most touchdowns thrown in a maximum of 13 attempts in a game

Frank Ryan has the most passing touchdowns in a game with 13 or fewer passing attempts, with 5 touchdowns versus the Giants on December 12, 1964.

Interpreted as:
most touchdowns thrown by a player in a maximum of 13 passing attempts in a regular-season game
NAME TD ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT YDS AVG INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
5
13
12/12/1964
CLE CLE
@
NYG NYG
12
92.3
202
15.5
0
158.3
38.5
0.0
2 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
4
12
9/28/1970
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
9
75.0
152
12.7
1
121.5
33.3
8.3
3 Steve Tensi
S. Tensi
4
12
10/2/1966
SD SD
vs
MIA MIA
9
75.0
223
18.6
0
156.3
33.3
0.0
4 John Roach
J. Roach
4
13
9/23/1960
STL STL
@
LA LA
6
46.2
205
15.8
1
100.2
30.8
7.7
5 Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
4
10
12/11/1949
LA LA
vs
WAS WAS
6
60.0
152
15.2
0
143.8
40.0
0.0
6 Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
3
11
10/28/2007
SD SD
vs
HOU HOU
7
63.6
130
11.8
0
143.9
27.3
0.0
1
2
7 Jake Plummer
J. Plummer
3
13
9/14/2003
DEN DEN
@
SD SD
9
69.2
94
7.2
0
129.5
23.1
0.0
0
0
8 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
11
12/15/1991
BUF BUF
@
IND IND
9
81.8
119
10.8
0
151.3
27.3
0.0
1
7
9 Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
3
12
10/13/1991
KC KC
vs
MIA MIA
9
75.0
177
14.8
0
156.3
25.0
0.0
0
0
10 Mike Tomczak
M. Tomczak
3
7
11/19/1989
CHI CHI
vs
TB TB
6
85.7
156
22.3
0
158.3
42.9
0.0
0
0
11 Steve Young
S. Young
3
12
10/22/1989
SF SF
vs
NE NE
11
91.7
188
15.7
0
158.3
25.0
0.0
2
13
12 Steve Young
S. Young
3
13
12/27/1987
SF SF
vs
RAM RAM
10
76.9
174
13.4
0
157.9
23.1
0.0
0
0
13 Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
3
13
9/23/1984
ATL ATL
vs
HOU HOU
11
84.6
195
15.0
0
158.3
23.1
0.0
2
10
14 Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
3
13
12/4/1977
MIN MIN
vs
SF SF
9
69.2
188
14.5
0
151.4
23.1
0.0
15 Ken Stabler
K. Stabler
3
12
11/28/1977
OAK OAK
vs
BUF BUF
7
58.3
166
13.8
1
107.6
25.0
8.3
16 Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
3
11
11/27/1977
CIN CIN
vs
NYG NYG
5
45.5
154
14.0
0
131.6
27.3
0.0
17 Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
3
12
10/20/1974
BUF BUF
vs
NE NE
8
66.7
153
12.8
0
149.3
25.0
0.0
18 Pete Liske
P. Liske
3
12
10/22/1972
PHI PHI
@
KC KC
8
66.7
209
17.4
2
109.7
25.0
16.7
19 Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
3
7
10/1/1972
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
4
57.1
89
12.7
1
101.8
42.9
14.3
20 George Blanda
G. Blanda
3
12
10/25/1970
OAK OAK
vs
PIT PIT
7
58.3
148
12.3
1
106.9
25.0
8.3
21 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
3
12
12/8/1968
KC KC
@
SD SD
7
58.3
153
12.8
1
107.6
25.0
8.3
22 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
3
13
11/22/1964
KC KC
@
HOU HOU
9
69.2
92
7.1
0
128.8
23.1
0.0
23 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
3
13
9/27/1964
BAL BAL
vs
CHI CHI
11
84.6
247
19.0
1
126.3
23.1
7.7
24 Cotton Davidson
C. Davidson
3
10
10/27/1963
OAK OAK
@
SD SD
5
50.0
115
11.5
1
91.7
30.0
10.0
25 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
3
12
11/11/1962
DLT DLT
@
NYT NYT
5
41.7
124
10.3
0
119.4
25.0
0.0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for passing attempts and passing touchdowns going back to the 1950 season.

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1
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2
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1
1
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1
0
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2
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Mon
10/6
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Thu
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NYG NYG
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Sun
10/12
DEN DEN
@
NYJ NYJ
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Sun
10/12
ARI ARI
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IND IND
1:00 PM
Sun
10/12
LAR LAR
@
BAL BAL
1:00 PM