.0
101
769
19Milt Plum
M. Plum
48
45
450
781
57.6
6,498
8.3
144.4
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
20Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
48
46
383
795
48.2
5,505
6.9
119.7
59
60.3
6.0
7.4
21Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
48
39
507
843
60.1
6,619
7.9
169.7
44
82.1
5.7
5.2
22Dick Wood
D. Wood
47
46
439
964
45.5
6,160
6.4
133.9
57
58.3
4.9
5.9
23Adrian Burk
A. Burk
47
46
314
687
45.7
4,655
6.8
101.2
61
54.2
6.8
8.9
24Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
47
47
479
896
53.5
6,220
6.9
132.3
56
67.0
5.2
6.3
25Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
46
41
444
881
50.4
6,041
6.9
147.3
59
62.2
5.2
6.7
54
517
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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