most passing touchdowns in a career 1921 to 1964

From 1921 through 1964, Y.A. Tittle had the most passing touchdowns, with 212 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%
1	Y.A. Tittle	212	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	28,339	7.4	159.2	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
2	Bobby Layne B. Layne	196	175	1,814	3,700	49.0	26,768	7.2	153.0	243	63.4	5.3	6.6
3	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	187	114	1,647	3,031	54.3	24,315	8.0	213.3	137	82.5	6.2	4.5
4	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
5	George Blanda G. Blanda	176	186	1,484	3,059	48.5	20,779	6.8	111.7	208	61.7	5.8	6.8
6	Norm Van Brocklin N. Van Brocklin	173	140	1,553	2,895	53.6	23,611	8.2	168.7	178	75.1	6.0	6.1
7	Charlie Conerly C. Conerly	173	161	1,418	2,833	50.1	19,488	6.9	121.0	167	68.2	6.1	5.9
8	Tobin Rote T. Rote	148	146	1,326	2,899	45.7	18,810	6.5	128.8	190	56.9	5.1	6.6
9	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	137	128	904	1,744	51.8	14,686	8.4	114.7	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
10	Billy Wade B. Wade	124	121	1,341	2,461	54.5	18,247	7.4	150.8	131	73.0	5.0	5.3
11	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	114	119	994	2,099	47.4	14,507	6.9	121.9	147	59.3	5.4	7.0
12	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	104	134	898	1,796	50.0	13,399	7.5	100.0	141	61.4	5.8	7.9
13	Milt Plum M. Plum	101	95	987	1,772	55.7	13,872	7.8	146.0	86	79.9	5.7	4.9
14	Ed Brown E. Brown	101	140	939	1,964	47.8	15,396	7.8	110.0	133	63.5	5.1	6.8
15	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	100	97	809	1,492	54.2	12,573	8.4	129.6	86	80.7	6.7	5.8
16	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	97	91	814	1,617	50.3	11,849	7.3	130.2	128	61.6	6.0	7.9
17	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	91	99	732	1,424	51.4	10,385	7.3	104.9	103	66.5	6.4	7.2
18	Otto Graham O. Graham	88	72	872	1,565	55.7	13,499	8.6	187.5	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
19	Len Dawson L. Dawson	87	70	599	1,061	56.5	8,231	7.8	117.6	59	85.6	8.2	5.6
20	Bart Starr B. Starr	81	112	1,032	1,818	56.8	13,874	7.6	123.9	79	77.9	4.5	4.3
21	Arnie Herber A. Herber	81	129	481	1,175	40.9	8,041	6.8	69.3	106	49.3	6.6	9.0
22	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	77	56	661	1,212	54.5	9,409	7.8	168.0	68	77.7	6.4	5.6
23	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	75	78	602	1,157	52.0	8,645	7.5	110.8	62	75.9	6.5	5.4
24	Lamar McHan L. McHan	73	113	610	1,442	42.3	9,449	6.6	83.6	108	50.3	5.1	7.5
25	Cotton Davidson C. Davidson	71	94	709	1,610	44.0	10,978	6.8	116.8	97	56.8	4.4	6.0

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