most career passing tds in first 18 seasons

Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 18 seasons, with 539 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career passing tds by a player in first 18 seasons
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton 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
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
520
264
6,586
9,783
67.3
74,437
7.6
282.0
233
97.7
5.3
2.4
395
2,813
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
488
253
5,629
8,805
63.9
66,159
7.5
261.5
160
97.6
5.5
1.8
452
2,797
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
475
230
5,001
7,660
65.3
59,055
7.7
256.8
105
103.6
6.2
1.4
530
3,596
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
464
273
5,720
9,280
61.6
65,127
7.0
238.6
310
85.4
5.0
3.3
469
3,101
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
425
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
423
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
64,516
7.4
269.9
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
8Dan 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
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
418
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
10Matt 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
11Eli 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
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
342
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
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
291
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
18Johnny 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
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
20Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
272
209
4,417
7,167
61.6
48,176
6.7
230.5
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
21Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
268
217
3,631
6,420
56.6
44,475
6.9
205.0
255
75.4
4.2
4.0
396
2,844
22Patrick 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
23Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
261
208
3,093
5,290
58.5
37,948
7.2
182.4
199
81.5
4.9
3.8
492
3,779
24Derek 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
25Jared 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
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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10
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Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
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9
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.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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.294
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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
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11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
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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
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12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176

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