nfl most passing touchdowns for a career for a player before 2017

Before 2017, Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns, with 539 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	Peyton Manning P. Manning	539	266	6,125	9,380	65.3	71,940	7.7	270.5	251	96.5	5.7	2.7	303	1,953
2	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
3	Drew Brees D. Brees	465	233	5,836	8,758	66.6	66,111	7.5	283.7	220	96.3	5.3	2.5	358	2,547
4	Tom Brady T. Brady	456	237	5,244	8,224	63.8	61,582	7.5	259.8	152	97.2	5.5	1.8	417	2,596
5	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
6	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
7	Eli Manning E. Manning	320	201	4,072	6,825	59.7	48,214	7.1	239.9	215	83.7	4.7	3.2	328	2,279
8	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	314	180	3,811	5,917	64.4	45,833	7.7	254.6	156	94.7	5.3	2.6	362	2,178
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	301	185	3,804	5,932	64.1	46,814	7.9	253.0	160	94.1	5.1	2.7	456	3,008
10	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
11	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	297	142	3,034	4,657	65.1	36,827	7.9	259.3	72	104.1	6.4	1.5	341	2,163
12	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
13	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
14	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	285	175	3,777	6,040	62.5	44,269	7.3	253.0	180	88.0	4.7	3.0	318	2,214
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Tony Romo T. Romo	248	156	2,829	4,335	65.3	34,183	7.9	219.1	117	97.1	5.7	2.7	248	1,672
22	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
23	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
24	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	240	142	3,288	5,064	64.9	37,701	7.4	265.5	114	93.6	4.7	2.3	255	1,681
25	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

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