most single season passing tds between 2000 to 2017

Between the 2000 and 2017 seasons, Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 55 touchdowns in 2013.

Interpreted as:
most single season passing tds by a player between 2000 to 2017
NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Peyton Manning
P. Manning
55
2013
16
450
659
68.3
5,477
8.3
342.3
10
115.1
8.3
1.5
18
120
2Tom Brady
T. Brady
50
2007
16
398
578
68.9
4,806
8.3
300.4
8
117.2
8.7
1.4
21
128
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
49
2004
16
336
497
67.6
4,557
9.2
284.8
10
121.1
9.9
2.0
13
101
4Drew Brees
D. Brees
46
2011
16
468
657
71.2
5,476
8.3
342.3
14
110.6
7.0
2.1
24
158
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
45
2011
15
343
502
68.3
4,643
9.2
309.5
6
122.5
9.0
1.2
36
219
6Drew Brees
D. Brees
43
2012
16
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
41
2011
16
421
663
63.5
5,038
7.6
314.9
16
97.2
6.2
2.4
36
257
8Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
40
2016
16
401
610
65.7
4,428
7.3
276.8
7
104.2
6.6
1.1
35
246
9Andrew Luck
A. Luck
40
2014
16
380
616
61.7
4,761
7.7
297.6
16
96.5
6.5
2.6
27
161
10Peyton Manning
P. Manning
39
2014
16
395
597
66.2
4,727
7.9
295.4
15
101.5
6.5
2.5
17
118
11Drew Brees
D. Brees
39
2013
16
446
650
68.6
5,162
7.9
322.6
12
104.7
6.0
1.8
37
244
12Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
39
2012
16
371
552
67.2
4,295
7.8
268.4
8
108.0
7.1
1.4
51
293
13Tom Brady
T. Brady
39
2011
16
401
611
65.6
5,235
8.6
327.2
12
105.6
6.4
2.0
32
173
14Daunte Culpepper
D. Culpepper
39
2004
16
379
548
69.2
4,717
8.6
294.8
11
110.9
7.1
2.0
46
238
15Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
38
2016
16
373
534
69.9
4,944
9.3
309.0
7
117.1
7.1
1.3
37
235
16Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
38
2014
16
341
520
65.6
4,381
8.4
273.8
5
112.2
7.3
1.0
28
174
17Drew Brees
D. Brees
37
2016
16
471
673
70.0
5,208
7.7
325.5
15
101.7
5.5
2.2
27
184
18Peyton Manning
P. Manning
37
2012
16
400
583
68.6
4,659
8.0
291.2
11
105.8
6.3
1.9
21
137
19Tom Brady
T. Brady
36
2015
16
402
624
64.4
4,770
7.6
298.1
7
102.2
5.8
1.1
38
225
20Tom Brady
T. Brady
36
2010
16
324
492
65.9
3,900
7.9
243.8
4
111.0
7.3
0.8
25
175
21Tony Romo
T. Romo
36
2007
16
335
520
64.4
4,211
8.1
263.2
19
97.4
6.9
3.7
24
176
22Kurt Warner
K. Warner
36
2001
16
375
546
68.7
4,830
8.8
301.9
22
101.4
6.6
4.0
38
233
23Eli Manning
E. Manning
35
2015
16
387
618
62.6
4,432
7.2
277.0
14
93.6
5.7
2.3
27
157
24Cam Newton
C. Newton
35
2015
16
296
495
59.8
3,837
7.8
239.8
10
99.4
7.1
2.0
33
284
25Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
35
2015
16
342
537
63.7
4,671
8.7
291.9
11
104.6
6.5
2.0
25
151
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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8
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8
7
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.533
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8
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.467
6
9
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.400
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10
0
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12
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