before 1979 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
6Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
61
57
625
1,243
50.3
8,865
7.1
155.5
82
62.6
4.9
6.6
75
701
7Norm Snead
N. Snead
60
54
669
1,375
48.7
10,212
7.4
189.1
83
63.0
4.4
6.0
8Jim 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
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
59
56
456
946
48.2
7,089
7.5
126.6
66
65.2
6.2
7.0
10Bob 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
11Bert 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
12Tom Flores
T. Flores
54
56
537
1,065
50.4
7,404
7.0
132.2
58
67.3
5.1
5.4
13Bobby Layne
B. Layne
54
47
475
1,019
46.6
6,754
6.6
143.7
61
61.3
5.3
6.0
14Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
53
44
399
823
48.5
5,920
7.2
134.5
70
58.5
6.4
8.5
15Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
16Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
51
44
372
690
53.9
6,123
8.9
139.2
44
82.1
7.4
6.4
17Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
51
43
283
531
53.3
5,340
10.1
124.2
40
89.0
9.6
7.5
18Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
50
49
435
868
50.1
6,039
7.0
123.2
40
72.8
5.8
4.6
83
632
19Ken 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
20Milt Plum
M. Plum
48
45
450
781
57.6
6,498
8.3
144.4
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
21Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
48
46
383
795
48.2
5,505
6.9
119.7
59
60.3
6.0
7.4
22Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
48
39
507
843
60.1
6,619
7.9
169.7
44
82.1
5.7
5.2
23Dick Wood
D. Wood
47
46
439
964
45.5
6,160
6.4
133.9
57
58.3
4.9
5.9
24Adrian Burk
A. Burk
47
46
314
687
45.7
4,655
6.8
101.2
61
54.2
6.8
8.9
25Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
47
47
479
896
53.5
6,220
6.9
132.3
56
67.0
5.2
6.3
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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