most passing tds by a qb in under 20 seasons

Peyton Manning has the most career passing touchdowns by a quarterback when playing <20 seasons, with 539 touchdowns.

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  • Assumption:Threshold per result
  • Data note: Passing Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921
NAMETDSEASGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
539
17
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
2Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
439
18
248
5,792
9,109
63.6
66,890
7.3
269.7
205
92.4
4.8
2.3
538
3,612
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
425
18
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
4Dan Marino
D. Marino
420
17
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
5Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
418
18
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
6Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
381
15
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
7Eli Manning
E. Manning
366
16
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
8Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
353
14
205
3,951
6,120
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
9Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
342
18
246
3,686
6,467
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
10Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
318
15
183
4,136
6,214
66.6
47,040
7.6
257.0
139
96.8
5.1
2.2
356
2,551
11John Elway
J. Elway
300
16
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
12Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
294
14
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
13Warren Moon
W. Moon
291
17
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
14Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
290
18
211
2,830
5,186
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
15Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
281
10
134
3,270
4,936
66.2
37,976
7.7
283.4
89
100.8
5.7
1.8
229
1,478
16Joe Montana
J. Montana
273
15
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
17Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
272
19
211
4,417
7,167
61.6
48,176
6.7
228.3
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
18Jared Goff
J. Goff
271
11
159
3,625
5,497
65.9
41,756
7.6
262.6
104
97.2
4.9
1.9
305
2,203
19Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
261
19
213
3,105
5,311
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
20Dak Prescott
D. Prescott
259
11
148
3,402
5,095
66.8
38,370
7.5
259.3
97
98.1
5.1
1.9
301
1,806
21Derek Carr
D. Carr
257
11
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
22Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
255
18
218
2,433
4,262
57.1
32,224
7.6
147.8
189
82.6
6.0
4.4
94
748
23Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
254
16
180
3,539
5,652
62.6
39,793
7.0
221.1
152
87.4
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
24Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
254
15
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
25Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
251
14
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
44,611
6.6
230.0
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135

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