most career passing tds in first 16 seasons

Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 16 seasons, with 530 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career passing tds by a player in first 16 seasons
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
530
256
5,927
9,049
65.5
69,691
7.7
272.2
234
97.5
5.9
2.6
287
1,858
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
465
233
5,836
8,758
66.6
66,111
7.5
283.7
220
96.3
5.3
2.5
358
2,547
3Tom 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
4Brett Favre
B. Favre
414
241
5,021
8,223
61.1
57,500
7.0
238.6
273
85.1
5.0
3.3
424
2,795
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
412
197
4,285
6,587
65.1
51,245
7.8
260.1
89
103.9
6.3
1.4
468
3,150
6Dan Marino
D. Marino
408
231
4,763
7,989
59.6
58,913
7.4
255.0
235
87.3
5.1
2.9
261
1,864
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
397
228
4,908
7,591
64.7
59,271
7.8
260.0
198
95.1
5.2
2.6
446
2,724
8Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
381
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
9Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
377
222
5,174
8,166
63.4
59,809
7.3
269.4
188
91.2
4.6
2.3
502
3,365
10Eli Manning
E. Manning
366
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
363
218
4,651
7,230
64.3
56,545
7.8
259.4
191
94.0
5.0
2.6
503
3,320
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
353
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
308
221
3,186
5,637
56.5
41,801
7.4
189.1
220
82.0
5.5
3.9
225
1,851
14John 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
15Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
298
174
3,934
5,899
66.7
44,700
7.6
256.9
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
294
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
290
206
3,973
6,789
58.5
49,117
7.2
238.4
232
81.0
4.3
3.4
453
3,369
18Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
283
198
2,708
4,953
54.7
38,657
7.8
195.2
240
79.0
5.7
4.8
46
380
19Joe 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
20Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
267
126
3,093
4,673
66.2
35,939
7.7
285.2
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
257
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
22Jared Goff
J. Goff
256
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
23Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
254
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
39,793
7.0
222.3
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
24Dan 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
25Drew 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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TEAMWLTPCT
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.765
12
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.706
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3
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Bills Bills - w
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5
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7
10
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.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
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.471
6
11
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.353
5
12
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.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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.765
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8
9
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14
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11
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.647
6
11
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.353
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14
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.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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