most passing touchdowns 1987

Joe Montana had the most passing touchdowns in 1987, with 31 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a player 1987
NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Joe Montana
J. Montana
31
1987
SF SF
13
266
398
66.8
3,054
7.7
234.9
13
102.1
7.8
3.3
22
158
2Dan Marino
D. Marino
26
1987
MIA MIA
12
263
444
59.2
3,245
7.3
270.4
13
89.2
5.9
2.9
9
77
3Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
24
1987
STL STL
12
275
463
59.4
3,387
7.3
282.3
12
88.5
5.2
2.6
48
350
4Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
23
1987
PHI PHI
12
223
406
54.9
2,786
6.9
232.2
12
83.0
5.7
3.0
54
380
5Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
23
1987
SEA SEA
12
178
294
60.5
2,131
7.2
177.6
15
87.6
7.8
5.1
27
247
6Bernie Kosar
B. Kosar
22
1987
CLE CLE
12
241
389
62.0
3,033
7.8
252.8
9
95.4
5.7
2.3
22
129
7Warren Moon
W. Moon
21
1987
HOU HOU
12
184
368
50.0
2,806
7.6
233.8
18
74.2
5.7
4.9
25
198
8John Elway
J. Elway
19
1987
DEN DEN
12
224
410
54.6
3,198
7.8
266.5
12
83.4
4.6
2.9
20
138
9Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
19
1987
BUF BUF
12
250
419
59.7
2,798
6.7
233.2
11
83.8
4.5
2.6
27
239
10Phil Simms
P. Simms
17
1987
NYG NYG
9
163
282
57.8
2,230
7.9
247.8
9
90.0
6.0
3.2
35
225
11Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
16
1987
CIN CIN
12
240
440
54.5
3,321
7.5
276.8
19
73.1
3.6
4.3
26
209
12Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
15
1987
NO NO
12
164
294
55.8
2,119
7.2
176.6
9
82.9
5.1
3.1
20
119
13Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
15
1987
KC KC
11
154
273
56.4
2,107
7.7
191.5
9
85.8
5.5
3.3
22
161
14Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
14
1987
TB TB
12
159
275
57.8
1,891
6.9
157.6
7
85.3
5.1
2.5
20
185
15Wade Wilson
W. Wilson
14
1987
MIN MIN
12
140
264
53.0
2,106
8.0
175.5
13
76.7
5.3
4.9
26
194
16Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
13
1987
NYJ NYJ
12
234
393
59.5
2,696
6.9
224.7
8
82.8
3.3
2.0
50
364
17Jim McMahon
J. McMahon
12
1987
CHI CHI
7
125
210
59.5
1,639
7.8
234.1
8
87.4
5.7
3.8
22
136
18Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
12
1987
WAS WAS
11
129
267
48.3
1,878
7.0
170.7
10
71.0
4.5
3.7
17
149
19Danny White
D. White
12
1987
DAL DAL
11
215
362
59.4
2,617
7.2
237.9
17
73.2
3.3
4.7
44
353
20Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
12
1987
RAI RAI
15
152
266
57.1
2,070
7.8
138.0
8
84.6
4.5
3.0
33
238
21Scott Campbell
S. Campbell
11
1987
ATL ATL
12
136
260
52.3
1,728
6.6
144.0
14
65.0
4.2
5.4
25
178
22Chuck Long
C. Long
11
1987
DET DET
12
232
416
55.8
2,598
6.2
216.5
20
63.4
2.6
4.8
17
127
23Doug Williams
D. Williams
11
1987
WAS WAS
5
81
143
56.6
1,156
8.1
231.2
5
94.0
7.7
3.5
7
53
24Jim Everett
J. Everett
10
1987
RAM RAM
11
162
302
53.6
2,064
6.8
187.6
13
68.4
3.3
4.3
17
139
25Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
10
1987
SD SD
11
206
364
56.6
2,517
6.9
228.8
15
70.0
2.7
4.1
24
176
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