most career passing tds in first 20 seasons

Drew Brees had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 20 seasons, with 571 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career passing tds by a player in first 20 seasons
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
571
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
541
285
6,377
9,988
63.8
74,571
7.5
261.7
179
97.0
5.4
1.8
500
3,129
3Peyton 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
4Brett 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
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
503
248
5,369
8,245
65.1
62,952
7.6
253.8
116
102.6
6.1
1.4
571
3,908
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
270
226
3,693
6,529
56.6
45,281
6.9
200.4
261
75.2
4.1
4.0
408
2,946
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
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
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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TEAMWLTPCT
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.471
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
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Bills Bills - w
12
5
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.706
7
10
0
.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
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
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.765
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.706
Colts Colts - e
8
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.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
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.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
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.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
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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