most passing tds by player in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns, with 151 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
151
119
1,349
2,758
48.9
20,035
7.3
168.4
173
65.2
5.5
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
143
120
1,368
2,553
53.6
20,539
8.0
171.2
159
73.0
5.6
6.2
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
119
112
994
1,989
50.0
13,587
6.8
121.3
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
119
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
112
115
1,318
2,382
55.3
17,206
7.2
149.6
150
67.7
4.7
6.3
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
7Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
8Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
79
681
1,334
51.0
9,430
7.1
119.4
89
63.3
5.1
6.7
9Adrian Burk
A. Burk
61
82
500
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
10Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
59
82
539
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
11Lamar McHan
L. McHan
58
72
481
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
12Jim Finks
J. Finks
53
68
637
1,311
48.6
8,300
6.3
122.1
80
57.0
4.0
6.1
13Ed Brown
E. Brown
52
72
502
999
50.3
7,877
7.9
109.4
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
14George Blanda
G. Blanda
48
104
436
967
45.1
5,739
5.9
55.2
65
52.9
5.0
6.7
15Billy Wade
B. Wade
44
58
497
934
53.2
7,278
7.8
125.5
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
16George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
39
53
299
565
52.9
4,279
7.6
80.7
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
17Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
34
53
282
651
43.3
4,392
6.7
82.9
68
44.1
5.2
10.4
18Milt Plum
M. Plum
27
33
299
531
56.3
4,201
7.9
127.3
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
19Frankie Albert
F. Albert
27
36
316
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
20Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
27
35
261
498
52.4
3,761
7.6
107.5
34
66.9
5.4
6.8
21Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
23
27
201
430
46.7
2,879
6.7
106.6
39
49.0
5.3
9.1
22Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
22
47
267
582
45.9
4,086
7.0
86.9
33
58.5
3.8
5.7
23George Shaw
G. Shaw
22
41
234
446
52.5
3,253
7.3
79.3
32
62.7
4.9
7.2
24Bart Starr
B. Starr
19
45
289
550
52.5
3,661
6.7
81.4
32
60.9
3.5
5.8
25Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
19
30
177
353
50.1
2,386
6.8
79.5
29
55.7
5.4
8.2
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