most passing touchdowns in a season by a 49ers player

Steve Young has the most passing touchdowns for the 49ers in a season, with 36 touchdowns in 1998.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Steve Young
S. Young
36
1998
SF SF
15
322
517
62.3
4,170
8.1
278.0
12
101.1
7.0
2.3
48
234
2 Steve Young
S. Young
35
1994
SF SF
16
324
461
70.3
3,969
8.6
248.1
10
112.8
7.6
2.2
31
163
3 Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
32
2001
SF SF
16
316
504
62.7
3,538
7.0
221.1
12
94.8
6.3
2.4
26
114
4 Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
31
2023
SF SF
16
308
444
69.4
4,280
9.6
267.5
11
113.0
7.0
2.5
28
153
5 Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
31
2000
SF SF
16
355
561
63.3
4,278
7.6
267.4
10
97.6
5.5
1.8
24
155
6 Joe Montana
J. Montana
31
1987
SF SF
13
266
398
66.8
3,054
7.7
234.9
13
102.1
7.8
3.3
22
158
7 John Brodie
J. Brodie
30
1965
SF SF
13
242
391
61.9
3,112
8.0
239.4
16
95.3
7.7
4.1
8 Steve Young
S. Young
29
1993
SF SF
16
314
462
68.0
4,023
8.7
251.4
16
101.5
6.3
3.5
31
160
9 Joe Montana
J. Montana
28
1984
SF SF
16
279
432
64.6
3,630
8.4
226.9
10
102.9
6.5
2.3
22
138
10 Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
27
2019
SF SF
16
329
476
69.1
3,978
8.4
248.6
13
102.0
5.7
2.7
36
237
11 Joe Montana
J. Montana
27
1985
SF SF
15
303
494
61.3
3,653
7.4
243.5
13
91.3
5.5
2.6
35
246
12 Joe Montana
J. Montana
26
1990
SF SF
15
321
520
61.7
3,944
7.6
262.9
16
89.0
5.0
3.1
29
153
13 Joe Montana
J. Montana
26
1989
SF SF
13
271
386
70.2
3,521
9.1
270.8
8
112.4
6.7
2.1
33
198
14 Joe Montana
J. Montana
26
1983
SF SF
16
332
515
64.5
3,910
7.6
244.4
12
94.6
5.0
2.3
33
224
15 Steve Young
S. Young
25
1992
SF SF
16
268
402
66.7
3,465
8.6
216.6
7
107.0
6.2
1.7
29
152
16 John Brodie
J. Brodie
24
1970
SF SF
14
223
378
59.0
2,941
7.8
210.1
10
93.8
6.3
2.6
8
67
17 John Brodie
J. Brodie
22
1968
SF SF
14
234
404
57.9
3,020
7.5
215.7
21
78.0
5.4
5.2
18 Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
21
2013
SF SF
16
243
416
58.4
3,197
7.7
199.8
8
91.6
5.0
1.9
39
231
19 Jeff Garcia
J. Garcia
21
2002
SF SF
16
328
528
62.1
3,344
6.3
209.0
10
85.6
4.0
1.9
17
93
20 Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
20
2024
SF SF
15
300
455
65.9
3,864
8.5
257.6
12
96.1
4.4
2.6
31
156
21 Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
20
2021
SF SF
15
301
441
68.3
3,810
8.6
254.0
12
98.7
4.5
2.7
29
201
22 Steve Young
S. Young
20
1995
SF SF
11
299
447
66.9
3,200
7.2
290.9
11
92.3
4.5
2.5
25
115
23 Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
20
1953
SF SF
11
149
259
57.5
2,121
8.2
192.8
16
84.1
7.7
6.2
24 Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
19
2014
SF SF
16
289
478
60.5
3,369
7.0
210.6
10
86.4
4.0
2.1
52
344
25 Steve Young
S. Young
19
1997
SF SF
15
241
356
67.7
3,029
8.5
201.9
6
104.7
5.3
1.7
35
220
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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1
0
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Rams Rams
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2
0
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Seahawks Seahawks
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3
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10/26
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NYG NYG
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11/9
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1
0
.800
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1
1
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1
0
.800
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2
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2
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1
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3
2
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.600
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.750
Bengals Bengals
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3
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Colts Colts
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1
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Jaguars Jaguars
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1
0
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Chargers Chargers
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2
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Broncos Broncos
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2
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
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LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
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Sat
9/6
TB TB
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10/12
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