most passing touchdowns in 1 season for a saints player

Drew Brees has the most passing touchdowns for the Saints in a season, with 46 touchdowns in 2011.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
46
2011
16
468
657
71.2
5,476
8.3
342.3
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
43
2012
16
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
3Drew Brees
D. Brees
39
2013
16
446
650
68.6
5,162
7.9
322.6
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
37
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
5Drew Brees
D. Brees
34
2009
15
363
514
70.6
4,388
8.5
292.5
11
109.6
6.6
2.1
20
135
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
34
2008
16
413
635
65.0
5,069
8.0
316.8
17
96.2
5.4
2.7
13
92
7Drew Brees
D. Brees
33
2014
16
456
659
69.2
4,952
7.5
309.5
17
97.0
5.0
2.6
29
186
8Drew Brees
D. Brees
33
2010
16
448
658
68.1
4,620
7.0
288.8
22
90.9
5.0
3.3
25
185
9Drew Brees
D. Brees
32
2018
15
364
489
74.4
3,992
8.2
266.1
5
115.7
6.5
1.0
17
121
10Drew Brees
D. Brees
32
2015
15
428
627
68.3
4,870
7.8
324.7
11
101.0
5.1
1.8
31
235
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
28
2007
16
440
652
67.5
4,423
6.8
276.4
18
89.4
4.3
2.8
16
109
12Drew Brees
D. Brees
27
2019
11
281
378
74.3
2,979
7.9
270.8
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
13Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
27
2002
16
283
528
53.6
3,572
6.8
223.3
15
80.1
5.1
2.8
36
236
14Drew Brees
D. Brees
26
2006
16
356
554
64.3
4,418
8.0
276.1
11
96.2
4.7
2.0
18
105
15Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
26
2001
16
312
558
55.9
3,832
6.9
239.5
22
76.4
4.7
3.9
50
330
16Jim Everett
J. Everett
26
1995
16
345
567
60.8
3,970
7.0
248.1
14
87.0
4.6
2.5
27
210
17Derek Carr
D. Carr
25
2023
17
375
548
68.4
3,878
7.1
228.1
8
97.7
4.6
1.5
31
218
18Drew Brees
D. Brees
24
2020
12
275
390
70.5
2,942
7.5
245.2
6
106.4
6.2
1.5
13
89
19Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
24
2003
16
306
518
59.1
3,546
6.8
221.6
8
88.8
4.6
1.5
34
195
20Drew Brees
D. Brees
23
2017
16
386
536
72.0
4,334
8.1
270.9
8
103.9
4.3
1.5
20
145
21Archie Manning
A. Manning
23
1980
16
309
509
60.7
3,716
7.3
232.3
20
81.8
4.5
3.9
41
311
22Jim Everett
J. Everett
22
1994
16
346
540
64.1
3,855
7.1
240.9
18
84.9
4.1
3.3
21
164
23Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
21
2004
16
309
542
57.0
3,810
7.0
238.1
16
79.5
3.9
3.0
41
223
24Bobby Hebert
B. Hebert
20
1988
16
280
478
58.6
3,156
6.6
197.3
15
79.3
4.2
3.1
24
171
25Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
20
1969
14
193
360
53.6
2,532
7.0
180.9
17
74.9
5.6
4.7
22
212
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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10
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12
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12
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