most touchdowns thrown in a maximum of 16 attempts in a game

Ben Roethlisberger, Frank Ryan and Eddie LeBaron are tied for the most passing touchdowns in a game with 16 or fewer passing attempts, with 5 touchdowns.

Interpreted as:
most touchdowns thrown by a player in a maximum of 16 passing attempts in a regular-season game
NAME TD ATT DATE TM OPP CMP PCT YDS AVG INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
5
16
11/5/2007
PIT PIT
vs
BAL BAL
13
81.3
209
13.1
0
158.3
31.3
0.0
3
22
2 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
3 Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
5
15
10/21/1962
DLC DLC
@
PIT PIT
9
60.0
158
10.5
2
96.0
33.3
13.3
4 Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
4
15
9/13/2015
TEN TEN
@
TB TB
13
86.7
209
13.9
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
24
5 Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
4
15
11/18/2012
WAS WAS
vs
PHI PHI
14
93.3
200
13.3
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
2
8
6 Steve Young
S. Young
4
16
10/16/1994
SF SF
@
ATL ATL
15
93.8
143
8.9
0
143.5
25.0
0.0
1
5
7 Jay Schroeder
J. Schroeder
4
15
12/22/1990
RAI RAI
@
MIN MIN
10
66.7
234
15.6
0
149.3
26.7
0.0
0
0
8 Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
4
16
11/11/1990
BUF BUF
vs
PHX PHX
11
68.8
165
10.3
1
115.9
25.0
6.3
1
11
9 David Whitehurst
D. Whitehurst
4
15
9/10/1978
GB GB
vs
NO NO
10
66.7
161
10.7
0
141.9
26.7
0.0
10 Bob Griese
B. Griese
4
15
12/15/1973
MIA MIA
vs
DET DET
11
73.3
141
9.4
0
141.9
26.7
0.0
11 Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
4
16
11/14/1971
NE NE
vs
BUF BUF
9
56.3
218
13.6
1
114.6
25.0
6.3
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
4
15
10/17/1965
NYG NYG
vs
PHI PHI
10
66.7
296
19.7
0
149.3
26.7
0.0
17 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
4
15
9/7/1963
KC KC
@
DEN DEN
12
80.0
278
18.5
0
158.3
26.7
0.0
18 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
4
16
10/30/1960
BAL BAL
@
DLC DLC
8
50.0
270
16.9
0
135.4
25.0
0.0
19 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
20 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
4
16
10/4/1959
GB GB
vs
DET DET
7
43.8
146
9.1
1
90.1
25.0
6.3
21 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
4
16
11/4/1956
CHC CHC
vs
PHI PHI
11
68.8
123
7.7
0
131.0
25.0
0.0
22 Jim Finks
J. Finks
4
15
10/17/1954
PIT PIT
vs
CLE CLE
11
73.3
239
15.9
1
127.1
26.7
6.7
23 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
24 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
4
15
10/23/1949
NYG NYG
vs
CHB CHB
8
53.3
273
18.2
0
138.2
26.7
0.0
25 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
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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3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
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1
3
0
.250
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4
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CLE CLE
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1:00 PM
Thu
10/16
PIT PIT
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CIN CIN
8:15 PM
Sun
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GB GB
@
PIT PIT
8:20 PM
Sun
11/2
IND IND
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PIT PIT
1:00 PM
Sun
11/9
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@
LAC LAC
8:20 PM
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0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
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2
0
.500
NFC North W L T PCT
Lions Lions
3
1
0
.750
Packers Packers
2
1
1
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3
1
0
.750
Falcons Falcons
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2
0
.500
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4
1
0
.800
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
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Bills Bills
4
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
2
2
0
.500
AFC North W L T PCT
Steelers Steelers
3
1
0
.750
Bengals Bengals
2
2
0
.500
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Colts Colts
3
1
0
.750
Jaguars Jaguars
3
1
0
.750
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1
0
.750
Chiefs Chiefs
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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
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Sat
9/6
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ATL ATL
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
10/5
TEN TEN
@
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Sun
10/5
TB TB
@
SEA SEA
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Sun
10/5
DET DET
@
CIN CIN
4:25 PM
Sun
10/5
WAS WAS
@
LAC LAC
4:25 PM
Sun
10/5
NE NE
@
BUF BUF
8:20 PM