most passing touchdowns in a career 1921 to 1975

From 1921 through 1975, Fran Tarkenton had the most passing touchdowns, with 291 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	291	208	2,931	5,225	56.1	38,840	7.4	186.7	212	81.5	5.6	4.1	200	1,630
2	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	290	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	40,239	7.8	190.7	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
3	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	255	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	32,224	7.6	147.8	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
4	Len Dawson L. Dawson	239	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	28,711	7.7	136.1	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
5	John Hadl J. Hadl	237	196	2,292	4,550	50.4	32,793	7.2	167.3	257	67.9	5.2	5.6	162	1,365
6	George Blanda G. Blanda	236	340	1,911	4,007	47.7	26,920	6.7	79.2	277	60.6	5.9	6.9	12	94
7	John Brodie J. Brodie	214	201	2,469	4,491	55.0	31,548	7.0	157.0	224	72.3	4.8	5.0	47	380
8	Y.A. Tittle	212	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	28,339	7.4	159.2	221	73.6	5.6	5.8
9	Roman Gabriel R. Gabriel	199	166	2,319	4,403	52.7	28,953	6.6	174.4	147	74.5	4.5	3.3	155	1,157
10	Norm Snead N. Snead	196	175	2,254	4,311	52.3	30,558	7.1	174.6	253	65.9	4.5	5.9	89	717
11	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
12	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
13	Babe Parilli B. Parilli	178	189	1,552	3,330	46.6	22,681	6.8	120.0	220	59.6	5.3	6.6	0	0
14	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
15	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
16	Charley Johnson C. Johnson	170	165	1,737	3,392	51.2	24,410	7.2	147.9	181	69.2	5.0	5.3	118	894
17	Joe Namath J. Namath	166	125	1,722	3,425	50.3	25,967	7.6	207.7	199	67.5	4.8	5.8	86	826
18	Daryle Lamonica D. Lamonica	164	151	1,288	2,601	49.5	19,154	7.4	126.8	138	72.9	6.3	5.3	72	636
19	Earl Morrall E. Morrall	160	241	1,369	2,663	51.4	20,661	7.8	85.7	147	74.3	6.0	5.5	55	458
20	Bart Starr B. Starr	152	196	1,808	3,149	57.4	24,718	7.8	126.1	138	80.5	4.8	4.4	59	533
21	Frank Ryan F. Ryan	149	126	1,090	2,133	51.1	16,042	7.5	127.3	111	77.6	7.0	5.2	4	35
22	Tobin Rote T. Rote	148	149	1,329	2,907	45.7	18,850	6.5	126.5	191	56.8	5.1	6.6
23	Sid Luckman S. Luckman	137	128	904	1,744	51.8	14,686	8.4	114.7	132	75.0	7.9	7.6
24	Don Meredith D. Meredith	135	104	1,170	2,308	50.7	17,199	7.5	165.4	111	74.8	5.8	4.8
25	Bob Griese B. Griese	128	104	1,199	2,205	54.4	16,002	7.3	153.9	116	75.1	5.8	5.3	148	1,272

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