most career passing tds including playoffs 1920 to 2016

Between the 1920 and 2016 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns in the regular-season and playoffs, with 579 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career passing tds by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2016
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
579
293
6,774
10,407
65.1
79,279
7.6
270.6
276
95.6
5.6
2.7
343
2,251
2Brett Favre
B. Favre
552
326
6,781
10,960
61.9
77,693
7.1
238.3
366
86.1
5.0
3.3
561
3,721
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
519
271
6,075
9,549
63.6
70,676
7.4
260.8
183
96.1
5.4
1.9
478
2,979
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
489
244
6,142
9,222
66.6
69,650
7.6
285.5
226
96.5
5.3
2.5
377
2,674
5Dan Marino
D. Marino
452
260
5,352
9,045
59.2
65,871
7.3
253.4
276
85.7
5.0
3.1
292
2,071
6Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
353
257
3,835
6,759
56.7
48,806
7.2
189.9
283
79.4
5.2
4.2
294
2,492
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
338
213
4,314
7,225
59.7
51,029
7.1
239.6
224
83.9
4.7
3.1
355
2,434
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
333
159
3,412
5,252
65.0
41,285
7.9
259.7
82
103.6
6.3
1.6
381
2,431
9John Elway
J. Elway
327
256
4,478
7,901
56.7
56,439
7.1
220.5
247
79.8
4.1
3.1
555
4,103
10Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
326
205
4,189
6,550
64.0
51,601
7.9
251.7
183
93.2
5.0
2.8
505
3,352
11Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
325
189
3,975
6,189
64.2
47,998
7.8
254.0
165
94.3
5.3
2.7
382
2,322
12Joe Montana
J. Montana
318
215
3,869
6,125
63.2
46,323
7.6
215.5
160
92.7
5.2
2.6
359
2,368
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
308
218
4,247
7,226
58.8
52,195
7.2
239.4
247
81.1
4.3
3.4
482
3,593
14Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
297
220
2,950
5,412
54.5
41,902
7.7
190.5
263
77.8
5.5
4.9
82
629
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
290
179
3,844
6,158
62.4
45,065
7.3
251.8
187
87.6
4.7
3.0
327
2,279
16Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
281
240
3,901
6,890
56.6
47,553
6.9
198.1
272
75.2
4.1
3.9
424
3,028
17Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
272
225
3,249
5,593
58.1
40,042
7.2
178.0
208
81.0
4.9
3.7
521
4,011
18Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
266
188
3,456
5,890
58.7
45,165
7.7
240.2
258
79.7
4.5
4.4
332
2,399
19Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
258
150
3,482
5,349
65.1
39,945
7.5
266.3
121
94.1
4.8
2.3
274
1,802
20Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
258
183
3,511
5,951
59.0
41,028
6.9
224.2
134
85.0
4.3
2.3
458
2,934
21Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
258
177
3,196
5,324
60.0
39,330
7.4
222.2
203
83.2
4.8
3.8
348
2,595
22Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
257
201
3,968
6,969
56.9
45,946
6.6
228.6
218
76.3
3.7
3.1
484
3,266
23Tony Romo
T. Romo
256
162
2,943
4,520
65.1
35,499
7.9
219.1
119
97.0
5.7
2.6
270
1,842
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
255
222
2,439
4,274
57.1
32,302
7.6
145.5
192
82.3
6.0
4.5
95
756
25Steve Young
S. Young
252
191
2,959
4,620
64.0
36,450
7.9
190.8
120
95.7
5.5
2.6
384
2,183
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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