most career passing tds including playoffs 1920 to 2018

Between the 1920 and 2018 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing touchdowns in the regular-season and playoffs, with 590 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most career passing tds by a player including playoffs 1920 to 2018
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
590
309
7,009
10,964
63.9
81,693
7.5
264.4
205
96.5
5.4
1.9
539
3,353
2Peyton 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
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
553
279
6,994
10,398
67.3
79,196
7.6
283.9
244
97.8
5.3
2.3
421
2,988
4Brett 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
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
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
393
237
5,038
7,844
64.2
61,450
7.8
259.3
214
93.6
5.0
2.7
552
3,664
7Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
388
223
4,729
7,355
64.3
57,312
7.8
257.0
188
95.1
5.3
2.6
435
2,667
8Eli Manning
E. Manning
378
244
5,046
8,372
60.3
58,796
7.0
241.0
248
84.3
4.5
3.0
433
2,981
9Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
374
182
3,938
6,087
64.7
47,402
7.8
260.5
90
102.8
6.1
1.5
452
2,952
10Fran 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
11John 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
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
13Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
315
184
4,289
6,552
65.5
49,392
7.5
268.4
140
95.2
4.8
2.1
346
2,289
14Warren 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
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
299
186
4,008
6,425
62.4
47,043
7.3
252.9
194
87.5
4.7
3.0
349
2,429
16Johnny 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
17Vinny 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
18Dave 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
19Dan 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
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
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10
0
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Jets Jets - e
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14
0
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AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
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8
9
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6
11
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3
14
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NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
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7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
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4
13
0
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NFC NorthWLTPCT
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11
6
0
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9
7
1
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9
8
0
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8
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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