highest passing tds in nfl by a qb in 1951

Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in 1951, with 26 touchdowns.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26
1951
DET DET
12
152
332
45.8
2,403
7.2
200.3
23
67.6
7.8
6.9
2 Otto Graham
O. Graham
17
1951
CLE CLE
12
147
265
55.5
2,205
8.3
183.8
16
79.2
6.4
6.0
3 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
15
1951
GB GB
12
106
256
41.4
1,540
6.0
128.3
20
48.6
5.9
7.8
4 Adrian Burk
A. Burk
14
1951
PHI PHI
12
92
218
42.2
1,329
6.1
110.8
23
44.5
6.4
10.6
5 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
13
1951
LA LA
12
100
194
51.5
1,725
8.9
143.8
11
80.8
6.7
5.7
6 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
13
1951
LA LA
11
88
176
50.0
1,566
8.9
142.4
10
81.8
7.4
5.7
7 Bob Celeri
B. Celeri
12
1951
NYY NYY
11
102
238
42.9
1,797
7.6
163.4
15
59.8
5.0
6.3
8 Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
11
1951
GB GB
11
125
221
56.6
1,306
5.9
118.7
9
73.5
5.0
4.1
9 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
10
1951
NYG NYG
12
93
189
49.2
1,277
6.8
106.4
22
49.3
5.3
11.6
10 Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
8
1951
CHB CHB
12
85
176
48.3
1,295
7.4
107.9
8
69.2
4.5
4.5
11 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
8
1951
SF SF
12
63
114
55.3
808
7.1
67.3
9
68.2
7.0
7.9
12 Charley Trippi
C. Trippi
8
1951
CHC CHC
12
88
191
46.1
1,191
6.2
99.3
13
52.1
4.2
6.8
13 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
7
1951
WAS WAS
12
67
154
43.5
1,104
7.2
92.0
17
43.8
4.5
11.0
14 Frankie Albert
F. Albert
5
1951
SF SF
12
90
166
54.2
1,116
6.7
93.0
10
60.2
3.0
6.0
15 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
3
1951
CHC CHC
7
56
114
49.1
809
7.1
115.6
10
44.8
2.6
8.8
16 Bill Mackrides
B. Mackrides
3
1951
PHI PHI
6
23
54
42.6
333
6.2
55.5
5
43.2
5.6
9.3
17 Steve Romanik
S. Romanik
3
1951
CHB CHB
12
43
101
42.6
791
7.8
65.9
9
43.0
3.0
8.9
18 George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
2
1951
NYY NYY
6
31
67
46.3
340
5.1
56.7
6
34.4
3.0
9.0
19 Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
2
1951
CHC CHC
3
17
29
58.6
244
8.4
81.3
1
94.6
6.9
3.4
20 John Rauch
J. Rauch
1
1951
TOT
10
30
94
31.9
288
3.1
28.8
4
27.3
1.1
4.3
21 Travis Tidwell
T. Tidwell
1
1951
NYG NYG
6
8
21
38.1
155
7.4
25.8
4
40.9
4.8
19.0
22 Bob Williams
B. Williams
1
1951
CHB CHB
8
14
33
42.4
146
4.4
18.3
2
40.7
3.0
6.1
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