highest average touchdowns per game by qb 1970 to 1985

Between the 1970 and 1985 seasons, Dan Marino had the most passing touchdowns per game played by a quarterback, with 2.28.

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highest average passing touchdowns per game by qb 1970 to 1985
NAMETD/GPTDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
2.28
98
43
871
1,427
61.0
11,431
8.0
265.8
44
96.4
6.9
3.1
41
357
2Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
1.65
86
52
821
1,447
56.7
10,756
7.4
206.8
62
82.3
5.9
4.3
158
1,249
3Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
1.44
228
158
2,839
4,810
59.0
37,492
7.8
237.3
205
81.8
4.7
4.3
274
1,955
4Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
1.31
119
91
1,603
2,886
55.5
19,153
6.6
210.5
128
71.3
4.1
4.4
186
1,225
5Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
1.3
156
120
2,056
3,445
59.7
23,863
6.9
198.9
132
79.8
4.5
3.8
238
2,048
6Joe Montana
J. Montana
1.29
133
103
1,627
2,571
63.3
19,262
7.5
187.0
67
92.4
5.2
2.6
151
1,067
7Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
1.26
212
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
27,989
7.2
166.6
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
8Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
1.25
154
123
1,871
3,330
56.2
23,470
7.0
190.8
141
76.0
4.6
4.2
345
2,872
9Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
1.23
154
125
1,944
3,439
56.5
23,713
6.9
189.7
149
74.8
4.5
4.3
224
1,889
10Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
1.22
152
125
1,662
2,911
57.1
22,279
7.7
178.2
107
83.6
5.2
3.7
301
2,048
11Bert Jones
B. Jones
1.22
124
102
1,430
2,551
56.1
18,190
7.1
178.3
101
78.2
4.9
4.0
232
2,020
12Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
1.21
146
121
1,474
2,837
52.0
21,581
7.6
178.4
167
69.7
5.1
5.9
211
1,691
13Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
1.2
77
64
957
1,735
55.2
12,699
7.3
198.4
61
78.7
4.4
3.5
135
1,039
14Phil Simms
P. Simms
1.2
83
69
1,067
2,024
52.7
14,098
7.0
204.3
81
72.0
4.1
4.0
223
1,718
15Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
1.2
30
25
302
533
56.7
3,973
7.5
158.9
15
87.4
5.6
2.8
37
341
16Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
1.19
31
26
413
691
59.8
5,290
7.7
203.5
15
89.7
4.5
2.2
84
567
17Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
1.16
79
68
1,047
1,826
57.3
13,406
7.3
197.1
55
82.3
4.3
3.0
216
1,654
18Bob Griese
B. Griese
1.15
146
127
1,453
2,491
58.3
18,919
7.6
149.0
122
81.5
5.9
4.9
234
2,029
19Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
1.15
109
95
1,088
2,028
53.6
13,909
6.9
146.4
92
74.4
5.4
4.5
136
981
20John Brodie
J. Brodie
1.13
54
48
599
1,069
56.0
7,614
7.1
158.6
54
74.2
5.1
5.1
31
246
21Danny White
D. White
1.12
129
115
1,399
2,344
59.7
17,609
7.5
153.1
104
83.0
5.5
4.4
176
1,524
22John Elway
J. Elway
1.12
47
42
664
1,244
53.4
8,152
6.6
194.1
52
69.0
3.8
4.2
90
683
23Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
1.09
59
54
491
981
50.1
6,880
7.0
127.4
55
69.7
6.0
5.6
61
536
24Doug Williams
D. Williams
1.09
73
67
895
1,890
47.4
12,648
6.7
188.8
73
66.2
3.9
3.9
65
583
25Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
1.08
168
156
2,014
3,797
53.0
26,277
6.9
168.4
153
73.1
4.4
4.0
339
2,650
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
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12
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8
9
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.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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14
3
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12
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