before 1980 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
4Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
89
73
831
1,666
49.9
12,151
7.3
166.5
102
66.3
5.3
6.1
120
1,042
5Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
83
54
755
1,486
50.8
11,255
7.6
208.4
82
71.6
5.6
5.5
6John Hadl
J. Hadl
82
70
656
1,321
49.7
9,935
7.5
141.9
80
70.3
6.2
6.1
7Bob Griese
B. Griese
77
62
760
1,446
52.6
10,281
7.1
165.8
76
71.4
5.3
5.3
87
819
8Norm Snead
N. Snead
75
65
819
1,663
49.2
12,558
7.6
193.2
96
65.6
4.5
5.8
9Otto Graham
O. Graham
73
60
774
1,380
56.1
11,778
8.5
196.3
86
76.1
5.3
6.2
10Bobby Layne
B. Layne
73
59
614
1,306
47.0
8,753
6.7
148.4
81
62.0
5.6
6.2
11Bert Jones
B. Jones
71
61
820
1,458
56.2
10,422
7.1
170.9
52
80.1
4.9
3.6
143
1,284
12Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
70
56
528
976
54.1
8,516
8.7
152.1
58
82.7
7.2
5.9
13Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
70
56
553
1,119
49.4
8,088
7.2
144.4
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
14Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
70
51
692
1,158
59.8
9,218
8.0
180.7
67
81.1
6.0
5.8
15Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
69
64
863
1,466
58.9
10,959
7.5
171.2
44
85.5
4.7
3.0
133
1,016
16Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
68
69
543
1,123
48.4
8,535
7.6
123.7
54
74.2
6.1
4.8
17Tom Flores
T. Flores
68
70
659
1,334
49.4
8,997
6.7
128.5
69
66.8
5.1
5.2
18Milt Plum
M. Plum
66
59
627
1,083
57.9
8,914
8.2
151.1
39
89.9
6.1
3.6
19Jim Zorn
J. Zorn
63
56
845
1,638
51.6
11,202
6.8
200.0
84
65.0
3.8
5.1
103
724
20Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
62
63
656
1,325
49.5
8,842
6.7
140.3
64
66.6
4.7
4.8
119
905
21Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
62
61
729
1,503
48.5
9,932
6.6
162.8
87
59.7
4.1
5.8
146
1,317
22Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
62
50
354
674
52.5
6,358
9.4
127.2
52
83.7
9.2
7.7
23Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
61
58
526
1,098
47.9
7,216
6.6
124.4
84
56.0
5.6
7.7
24Adrian Burk
A. Burk
56
58
424
915
46.3
6,014
6.6
103.7
78
53.0
6.1
8.5
25Y.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
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