most career passing td 1921 to 1959

Between the 1921 and 1959 seasons, Sammy Baugh had the most passing touchdowns, with 187 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career passing td by a player 1921 to 1959
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
187
165
1,693
2,995
56.5
21,886
7.3
132.6
203
72.2
6.2
6.8
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
163
142
1,520
3,109
48.9
22,063
7.1
155.4
193
64.0
5.2
6.2
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
158
136
1,308
2,593
50.4
17,900
6.9
131.6
152
68.8
6.1
5.9
4Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
149
128
1,400
2,611
53.6
21,140
8.1
165.2
161
73.8
5.7
6.2
5Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
137
128
904
1,744
51.8
14,686
8.4
114.7
132
75.0
7.9
7.6
6Tobin Rote
T. Rote
119
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
7Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
112
115
1,318
2,382
55.3
17,206
7.2
149.6
150
67.7
4.7
6.3
8Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
97
91
814
1,617
50.3
11,849
7.3
130.2
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
9Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
91
99
732
1,424
51.4
10,385
7.3
104.9
103
66.5
6.4
7.2
10Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
11Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
12Arnie Herber
A. Herber
81
129
481
1,175
40.9
8,041
6.8
69.3
106
49.3
6.6
9.0
13Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
85
687
1,346
51.0
9,480
7.0
111.5
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
14Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
67
81
70
167
41.9
929
5.6
48.9
19
40.6
6.0
11.4
15Adrian Burk
A. Burk
61
82
500
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
16Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
61
54
411
818
50.2
5,945
7.3
110.1
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
17Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
59
82
539
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
18Lamar McHan
L. McHan
58
72
481
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
19Paul Christman
P. Christman
58
61
504
1,140
44.2
7,294
6.4
119.6
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
20Jim Finks
J. Finks
55
79
661
1,382
47.8
8,622
6.2
109.1
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
21Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
54
69
423
912
46.4
5,690
6.2
82.5
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
22Ed Brown
E. Brown
52
72
502
999
50.3
7,877
7.9
109.4
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
23George Blanda
G. Blanda
48
116
445
988
45.0
5,936
6.0
51.2
70
51.3
4.9
7.1
24Red Dunn
R. Dunn
48
92
25Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
47
76
342
677
50.5
4,921
7.3
64.8
79
58.0
6.9
11.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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