most passing td per game through 2017

Before 2018, Deshaun Watson had the most passing touchdowns per game played, with 2.71.

Interpreted as:
most passing td per game by a player through 2017
NAMETD/GPTDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
2.71
19
7
126
204
61.8
1,699
8.3
242.7
8
103.0
9.3
3.9
19
116
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
2.1
313
149
3,188
4,895
65.1
38,502
7.9
258.4
78
103.8
6.4
1.6
363
2,331
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
2.03
539
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
4Steve Bradley
S. Bradley
2
2
1
6
18
33.3
77
4.3
77.0
3
45.1
11.1
16.7
3
24
5Mike Hohensee
M. Hohensee
2
4
2
28
52
53.8
343
6.6
171.5
1
92.1
7.7
1.9
3
19
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
1.96
488
249
6,222
9,294
66.9
70,445
7.6
282.9
228
96.7
5.3
2.5
378
2,692
7Tom Brady
T. Brady
1.93
488
253
5,629
8,805
63.9
66,159
7.5
261.5
160
97.6
5.5
1.8
452
2,797
8Andrew Luck
A. Luck
1.89
132
70
1,570
2,651
59.2
19,078
7.2
272.5
68
87.3
5.0
2.6
156
990
9Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
1.74
342
196
4,171
6,492
64.2
50,348
7.8
256.9
166
94.8
5.3
2.6
380
2,298
10Dan Marino
D. Marino
1.74
420
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
1.73
216
125
3,005
4,850
62.0
34,749
7.2
278.0
118
88.3
4.5
2.4
289
1,850
12Carson Wentz
C. Wentz
1.69
49
29
644
1,047
61.5
7,078
6.8
244.1
21
88.8
4.7
2.0
61
375
13Brett Favre
B. Favre
1.68
508
302
6,300
10,169
62.0
71,838
7.1
237.9
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
14Kurt Warner
K. Warner
1.68
208
124
2,666
4,070
65.5
32,344
7.9
260.8
128
93.7
5.1
3.1
260
1,669
15Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
1.68
161
96
1,815
2,834
64.0
22,176
7.8
231.0
56
98.8
5.7
2.0
248
1,597
16Todd Hons
T. Hons
1.67
5
3
43
92
46.7
552
6.0
184.0
5
61.5
5.4
5.4
9
67
17Derek Carr
D. Carr
1.66
103
62
1,378
2,247
61.3
14,690
6.5
236.9
44
87.5
4.6
2.0
91
559
18Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
1.65
260
158
3,630
5,593
64.9
41,796
7.5
264.5
126
93.4
4.6
2.3
279
1,837
19Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
1.65
329
200
4,164
6,493
64.1
51,065
7.9
255.3
174
94.0
5.1
2.7
477
3,147
20Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
1.62
294
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
21Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
1.6
99
62
1,372
2,096
65.5
16,206
7.7
261.4
55
93.7
4.7
2.6
106
847
22Tony Romo
T. Romo
1.59
248
156
2,829
4,335
65.3
34,183
7.9
219.1
117
97.1
5.7
2.7
248
1,672
23Eli Manning
E. Manning
1.57
339
216
4,424
7,396
59.8
51,682
7.0
239.3
228
83.5
4.6
3.1
359
2,468
24Jameis Winston
J. Winston
1.53
69
45
939
1,544
60.8
11,636
7.5
258.6
44
87.2
4.5
2.8
95
636
25Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
1.53
167
109
2,217
3,556
62.3
25,534
7.2
234.3
93
88.7
4.7
2.6
220
1,332
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