most passing touchdowns before 1950

Before 1950, Sammy Baugh had the most passing touchdowns, with 168 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a player before 1950
NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
168
135
1,516
2,642
57.4
19,500
7.4
144.4
174
74.4
6.4
6.6
2Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
136
117
891
1,707
52.2
14,506
8.5
124.0
130
75.8
8.0
7.6
3Arnie Herber
A. Herber
81
129
481
1,175
40.9
8,041
6.8
69.3
106
49.3
6.6
9.0
4Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
80
87
625
1,185
52.7
8,777
7.4
100.9
81
70.9
6.8
6.8
5Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
70
56
553
1,119
49.4
8,088
7.2
144.4
94
59.2
6.3
8.4
6Benny Friedman
B. Friedman
67
81
70
167
41.9
929
5.6
48.9
19
40.6
6.0
11.4
7Cecil Isbell
C. Isbell
61
54
411
818
50.2
5,945
7.3
110.1
52
72.6
7.5
6.4
8Paul Christman
P. Christman
51
50
453
1,014
44.7
6,749
6.7
135.0
69
55.5
5.0
6.8
9Red Dunn
R. Dunn
48
92
10Frank Filchock
F. Filchock
47
75
341
674
50.6
4,920
7.3
65.6
79
58.3
7.0
11.7
11Roy Zimmerman
R. Zimmerman
44
84
299
703
42.5
4,801
6.8
57.2
70
47.3
6.3
10.0
12Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
39
24
314
604
52.0
4,313
7.1
179.7
33
73.9
6.5
5.5
13Ed Danowski
E. Danowski
37
71
309
637
48.5
3,817
6.0
53.8
44
58.1
5.8
6.9
14Bernie Masterson
B. Masterson
34
72
156
409
38.1
3,366
8.2
46.8
38
57.2
8.3
9.3
15Paul Governali
P. Governali
31
32
218
500
43.6
3,348
6.7
104.6
33
59.5
6.2
6.6
16Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
31
42
222
482
46.1
2,811
5.8
66.9
34
56.8
6.4
7.1
17Jack McBride
J. McBride
31
106
50
101
49.5
538
5.3
22.4
11
55.7
8.9
10.9
18Parker Hall
P. Hall
30
42
329
721
45.6
4,013
5.6
95.5
67
38.5
4.2
9.3
19Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
29
21
198
378
52.4
3,269
8.6
155.7
25
79.8
7.7
6.6
20Irv Comp
I. Comp
28
69
213
519
41.0
3,354
6.5
48.6
52
41.6
5.4
10.0
21Bob Monnett
B. Monnett
28
62
158
336
47.0
2,227
6.6
35.9
26
64.4
8.3
7.7
22Jack Jacobs
J. Jacobs
27
55
244
552
44.2
3,268
5.9
59.4
49
42.9
4.9
8.9
23Clyde LeForce
C. LeForce
25
32
197
388
50.8
2,961
7.6
92.5
37
58.1
6.4
9.5
24Tuffy Leemans
T. Leemans
25
80
167
383
43.6
2,318
6.1
29.0
32
50.6
6.5
8.4
25Ernie Nevers
E. Nevers
25
54
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