most career passing td by a quarterback from 1920 to 2015

From 1920 through 2015, Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 539 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	539	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	7.7	270.5	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
2	Brett Favre B. Favre	508	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	71,838	7.1	237.9	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	428	217	5,365	8,085	66.4	60,903	7.5	280.7	205	95.8	5.3	2.5	331	2,363
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	428	225	4,953	7,792	63.6	58,028	7.4	257.9	150	96.4	5.5	1.9	402	2,509
5	Dan Marino D. Marino	420	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	61,361	7.3	253.6	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
6	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	342	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	47,003	7.3	191.1	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
7	John Elway J. Elway	300	234	4,123	7,250	56.9	51,475	7.1	220.0	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
8	Eli Manning E. Manning	294	185	3,695	6,227	59.3	44,187	7.1	238.8	199	83.5	4.7	3.2	307	2,137
9	Warren Moon W. Moon	291	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	49,325	7.2	237.1	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
10	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	290	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	40,239	7.8	190.7	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
11	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	281	164	3,462	5,339	64.8	41,447	7.8	252.7	135	95.5	5.3	2.5	326	1,990
12	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	275	233	3,787	6,701	56.5	46,233	6.9	198.4	267	75.0	4.1	4.0	417	2,992
13	Joe Montana J. Montana	273	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	40,551	7.5	211.2	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
14	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	272	171	3,476	5,423	64.1	42,995	7.9	251.4	147	94.0	5.0	2.7	439	2,867
15	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	261	213	3,105	5,311	58.5	38,147	7.2	179.1	199	81.5	4.9	3.7	494	3,794
16	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	259	160	3,413	5,443	62.7	40,036	7.4	250.2	166	88.1	4.8	3.0	278	1,933
17	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	257	126	2,633	4,047	65.1	32,399	8.0	257.1	65	104.1	6.4	1.6	306	1,917
18	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	255	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	32,224	7.6	147.8	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
19	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	254	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	43,040	7.7	237.8	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
20	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	251	194	3,839	6,717	57.2	44,611	6.6	230.0	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	467	3,135
21	Tony Romo T. Romo	247	155	2,826	4,331	65.3	34,154	7.9	220.3	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
22	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	247	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	37,920	7.3	202.8	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
23	John Hadl J. Hadl	244	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	33,503	7.1	149.6	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
24	Len Dawson L. Dawson	239	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	28,711	7.7	136.1	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
25	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	237	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	35,467	7.4	221.7	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427

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Rush Yards Leaders

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Pass Yards Rankings

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Bears	1	1	0	.500
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Saints	1	1	0	.500
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	2	0	.000
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49ers	2	0	0	1.000
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Bengals	2	0	0	1.000
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Steelers	1	1	0	.500
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Texans	0	2	0	.000
Colts	0	2	0	.000
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Raiders	2	0	0	1.000
Broncos	1	1	0	.500
Chargers	0	2	0	.000