most passing touchdowns in a career 1921 to 1949

From 1921 through 1949, Sammy Baugh had the most passing touchdowns, with 168 touchdowns.

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

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