most passing touchdowns in a career 1921 to 1965

From 1921 through 1965, 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	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	210	125	1,811	3,313	54.7	26,845	8.1	214.8	149	83.8	6.3	4.5
3	George Blanda G. Blanda	196	200	1,670	3,501	47.7	23,321	6.7	116.6	238	59.9	5.6	6.8
4	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
5	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
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	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	132	133	1,167	2,525	46.2	17,104	6.8	128.6	173	57.7	5.2	6.9
11	Billy Wade B. Wade	124	126	1,361	2,502	54.4	18,451	7.4	146.4	133	72.5	5.0	5.3
12	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	115	110	999	1,848	54.1	14,940	8.1	135.8	102	78.6	6.2	5.5
13	Milt Plum M. Plum	113	109	1,130	2,080	54.3	15,582	7.5	143.0	105	75.6	5.4	5.0
14	Len Dawson L. Dawson	108	84	762	1,366	55.8	10,493	7.7	124.9	73	84.7	7.9	5.3
15	Eddie LeBaron E. LeBaron	104	134	898	1,796	50.0	13,399	7.5	100.0	141	61.4	5.8	7.9
16	Ed Brown E. Brown	102	154	949	1,987	47.8	15,600	7.9	101.3	138	62.8	5.1	6.9
17	Bart Starr B. Starr	97	126	1,172	2,069	56.6	15,929	7.7	126.4	88	79.3	4.7	4.3
18	Bob Waterfield B. Waterfield	97	91	814	1,617	50.3	11,849	7.3	130.2	128	61.6	6.0	7.9
19	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	96	70	832	1,541	54.0	12,018	7.8	171.7	79	79.0	6.2	5.1
20	John Brodie J. Brodie	95	98	1,042	1,895	55.0	13,686	7.2	139.7	96	73.6	5.0	5.1
21	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	93	90	721	1,400	51.5	10,396	7.4	115.5	75	75.8	6.6	5.4
22	Tommy Thompson T. Thompson	91	99	732	1,424	51.4	10,385	7.3	104.9	103	66.5	6.4	7.2
23	Otto Graham O. Graham	88	72	872	1,565	55.7	13,499	8.6	187.5	94	78.2	5.6	6.0
24	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	87	120	779	1,554	50.1	11,522	7.4	96.0	78	72.5	5.6	5.0
25	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	83	54	755	1,486	50.8	11,255	7.6	208.4	82	71.6	5.6	5.5

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