before 1989 what qb had the most passing td through first 5 seasons

Dan Marino had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 5 seasons, with 168 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	168	71	1,512	2,494	60.6	19,422	7.8	273.5	80	94.1	6.7	3.2	67	553
2	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	109	58	801	1,507	53.2	12,053	8.0	207.8	72	83.9	7.2	4.8
3	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	98	69	1,038	1,830	56.7	14,825	8.1	214.9	65	86.2	5.4	3.6	119	989
4	Joe 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
5	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	96	70	832	1,541	54.0	12,018	7.8	171.7	79	79.0	6.2	5.1
6	Steve 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
7	John Elway J. Elway	85	70	1,168	2,158	54.1	14,835	6.9	211.9	77	74.1	3.9	3.6	142	1,054
8	Ken O'Brien K. O'Brien	84	67	1,183	1,990	59.4	14,243	7.2	212.6	50	85.0	4.2	2.5	211	1,551
9	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	83	54	755	1,486	50.8	11,255	7.6	208.4	82	71.6	5.6	5.5
10	John Hadl J. Hadl	82	70	656	1,321	49.7	9,935	7.5	141.9	80	70.3	6.2	6.1
11	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	80	72	1,121	2,126	52.7	14,548	6.8	202.1	104	66.7	3.8	4.9	147	1,065
12	Neil Lomax N. Lomax	79	68	1,047	1,826	57.3	13,406	7.3	197.1	55	82.3	4.3	3.0	216	1,654
13	Warren Moon W. Moon	78	68	1,059	1,977	53.6	14,669	7.4	215.7	85	72.9	3.9	4.3	171	1,387
14	Joe Montana J. Montana	78	72	1,045	1,645	63.5	11,979	7.3	166.4	44	90.0	4.7	2.7	94	683
15	Bob 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
16	Norm Snead N. Snead	75	65	819	1,663	49.2	12,558	7.6	193.2	96	65.6	4.5	5.8
17	Doug Williams D. Williams	73	67	895	1,890	47.4	12,648	6.7	188.8	73	66.2	3.9	3.9	65	583
18	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	73	55	971	1,754	55.4	11,366	6.5	206.7	76	71.0	4.2	4.3	99	668
19	Otto Graham O. Graham	73	60	774	1,380	56.1	11,778	8.5	196.3	86	76.1	5.3	6.2
20	Bobby Layne B. Layne	73	59	614	1,306	47.0	8,753	6.7	148.4	81	62.0	5.6	6.2
21	Bert 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
22	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	70	56	528	976	54.1	8,516	8.7	152.1	58	82.7	7.2	5.9
23	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	70	56	553	1,119	49.4	8,088	7.2	144.4	94	59.2	6.3	8.4
24	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	70	51	692	1,158	59.8	9,218	8.0	180.7	67	81.1	6.0	5.8
25	Ken 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

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Jets - e	3	14	0	.176
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