most touchdown passes by quarterbacks in 2012

Drew Brees had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in 2012, with 43 touchdowns.

NAME TD SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Drew Brees
D. Brees
43
2012
NO NO
16
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
2 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
39
2012
GB GB
16
371
552
67.2
4,295
7.8
268.4
8
108.0
7.1
1.4
51
293
3 Peyton Manning
P. Manning
37
2012
DEN DEN
16
400
583
68.6
4,659
8.0
291.2
11
105.8
6.3
1.9
21
137
4 Tom Brady
T. Brady
34
2012
NE NE
16
401
637
63.0
4,827
7.6
301.7
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
5 Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
32
2012
ATL ATL
16
422
615
68.6
4,719
7.7
294.9
14
99.1
5.2
2.3
28
210
6 Tony Romo
T. Romo
28
2012
DAL DAL
16
425
648
65.6
4,903
7.6
306.4
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
7 Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
27
2012
CIN CIN
16
329
528
62.3
3,669
6.9
229.3
16
87.4
5.1
3.0
46
229
8 Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
27
2012
TB TB
16
306
558
54.8
4,065
7.3
254.1
17
81.6
4.8
3.0
26
161
9 Eli Manning
E. Manning
26
2012
NYG NYG
16
321
536
59.9
3,948
7.4
246.8
15
87.2
4.9
2.8
19
136
10 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
26
2012
SD SD
16
338
527
64.1
3,606
6.8
225.4
15
88.6
4.9
2.8
49
311
11 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
26
2012
PIT PIT
13
284
449
63.3
3,265
7.3
251.2
8
97.0
5.8
1.8
30
182
12 Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
26
2012
SEA SEA
16
252
393
64.1
3,118
7.9
194.9
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
13 Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
24
2012
BUF BUF
16
306
505
60.6
3,400
6.7
212.5
16
83.3
4.8
3.2
30
161
14 Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23
2012
IND IND
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
15 Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
22
2012
BAL BAL
16
317
531
59.7
3,817
7.2
238.6
10
87.7
4.1
1.9
35
227
16 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
22
2012
OAK OAK
15
345
565
61.1
4,018
7.1
267.9
14
85.3
3.9
2.5
26
199
17 Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
22
2012
HOU HOU
16
350
544
64.3
4,008
7.4
250.5
12
90.7
4.0
2.2
27
216
18 Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
21
2012
STL STL
16
328
551
59.5
3,702
6.7
231.4
13
82.6
3.8
2.4
35
233
19 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
20
2012
WAS WAS
15
258
393
65.6
3,200
8.1
213.3
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
20 Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
20
2012
DET DET
16
435
727
59.8
4,967
6.8
310.4
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
21 Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
19
2012
CHI CHI
15
255
434
58.8
3,033
7.0
202.2
14
81.3
4.4
3.2
38
250
22 Cam Newton
C. Newton
19
2012
CAR CAR
16
280
485
57.7
3,869
8.0
241.8
12
86.2
3.9
2.5
36
244
23 Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
18
2012
MIN MIN
16
300
483
62.1
2,935
6.1
183.4
12
81.2
3.7
2.5
32
184
24 Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
14
2012
CLE CLE
15
297
517
57.4
3,385
6.5
225.7
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
25 Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
13
2012
NYJ NYJ
15
246
453
54.3
2,883
6.4
192.2
18
66.9
2.9
4.0
34
209
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