nfl passing touchdown leaders 1965

John Brodie had the most passing touchdowns in 1965, with 30 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Brodie
J. Brodie
30
1965
13
242
391
61.9
3,112
8.0
239.4
16
95.3
7.7
4.1
2Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
23
1965
11
164
282
58.2
2,530
9.0
230.0
12
97.4
8.2
4.3
3Don Meredith
D. Meredith
22
1965
14
141
305
46.2
2,415
7.9
172.5
13
79.9
7.2
4.3
4Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
22
1965
14
155
302
51.3
2,446
8.1
174.7
12
86.3
7.3
4.0
5Len Dawson
L. Dawson
21
1965
14
163
305
53.4
2,262
7.4
161.6
14
81.3
6.9
4.6
6George Blanda
G. Blanda
20
1965
14
186
442
42.1
2,542
5.8
181.6
30
47.9
4.5
6.8
7Rudy Bukich
R. Bukich
20
1965
14
176
312
56.4
2,641
8.5
188.6
9
93.7
6.4
2.9
8John Hadl
J. Hadl
20
1965
14
174
348
50.0
2,798
8.0
199.9
21
71.3
5.7
6.0
9Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
19
1965
14
171
329
52.0
2,609
7.9
186.4
11
83.8
5.8
3.3
10Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
18
1965
11
155
322
48.1
2,439
7.6
221.7
15
73.0
5.6
4.7
11Joe Namath
J. Namath
18
1965
13
164
340
48.2
2,220
6.5
170.8
15
68.8
5.3
4.4
12Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
18
1965
14
173
426
40.6
2,597
6.1
185.5
26
50.0
4.2
6.1
13Frank Ryan
F. Ryan
18
1965
12
119
243
49.0
1,751
7.2
145.9
13
75.3
7.4
5.3
14Bart Starr
B. Starr
16
1965
14
140
251
55.8
2,055
8.2
146.8
9
89.0
6.4
3.6
15Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
15
1965
13
190
356
53.4
2,367
6.6
182.1
16
69.6
4.2
4.5
16Norm Snead
N. Snead
15
1965
11
150
288
52.1
2,346
8.1
213.3
13
78.0
5.2
4.5
17Tom Flores
T. Flores
14
1965
14
122
269
45.4
1,593
5.9
113.8
11
64.9
5.2
4.1
18Milt Plum
M. Plum
12
1965
14
143
308
46.4
1,710
5.6
122.1
19
51.2
3.9
6.2
19Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
11
1965
7
83
173
48.0
1,321
7.6
188.7
5
83.0
6.4
2.9
20Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
10
1965
14
179
391
45.8
2,368
6.1
169.1
18
54.8
2.6
4.6
21Bill Munson
B. Munson
10
1965
10
144
267
53.9
1,701
6.4
170.1
14
64.2
3.7
5.2
22Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
8
1965
12
121
270
44.8
1,917
7.1
159.8
17
52.7
3.0
6.3
23Dick Wood
D. Wood
8
1965
14
69
157
43.9
1,003
6.4
71.6
6
66.4
5.1
3.8
24Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
7
1965
7
54
105
51.4
700
6.7
100.0
4
79.1
6.7
3.8
25John McCormick
J. McCormick
7
1965
14
103
253
40.7
1,292
5.1
92.3
14
43.5
2.8
5.5
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