nfl passing td leaders from 1970 to 2023

Between the 1970 and 2023 seasons, Tom Brady had the most passing touchdowns, with 649 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
649
335
7,753
12,050
64.3
89,214
7.4
266.3
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
571
287
7,142
10,551
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Peyton 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
4Brett 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
5Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
475
231
5,001
7,661
65.3
59,055
7.7
255.6
105
103.6
6.2
1.4
531
3,606
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
421
244
5,277
8,134
64.9
63,440
7.8
260.0
209
95.2
5.2
2.6
465
2,842
7Dan 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
8Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
418
249
5,440
8,443
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
9Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
381
234
5,551
8,464
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
10Eli 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
11Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
357
206
4,834
7,649
63.2
56,047
7.3
272.1
180
91.0
4.7
2.4
474
3,152
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
334
188
3,668
5,665
64.7
43,653
7.7
232.2
106
100.0
5.9
1.9
527
3,464
13John 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
14Carson 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
15Warren 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
16Vinny 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
17Joe 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
18Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
270
150
3,465
5,177
66.9
39,471
7.6
263.1
110
98.2
5.2
2.1
304
2,207
19Dave 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
20Dan 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
21Drew 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
22Tony 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
23Boomer 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
24Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
246
169
3,408
5,454
62.5
38,511
7.1
227.9
144
87.6
4.5
2.6
348
2,281
25Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
245
188
4,004
6,503
61.6
43,936
6.8
233.7
155
84.2
3.8
2.4
386
2,759
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
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.353
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12
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9
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14
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14
3
0
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11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
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NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176