before 1986 what qb had the most passing td through first 4 seasons

Dan Marino had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 4 seasons, with 98 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
98
43
871
1,427
61.0
11,431
8.0
265.8
44
96.4
6.9
3.1
41
357
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
3Joe Namath
J. Namath
78
55
841
1,682
50.0
12,753
7.6
231.9
87
69.2
4.6
5.2
4Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
77
56
661
1,212
54.5
9,409
7.8
168.0
68
77.7
6.4
5.6
5Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
65
43
600
1,164
51.5
8,816
7.6
205.0
67
71.2
5.6
5.8
6Doug Williams
D. Williams
64
58
731
1,583
46.2
10,577
6.7
182.4
62
65.6
4.0
3.9
54
455
7Jim 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
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
62
48
632
1,140
55.4
9,686
8.5
201.8
69
76.6
5.4
6.1
9Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
61
52
782
1,355
57.7
10,192
7.5
196.0
43
83.3
4.5
3.2
155
1,212
10Steve 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
11Norm Snead
N. Snead
60
54
669
1,375
48.7
10,212
7.4
189.1
83
63.0
4.4
6.0
12Jim 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
13John Hadl
J. Hadl
59
56
456
946
48.2
7,089
7.5
126.6
66
65.2
6.2
7.0
14Bob 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
15Bert 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
16Tom Flores
T. Flores
54
56
537
1,065
50.4
7,404
7.0
132.2
58
67.3
5.1
5.4
17Bobby Layne
B. Layne
54
47
475
1,019
46.6
6,754
6.6
143.7
61
61.3
5.3
6.0
18Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
53
44
399
823
48.5
5,920
7.2
134.5
70
58.5
6.4
8.5
19Joe Montana
J. Montana
52
56
713
1,130
63.1
8,069
7.1
144.1
32
88.0
4.6
2.8
61
459
20Danny White
D. White
52
62
516
881
58.6
6,813
7.7
109.9
41
83.4
5.9
4.7
62
511
21Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
22Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
51
44
372
690
53.9
6,123
8.9
139.2
44
82.1
7.4
6.4
23Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
51
43
283
531
53.3
5,340
10.1
124.2
40
89.0
9.6
7.5
24Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
50
49
435
868
50.1
6,039
7.0
123.2
40
72.8
5.8
4.6
83
632
25Ken 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
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