nfl most passing touchdowns for a career for a player before 2013

Before 2013, Brett Favre had the most passing touchdowns, with 508 touchdowns.

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Data note: Passing Touchdowns: player season data complete from 1921

	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Brett Favre B. Favre	508	302	6,300	10,169	62.0	71,838	7.1	237.9	336	86.0	5.0	3.3	525	3,487
2	Peyton Manning P. Manning	436	224	5,082	7,793	65.2	59,487	7.6	265.6	209	95.7	5.6	2.7	252	1,620
3	Dan Marino D. Marino	420	242	4,967	8,358	59.4	61,361	7.3	253.6	252	86.4	5.0	3.0	270	1,930
4	Fran Tarkenton F. Tarkenton	342	246	3,686	6,467	57.0	47,003	7.3	191.1	266	80.4	5.3	4.1	274	2,337
5	Tom Brady T. Brady	334	177	3,798	5,958	63.7	44,806	7.5	253.1	123	96.6	5.6	2.1	303	1,894
6	Drew Brees D. Brees	324	170	4,035	6,149	65.6	45,919	7.5	270.1	165	94.3	5.3	2.7	234	1,698
7	John Elway J. Elway	300	234	4,123	7,250	56.9	51,475	7.1	220.0	226	79.9	4.1	3.1	516	3,785
8	Warren Moon W. Moon	291	208	3,988	6,823	58.4	49,325	7.2	237.1	233	80.9	4.3	3.4	458	3,415
9	Johnny Unitas J. Unitas	290	211	2,830	5,186	54.6	40,239	7.8	190.7	253	78.2	5.6	4.9	74	590
10	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	275	233	3,787	6,701	56.5	46,233	6.9	198.4	267	75.0	4.1	4.0	417	2,992
11	Joe Montana J. Montana	273	192	3,409	5,391	63.2	40,551	7.5	211.2	139	92.3	5.1	2.6	313	2,095
12	Dave Krieg D. Krieg	261	213	3,105	5,311	58.5	38,147	7.2	179.1	199	81.5	4.9	3.7	494	3,794
13	Sonny Jurgensen S. Jurgensen	255	218	2,433	4,262	57.1	32,224	7.6	147.8	189	82.6	6.0	4.4	94	748
14	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	254	181	3,297	5,604	58.8	43,040	7.7	237.8	242	80.2	4.5	4.3	319	2,304
15	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	251	194	3,839	6,717	57.2	44,611	6.6	230.0	206	77.1	3.7	3.1	467	3,135
16	Boomer Esiason B. Esiason	247	187	2,969	5,205	57.0	37,920	7.3	202.8	184	81.1	4.7	3.5	318	2,438
17	John Hadl J. Hadl	244	224	2,363	4,687	50.4	33,503	7.1	149.6	268	67.4	5.2	5.7	179	1,514
18	Len Dawson L. Dawson	239	211	2,136	3,741	57.1	28,711	7.7	136.1	183	82.6	6.4	4.9	167	1,423
19	Jim Kelly J. Kelly	237	160	2,874	4,779	60.1	35,467	7.4	221.7	175	84.4	5.0	3.7	323	2,427
20	George Blanda G. Blanda	236	340	1,911	4,007	47.7	26,920	6.7	79.2	277	60.6	5.9	6.9	12	94
21	Donovan McNabb D. McNabb	234	167	3,170	5,374	59.0	37,276	6.9	223.2	117	85.6	4.4	2.2	410	2,626
22	Steve Young S. Young	232	169	2,667	4,149	64.3	33,124	8.0	196.0	107	96.8	5.6	2.6	358	2,055
23	John Brodie J. Brodie	214	201	2,469	4,491	55.0	31,548	7.0	157.0	224	72.3	4.8	5.0	47	380
24	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	212	168	2,025	3,901	51.9	27,989	7.2	166.6	210	70.9	5.4	5.4	307	2,694
25	Y.A. Tittle	212	178	2,118	3,817	55.5	28,339	7.4	159.2	221	73.6	5.6	5.8

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