most passing touchdowns with less than 3000 yards in a season

Johnny Unitas has the most passing touchdowns with fewer than 3,000 passing yards in a season, with 32 touchdowns in 1959.

Interpreted as:
most passing touchdowns by a player with less than 3000 passing yards in a season
NAME TD YDS SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
32
2,899
1959
BAL BAL
12
193
367
52.6
7.9
241.6
14
92.0
8.7
3.8
2 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
30
2,879
1964
KC KC
14
199
354
56.2
8.1
205.6
18
89.9
8.5
5.1
3 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
29
2,974
1966
CLE CLE
14
200
382
52.4
7.8
212.4
14
88.2
7.6
3.7
4 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
29
2,759
1962
DLT DLT
14
189
310
61.0
8.9
197.1
17
98.3
9.4
5.5
5 Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
28
2,915
1978
PIT PIT
16
207
368
56.3
7.9
182.2
20
84.7
7.6
5.4
21
222
6 Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
28
2,194
1943
CHB CHB
10
110
202
54.5
10.9
219.4
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
7 Drew Brees
D. Brees
27
2,979
2019
NO NO
11
281
378
74.3
7.9
270.8
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
8 Nick Foles
N. Foles
27
2,891
2013
PHI PHI
13
203
317
64.0
9.1
222.4
2
119.2
8.5
0.6
28
173
9 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
27
2,737
1976
OAK OAK
12
194
291
66.7
9.4
228.1
17
103.4
9.3
5.8
19
203
10 George Blanda
G. Blanda
27
2,810
1962
HOU HOU
14
197
418
47.1
6.7
200.7
42
51.3
6.5
10.0
11 Lamar Jackson
L. Jackson
26
2,757
2020
BAL BAL
15
242
376
64.4
7.3
183.8
9
99.3
6.9
2.4
29
160
12 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
26
2,995
1983
BUF BUF
16
281
508
55.3
5.9
187.2
25
69.3
5.1
4.9
27
266
13 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
26
2,469
1974
OAK OAK
14
178
310
57.4
8.0
176.4
12
94.9
8.4
3.9
18
141
14 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
26
2,909
1968
BAL BAL
14
182
317
57.4
9.2
207.8
17
93.2
8.2
5.4
15 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
26
2,527
1966
KC KC
14
159
284
56.0
8.9
180.5
10
101.7
9.2
3.5
16 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
26
2,389
1963
KC KC
14
190
352
54.0
6.8
170.6
19
77.5
7.4
5.4
17 Al Dorow
A. Dorow
26
2,748
1960
NYT NYT
14
201
396
50.8
6.9
196.3
26
67.8
6.6
6.6
18 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26
2,403
1951
DET DET
12
152
332
45.8
7.2
200.3
23
67.6
7.8
6.9
19 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
25
2,426
1975
BUF BUF
14
169
321
52.6
7.6
173.3
17
81.3
7.8
5.3
20
153
20 Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
25
2,994
1975
MIN MIN
14
273
425
64.2
7.0
213.9
13
91.8
5.9
3.1
27
245
21 Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
25
2,779
1967
LA LA
14
196
371
52.8
7.5
198.5
13
85.2
6.7
3.5
22 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
25
2,404
1964
CLE CLE
14
174
334
52.1
7.2
171.7
19
76.7
7.5
5.7
23 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
25
2,026
1963
CLE CLE
13
135
256
52.7
7.9
155.8
13
90.4
9.8
5.1
24 Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
25
1,965
1948
PHI PHI
12
141
246
57.3
8.0
163.8
11
98.4
10.2
4.5
25 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
25
2,938
1947
WAS WAS
12
210
354
59.3
8.3
244.8
15
92.0
7.1
4.2
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8
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2
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3
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5
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AFC South W L T PCT
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5
0
.615
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7
0
.462
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1
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
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1:00 PM