nfl most passing touchdowns for a career for a player before 2020

Before 2020, Drew Brees had the most passing touchdowns, with 547 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	Drew Brees D. Brees	547	275	6,867	10,161	67.6	77,416	7.6	281.5	237	98.4	5.4	2.3	407	2,902
2	Tom Brady T. Brady	541	285	6,377	9,988	63.8	74,571	7.5	261.7	179	97.0	5.4	1.8	500	3,129
3	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
4	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
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	Philip Rivers P. Rivers	397	228	4,908	7,591	64.7	59,271	7.8	260.0	198	95.1	5.2	2.6	446	2,724
7	Eli Manning E. Manning	366	236	4,895	8,119	60.3	57,023	7.0	241.6	244	84.1	4.5	3.0	411	2,870
8	Aaron Rodgers A. Rodgers	364	181	3,913	6,061	64.6	46,946	7.7	259.4	84	102.4	6.0	1.4	448	2,968
9	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	363	218	4,651	7,230	64.3	56,545	7.8	259.4	191	94.0	5.0	2.6	503	3,320
10	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
11	Matt Ryan M. Ryan	321	189	4,460	6,817	65.4	51,186	7.5	270.8	147	94.6	4.7	2.2	369	2,449
12	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
13	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	294	182	3,941	6,307	62.5	46,247	7.3	254.1	187	87.9	4.7	3.0	340	2,364
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Matthew Stafford M. Stafford	256	149	3,559	5,696	62.5	41,025	7.2	275.3	134	89.3	4.5	2.4	347	2,242
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Eagles	2	5	0	.286
Commanders	1	4	1	.250
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Bears	5	2	0	.714
Lions	4	2	0	.667
Packers	4	3	0	.571
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	3	3	0	.500
Falcons	3	4	0	.429
Buccaneers	2	5	0	.286
Saints	2	5	0	.286
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Bengals	4	2	0	.667
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Colts	2	5	0	.286
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Broncos	5	2	0	.714
Raiders	3	4	0	.429
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