most passing tds from 1945 to 1959

Between the 1945 and 1959 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns, with 163 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most passing tds by a player from 1945 to 1959
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
163
142
1,520
3,109
48.9
22,063
7.1
155.4
193
64.0
5.2
6.2
2Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
158
136
1,308
2,593
50.4
17,900
6.9
131.6
152
68.8
6.1
5.9
3Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
149
128
1,400
2,611
53.6
21,140
8.1
165.2
161
73.8
5.7
6.2
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
6Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
103
85
932
1,620
57.5
12,658
7.8
148.9
102
77.5
6.4
6.3
7Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
97
91
814
1,617
50.3
11,849
7.3
130.2
128
61.6
6.0
7.9
8Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
9Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
10Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
74
66
542
1,031
52.6
7,871
7.6
119.3
70
73.3
7.2
6.8
11Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
70
67
527
1,019
51.7
7,692
7.5
114.8
76
68.5
6.9
7.5
12Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
85
687
1,346
51.0
9,480
7.0
111.5
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
13Adrian Burk
A. Burk
61
82
500
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
14Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
59
82
539
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
15Lamar McHan
L. McHan
58
72
481
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
16Paul Christman
P. Christman
58
61
504
1,140
44.2
7,294
6.4
119.6
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
17Jim Finks
J. Finks
55
79
661
1,382
47.8
8,622
6.2
109.1
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
18Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
54
69
423
912
46.4
5,690
6.2
82.5
73
53.1
5.9
8.0
19Ed Brown
E. Brown
52
72
502
999
50.3
7,877
7.9
109.4
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
20George Blanda
G. Blanda
48
116
445
988
45.0
5,936
6.0
51.2
70
51.3
4.9
7.1
21Billy Wade
B. Wade
44
58
497
934
53.2
7,278
7.8
125.5
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
22Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
41
45
404
808
50.0
6,295
7.8
139.9
54
65.3
5.1
6.7
23George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
39
53
299
565
52.9
4,279
7.6
80.7
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
24Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
34
53
282
651
43.3
4,392
6.7
82.9
68
44.1
5.2
10.4
25Fred Enke
F. Enke
31
68
297
689
43.1
4,169
6.1
61.3
53
46.2
4.5
7.7
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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