nfl most qb touchdown passes in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Bobby Layne had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback, with 151 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
151
119
1,349
2,758
48.9
20,035
7.3
168.4
173
65.2
5.5
6.3
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
143
120
1,368
2,553
53.6
20,539
8.0
171.2
159
73.0
5.6
6.2
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
119
112
994
1,989
50.0
13,587
6.8
121.3
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
4Tobin Rote
T. Rote
119
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
5Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
112
115
1,318
2,382
55.3
17,206
7.2
149.6
150
67.7
4.7
6.3
6Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
7Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
8Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
79
681
1,334
51.0
9,430
7.1
119.4
89
63.3
5.1
6.7
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
59
82
539
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
10Lamar McHan
L. McHan
58
72
481
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
11Adrian Burk
A. Burk
57
70
463
997
46.4
6,440
6.5
92.0
84
51.6
5.7
8.4
12Jim Finks
J. Finks
52
47
618
1,278
48.4
8,064
6.3
171.6
78
56.8
4.1
6.1
13Ed Brown
E. Brown
49
60
492
982
50.1
7,594
7.7
126.6
65
65.1
5.0
6.6
14Billy Wade
B. Wade
44
58
497
934
53.2
7,278
7.8
125.5
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
15George Blanda
G. Blanda
40
56
379
810
46.8
4,991
6.2
89.1
51
57.0
4.9
6.3
16George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
39
53
299
565
52.9
4,279
7.6
80.7
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
17Milt Plum
M. Plum
27
33
299
531
56.3
4,201
7.9
127.3
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
18Frankie Albert
F. Albert
27
36
316
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
19Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
23
27
201
430
46.7
2,879
6.7
106.6
39
49.0
5.3
9.1
20Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
22
47
267
582
45.9
4,086
7.0
86.9
33
58.5
3.8
5.7
21George Shaw
G. Shaw
22
41
234
446
52.5
3,253
7.3
79.3
32
62.7
4.9
7.2
22Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
21
41
205
474
43.2
2,976
6.3
72.6
51
39.5
4.4
10.8
23Bart Starr
B. Starr
19
45
289
550
52.5
3,661
6.7
81.4
32
60.9
3.5
5.8
24Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
19
30
177
353
50.1
2,386
6.8
79.5
29
55.7
5.4
8.2
25Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
18
48
176
362
48.6
2,588
7.1
53.9
37
49.4
5.0
10.2
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