most passing touchdowns in a career 1921 to 1952

From 1921 through 1952, Sammy Baugh had the most passing touchdowns, with 187 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Sammy Baugh S. Baugh	187	165	1,693	2,995	56.5	21,886	7.3	132.6	203	72.2	6.2	6.8
2	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	137	128	904	1,744	51.8	14,686	8.4	114.7	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
3	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	97	91	814	1,617	50.3	11,849	7.3	130.2	128	61.6	6.0	7.9
4	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	91	99	732	1,424	51.4	10,385	7.3	104.9	103	66.5	6.4	7.2
5	Arnie Herber A. Herber	81	129	481	1,175	40.9	8,041	6.8	69.3	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
6	Bobby Layne B. Layne	73	59	614	1,306	47.0	8,753	6.7	148.4	81	62.0	5.6	6.2
7	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	70	58	545	1,094	49.8	7,680	7.0	132.4	72	66.8	6.4	6.6
8	Benny Friedman B. Friedman	67	81	70	167	41.9	929	5.6	48.9	19	40.6	6.0	11.4
9	Cecil Isbell C. Isbell	61	54	411	818	50.2	5,945	7.3	110.1	52	72.6	7.5	6.4
10	Paul Christman P. Christman	58	61	504	1,140	44.2	7,294	6.4	119.6	76	54.8	5.1	6.7
11	Jim Hardy J. Hardy	54	69	423	912	46.4	5,690	6.2	82.5	73	53.1	5.9	8.0
12	Otto Graham O. Graham	51	36	465	882	52.7	6,964	7.9	193.4	60	69.8	5.8	6.8
13	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	51	44	372	690	53.9	6,123	8.9	139.2	44	82.1	7.4	6.4
14	Red Dunn R. Dunn	48	92
15	Frank Filchock F. Filchock	47	76	342	677	50.5	4,921	7.3	64.8	79	58.0	6.9	11.7
16	Roy Zimmerman R. Zimmerman	44	84	299	703	42.5	4,801	6.8	57.2	70	47.3	6.3	10.0
17	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	41	45	404	808	50.0	6,295	7.8	139.9	54	65.3	5.1	6.7
18	Ed Danowski E. Danowski	37	71	309	637	48.5	3,817	6.0	53.8	44	58.1	5.8	6.9
19	Tobin Rote T. Rote	35	36	271	637	42.5	4,039	6.3	112.2	52	48.3	5.5	8.2
20	Bernie Masterson B. Masterson	34	72	156	409	38.1	3,366	8.2	46.8	38	57.2	8.3	9.3
21	Paul Governali P. Governali	31	32	218	500	43.6	3,348	6.7	104.6	33	59.5	6.2	6.6
22	Jack McBride J. McBride	31	106	50	101	49.5	538	5.3	22.4	11	55.7	8.9	10.9
23	Parker Hall P. Hall	30	42	329	721	45.6	4,013	5.6	95.5	67	38.5	4.2	9.3
24	Irv Comp I. Comp	28	69	213	519	41.0	3,354	6.5	48.6	52	41.6	5.4	10.0
25	Bob Monnett B. Monnett	28	62	158	336	47.0	2,227	6.6	35.9	26	64.4	8.3	7.7

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