most passing touchdowns by a qb not drafted in the first round

Peyton Manning has the most career passing touchdowns by a 1st round pick quarterback, with 539 touchdowns.

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
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
527
264
5,696
8,743
65.1
66,274
7.6
251.0
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
3Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
425
247
5,335
8,226
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
4Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
423
239
5,562
8,763
63.5
64,516
7.4
269.9
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
5Dan 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
6Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
418
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
7Matt 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
8Eli 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
9John 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
10Carson 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
11Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
275
233
3,787
6,701
56.5
46,233
6.9
198.4
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
12Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
272
209
4,417
7,167
61.6
48,176
6.7
230.5
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
13Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
267
126
3,093
4,673
66.2
35,939
7.7
285.2
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
14Jared Goff
J. Goff
256
151
3,440
5,224
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
15Drew Bledsoe
D. Bledsoe
251
194
3,839
6,717
57.2
44,611
6.6
230.0
206
77.1
3.7
3.1
467
3,135
16John Hadl
J. Hadl
244
224
2,363
4,687
50.4
33,503
7.1
149.6
268
67.4
5.2
5.7
179
1,514
17Len Dawson
L. Dawson
239
211
2,136
3,741
57.1
28,711
7.7
136.1
183
82.6
6.4
4.9
167
1,423
18Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
237
160
2,874
4,779
60.1
35,467
7.4
221.7
175
84.4
5.0
3.7
323
2,427
19Donovan McNabb
D. McNabb
234
167
3,170
5,374
59.0
37,276
6.9
223.2
117
85.6
4.4
2.2
410
2,626
20Steve Young
S. Young
232
169
2,667
4,149
64.3
33,124
8.0
196.0
107
96.8
5.6
2.6
358
2,055
21Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
227
153
3,048
4,920
62.0
35,133
7.1
229.6
160
85.3
4.6
3.3
322
2,035
22Josh Allen
J. Allen
220
128
2,615
4,088
64.0
30,102
7.4
235.2
94
94.4
5.4
2.3
229
1,448
23Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
216
155
3,063
4,764
64.3
34,881
7.3
225.0
115
91.2
4.5
2.4
415
3,065
24John Brodie
J. Brodie
214
201
2,469
4,491
55.0
31,548
7.0
157.0
224
72.3
4.8
5.0
47
380
25Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
212
168
2,025
3,901
51.9
27,989
7.2
166.6
210
70.9
5.4
5.4
307
2,694
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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240.3

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TEAMWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176