most passing tds first 17 seasons

Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in his first 17 seasons, with 539 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most passing tds by a player first 17 seasons
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
539
266
6,125
9,380
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
488
249
6,222
9,294
66.9
70,445
7.6
282.9
228
96.7
5.3
2.5
378
2,692
3Tom Brady
T. Brady
456
237
5,244
8,224
63.8
61,582
7.5
259.8
152
97.2
5.5
1.8
417
2,596
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
449
213
4,651
7,118
65.3
55,360
7.8
259.9
93
104.5
6.3
1.3
498
3,338
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
442
257
5,377
8,758
61.4
61,655
7.0
239.9
288
85.7
5.0
3.3
439
2,888
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
421
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
63,440
7.8
260.0
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
7Dan Marino
D. Marino
420
242
4,967
8,358
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
8Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
398
230
5,358
8,440
63.5
61,956
7.3
269.4
190
91.9
4.7
2.3
515
3,448
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
396
233
5,050
7,838
64.4
60,348
7.7
259.0
201
94.0
5.1
2.6
516
3,438
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
381
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
366
236
4,895
8,119
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
353
204
3,948
6,113
64.6
46,921
7.7
230.0
114
99.4
5.8
1.9
568
3,736
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
317
230
3,341
5,895
56.7
43,535
7.4
189.3
234
81.5
5.4
4.0
247
2,083
14John Elway
J. Elway
300
234
4,123
7,250
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
15Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
294
182
3,941
6,307
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
16Warren Moon
W. Moon
291
208
3,988
6,823
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
17Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
288
166
3,794
5,668
66.9
43,181
7.6
260.1
126
97.3
5.1
2.2
333
2,413
18Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
287
206
2,796
5,110
54.7
39,768
7.8
193.0
246
78.8
5.6
4.8
60
494
19Joe Montana
J. Montana
273
192
3,409
5,391
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
20Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
262
121
2,982
4,487
66.5
34,701
7.7
286.8
79
101.8
5.8
1.8
201
1,328
21Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
261
200
3,092
5,288
58.5
37,946
7.2
189.7
199
81.5
4.9
3.8
492
3,779
22Derek Carr
D. Carr
257
169
3,765
5,785
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
23Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
257
196
4,166
6,751
61.7
45,697
6.8
233.1
162
84.4
3.8
2.4
404
2,882
24Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
254
179
3,539
5,651
62.6
39,793
7.0
222.3
151
87.5
4.5
2.7
363
2,372
25Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
254
181
3,297
5,604
58.8
43,040
7.7
237.8
242
80.2
4.5
4.3
319
2,304
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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7
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3
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4
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