most passing touchdowns by a qb in their first 18 games as a starter

Dan Marino had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback as a starter in his first 18 games, with 53 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Marino D. Marino	53	18	398	623	63.9	5,539	8.9	307.7	21	106.7	8.5	3.4	13	120
2	Patrick Mahomes P. Mahomes	50	18	432	656	65.9	5,659	8.6	314.4	13	110.1	7.6	2.0	32	211
3	Kurt Warner K. Warner	47	18	378	575	65.7	5,002	8.7	277.9	17	108.0	8.2	3.0	31	218
4	Deshaun Watson D. Watson	39	18	356	545	65.3	4,628	8.5	257.1	16	103.5	7.2	2.9	56	327
5	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	39	18	270	537	50.3	4,058	7.6	225.4	21	83.4	7.3	3.9
6	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	38	18	276	493	56.0	4,046	8.2	224.8	25	87.5	7.7	5.1
7	Justin Herbert J. Herbert	37	18	484	721	67.1	5,292	7.3	294.0	13	98.2	5.1	1.8	37	252
8	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	37	18	297	462	64.3	4,017	8.7	223.2	25	96.0	8.0	5.4
9	Len Dawson L. Dawson	37	18	245	403	60.8	3,609	9.0	200.5	21	99.0	9.2	5.2
10	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	36	18	370	549	67.4	4,178	7.6	232.1	9	105.0	6.6	1.6	32	204
11	Daunte Culpepper D. Culpepper	36	18	327	533	61.4	4,317	8.1	239.8	19	94.6	6.8	3.6	38	199
12	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	35	18	194	382	50.8	2,943	7.7	163.5	20	85.2	9.2	5.2
13	Randall Cunningham R. Cunningham	34	18	338	591	57.2	4,284	7.2	238.0	15	88.5	5.8	2.5	79	563
14	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	34	18	276	480	57.5	3,741	7.8	207.8	26	83.5	7.1	5.4	42	337
15	Danny White D. White	34	18	297	500	59.4	3,799	7.6	211.1	29	81.7	6.8	5.8
16	Joe Namath J. Namath	34	18	323	622	51.9	5,005	8.0	278.1	35	73.7	5.5	5.6
17	Don Meredith D. Meredith	34	18	257	489	52.6	3,921	8.0	217.8	18	87.1	7.0	3.7
18	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	34	18	284	515	55.1	4,360	8.5	242.2	27	83.5	6.6	5.2
19	Jordan Love J. Love	33	18	391	613	63.8	4,349	7.1	241.6	12	94.6	5.4	2.0	31	253
20	Joe Burrow J. Burrow	33	18	431	650	66.3	4,903	7.5	272.4	14	96.7	5.1	2.2	52	383
21	Nick Foles N. Foles	33	18	373	598	62.4	4,642	7.8	257.9	7	99.9	5.5	1.2	52	356
22	Tony Romo T. Romo	33	18	371	578	64.2	4,814	8.3	267.4	19	95.6	5.7	3.3	32	220
23	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	33	18	284	531	53.5	4,259	8.0	236.6	27	79.6	6.2	5.1
24	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	33	18	261	518	50.4	3,817	7.4	212.1	20	79.9	6.4	3.9
25	Brock Purdy B. Purdy	32	18	319	462	69.0	4,329	9.4	240.5	7	115.4	6.9	1.5	32	207

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