Before 1978, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing touchdowns in the regular-season and playoffs, with 327 touchdowns.
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most career passing tds by a player including playoffs before 1978| NAME | TD | GP | CMP | ATT | PCT | YDS | AVG | YDS/G | INT | RTG | TD% | INT% | SCK | SCKY | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | F. Tarkenton | 327 | 240 | 3,472 | 6,150 | 56.5 | 45,119 | 7.3 | 188.0 | 249 | 80.6 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 266 | 2,227 |
| 2 |  | 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 |
| 3 | | 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 |
| 4 | | L. Dawson | 246 | 219 | 2,243 | 3,929 | 57.1 | 30,208 | 7.7 | 137.9 | 191 | 82.3 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 173 | 1,475 |
| 5 | | J. Hadl | 245 | 228 | 2,391 | 4,754 | 50.3 | 33,939 | 7.1 | 148.9 | 272 | 67.1 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 184 | 1,548 |
| 6 | | G. Blanda | 243 | 360 | 2,000 | 4,196 | 47.7 | 28,110 | 6.7 | 78.1 | 294 | 59.8 | 5.8 | 7.0 | 17 | 136 |
| 7 | | J. Brodie | 218 | 206 | 2,540 | 4,634 | 54.8 | 32,521 | 7.0 | 157.9 | 231 | 71.9 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 52 | 413 |
| 8 | | Y.A. Tittle | 216 | 182 | 2,171 | 3,938 | 55.1 | 28,996 | 7.4 | 159.3 | 234 | 72.2 | 5.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 9 | | R. Gabriel | 204 | 185 | 2,399 | 4,561 | 52.6 | 29,780 | 6.5 | 161.0 | 151 | 74.2 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 171 | 1,289 |
| 10 | | B. Layne | 197 | 179 | 1,860 | 3,797 | 49.0 | 27,336 | 7.2 | 152.7 | 255 | 62.2 | 5.2 | 6.7 | ||
| 11 | | N. Snead | 196 | 178 | 2,276 | 4,353 | 52.3 | 30,797 | 7.1 | 173.0 | 257 | 65.5 | 4.5 | 5.9 | 94 | 744 |
| 12 | | S. Baugh | 194 | 171 | 1,751 | 3,097 | 56.5 | 22,717 | 7.3 | 132.8 | 211 | 72.3 | 6.3 | 6.8 | ||
| 13 | | D. Lamonica | 183 | 164 | 1,405 | 2,864 | 49.1 | 21,082 | 7.4 | 128.5 | 148 | 73.4 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 78 | 696 |
| 14 | | B. Parilli | 180 | 193 | 1,580 | 3,395 | 46.5 | 23,170 | 6.8 | 120.1 | 222 | 59.7 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 |  | N. Van Brocklin | 177 | 147 | 1,599 | 2,990 | 53.5 | 24,347 | 8.1 | 165.6 | 186 | 74.4 | 5.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 16 | | C. Conerly | 177 | 167 | 1,466 | 2,925 | 50.1 | 20,279 | 6.9 | 121.4 | 171 | 68.5 | 6.1 | 5.8 | ||
| 17 | | J. Namath | 176 | 143 | 1,936 | 3,879 | 49.9 | 28,299 | 7.3 | 197.9 | 224 | 65.1 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 111 | 1,068 |
| 18 | | C. Johnson | 170 | 165 | 1,737 | 3,392 | 51.2 | 24,410 | 7.2 | 147.9 | 181 | 69.2 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 118 | 894 |
| 19 | | B. Griese | 169 | 141 | 1,628 | 2,938 | 55.4 | 21,586 | 7.3 | 153.1 | 150 | 76.8 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 226 | 1,974 |
| 20 | | B. Starr | 167 | 206 | 1,938 | 3,362 | 57.6 | 26,471 | 7.9 | 128.5 | 141 | 82.0 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 59 | 533 |
| 21 | | E. Morrall | 164 | 270 | 1,429 | 2,792 | 51.2 | 21,615 | 7.7 | 80.1 | 155 | 73.4 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 62 | 501 |
| 22 | | B. Kilmer | 156 | 172 | 1,654 | 3,116 | 53.1 | 21,239 | 6.8 | 123.5 | 150 | 71.3 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 159 | 1,215 |
| 23 | | T. Rote | 156 | 153 | 1,377 | 2,997 | 45.9 | 19,635 | 6.6 | 128.3 | 194 | 58.0 | 5.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 24 | | F. Ryan | 155 | 131 | 1,125 | 2,205 | 51.0 | 16,576 | 7.5 | 126.5 | 115 | 77.6 | 7.0 | 5.2 | 4 | 35 |
| 25 | | J. Hart | 154 | 138 | 1,765 | 3,505 | 50.4 | 24,360 | 7.0 | 176.5 | 171 | 67.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 134 | 1,116 |
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