most touchdowns thrown in a maximum of 14 attempts in a game

Frank Ryan has the most passing touchdowns in a game with 14 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 14 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 Bob Griese
B. Griese
4
14
10/17/1971
MIA MIA
vs
NE NE
9
64.3
185
13.2
0
147.3
28.6
0.0
3 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
4 Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
4
14
11/16/1969
ATL ATL
vs
CHI CHI
10
71.4
202
14.4
1
123.5
28.6
7.1
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
4
14
12/5/1948
LA LA
@
WAS WAS
9
64.3
142
10.1
0
137.5
28.6
0.0
9 Roy McKay
R. McKay
4
14
10/7/1945
GB GB
vs
DET DET
6
42.9
151
10.8
0
122.3
28.6
0.0
10 Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
3
14
10/11/2015
ARI ARI
@
DET DET
11
78.6
161
11.5
0
154.2
21.4
0.0
2
13
11 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
12 Chad Pennington
C. Pennington
3
14
11/16/2003
NYJ NYJ
@
IND IND
11
78.6
219
15.6
0
158.3
21.4
0.0
3
27
13 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
14 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
3
14
11/24/1996
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
10
71.4
176
12.6
1
123.5
21.4
7.1
0
0
15 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
16 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
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 Kevin Sweeney
K. Sweeney
3
14
10/4/1987
DAL DAL
@
NYJ NYJ
6
42.9
139
9.9
1
89.0
21.4
7.1
2
7
21 Mark Malone
M. Malone
3
14
11/4/1984
PIT PIT
vs
HOU HOU
9
64.3
139
9.9
1
106.8
21.4
7.1
1
8
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
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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2
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.500
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1
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.750
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2
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.500
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1
0
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1
0
.750
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Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
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PHI PHI
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Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
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NYJ NYJ
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10/5
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LAC LAC
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10/5
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BUF BUF
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