most passing touchdowns in a season from 1900 to 1980

Between the 1900 and 1980 seasons, Y.A. Tittle and George Blanda were tied for the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 36 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a player in a season from 1900 to 1980
NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
36
1963
NYG NYG
13
221
367
60.2
3,145
8.6
241.9
14
104.8
9.8
3.8
2George Blanda
G. Blanda
36
1961
HOU HOU
14
187
362
51.7
3,330
9.2
237.9
22
91.3
9.9
6.1
3Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
34
1969
OAK OAK
14
221
426
51.9
3,302
7.8
235.9
25
79.8
8.0
5.9
11
100
4Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
33
1962
NYG NYG
14
200
375
53.3
3,224
8.6
230.3
20
89.5
8.8
5.3
5Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
32
1961
PHI PHI
14
235
416
56.5
3,723
8.9
265.9
24
88.1
7.7
5.8
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
32
1959
BAL BAL
12
193
367
52.6
2,899
7.9
241.6
14
92.0
8.7
3.8
7Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
31
1980
ATL ATL
16
257
463
55.5
3,544
7.7
221.5
16
88.2
6.7
3.5
35
324
8Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
31
1967
WAS WAS
14
288
508
56.7
3,747
7.4
267.6
16
87.3
6.1
3.1
9Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
31
1964
BOS BOS
14
228
473
48.2
3,465
7.3
247.5
27
70.8
6.6
5.7
10Vince Ferragamo
V. Ferragamo
30
1980
LA LA
16
240
404
59.4
3,199
7.9
199.9
19
89.7
7.4
4.7
23
191
11Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
30
1980
SD SD
16
348
589
59.1
4,715
8.0
294.7
24
84.7
5.1
4.1
32
210
12Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
30
1980
CLE CLE
16
337
554
60.8
4,132
7.5
258.3
14
91.4
5.4
2.5
23
217
13Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
30
1967
OAK OAK
14
220
425
51.8
3,228
7.6
230.6
20
80.8
7.1
4.7
14John 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
15Len Dawson
L. Dawson
30
1964
KC KC
14
199
354
56.2
2,879
8.1
205.6
18
89.9
8.5
5.1
16Norm Snead
N. Snead
29
1967
PHI PHI
14
240
434
55.3
3,399
7.8
242.8
24
80.0
6.7
5.5
17Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
29
1967
NYG NYG
14
204
377
54.1
3,088
8.2
220.6
19
85.9
7.7
5.0
18Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
29
1966
CLE CLE
14
200
382
52.4
2,974
7.8
212.4
14
88.2
7.6
3.7
19Len Dawson
L. Dawson
29
1962
DLT DLT
14
189
310
61.0
2,759
8.9
197.1
17
98.3
9.4
5.5
20Danny White
D. White
28
1980
DAL DAL
16
260
436
59.6
3,287
7.5
205.4
25
80.7
6.4
5.7
30
252
21Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
28
1979
NE NE
16
206
423
48.7
3,286
7.8
205.4
20
77.4
6.6
4.7
45
341
22Brian Sipe
B. Sipe
28
1979
CLE CLE
16
286
535
53.5
3,793
7.1
237.1
26
73.4
5.2
4.9
43
347
23Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
28
1978
PIT PIT
16
207
368
56.3
2,915
7.9
182.2
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
21
222
24Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
28
1966
WAS WAS
14
254
436
58.3
3,209
7.4
229.2
19
84.5
6.4
4.4
25Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
28
1963
STL STL
14
222
423
52.5
3,280
7.8
234.3
21
79.5
6.6
5.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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