nfl passing touchdown leaders 1980 to 1990

Between the 1980 and 1990 seasons, Dan Marino and Joe Montana were tied for the most passing touchdowns, with 241 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Dan Marino
D. Marino
241
119
2,480
4,181
59.3
31,416
7.5
264.0
136
88.5
5.8
3.3
98
760
2Joe Montana
J. Montana
241
150
2,901
4,556
63.7
34,902
7.7
232.7
123
93.4
5.3
2.7
281
1,894
3Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
184
119
1,909
3,291
58.0
24,052
7.3
202.1
136
82.3
5.6
4.1
309
2,518
4Dan Fouts
D. Fouts
172
101
2,156
3,599
59.9
28,301
7.9
280.2
141
84.4
4.8
3.9
169
1,257
5Phil Simms
P. Simms
158
126
2,030
3,704
54.8
26,776
7.2
212.5
127
77.8
4.3
3.4
377
2,736
6Danny White
D. White
152
106
1,705
2,847
59.9
21,229
7.5
200.3
126
82.4
5.3
4.4
233
1,997
7Boomer Esiason
B. Esiason
150
101
1,520
2,687
56.6
21,381
8.0
211.7
98
85.8
5.6
3.6
186
1,475
8Steve DeBerg
S. DeBerg
141
140
1,892
3,299
57.4
23,268
7.1
166.2
132
76.8
4.3
4.0
211
1,764
9Neil Lomax
N. Lomax
136
108
1,817
3,153
57.6
22,771
7.2
210.8
90
82.7
4.3
2.9
362
2,700
10John Elway
J. Elway
135
116
1,959
3,572
54.8
24,721
6.9
213.1
128
74.3
3.8
3.6
250
1,900
11Warren Moon
W. Moon
134
99
1,701
3,025
56.2
22,989
7.6
232.2
112
79.9
4.4
3.7
242
1,906
12Tommy Kramer
T. Kramer
131
103
1,662
3,012
55.2
20,905
6.9
203.0
129
73.6
4.3
4.3
206
1,281
13Ron Jaworski
R. Jaworski
126
118
1,571
2,875
54.6
20,132
7.0
170.6
107
75.9
4.4
3.7
224
1,774
14Lynn Dickey
L. Dickey
116
81
1,304
2,249
58.0
17,771
7.9
219.4
119
78.5
5.2
5.3
204
1,585
15Joe Theismann
J. Theismann
110
84
1,442
2,439
59.1
17,442
7.2
207.6
85
81.7
4.5
3.5
208
1,661
16Ken O'Brien
K. O'Brien
109
98
1,697
2,878
59.0
20,444
7.1
208.6
78
82.2
3.8
2.7
295
2,204
17Steve Bartkowski
S. Bartkowski
109
77
1,305
2,196
59.4
15,995
7.3
207.7
69
85.4
5.0
3.1
212
1,678
18Randall Cunningham
R. Cunningham
107
81
1,230
2,253
54.6
15,399
6.8
190.1
71
78.8
4.7
3.2
297
2,235
19Jim Kelly
J. Kelly
105
71
1,251
2,088
59.9
15,730
7.5
221.5
72
85.8
5.0
3.4
150
1,172
20Bill Kenney
B. Kenney
105
106
1,330
2,430
54.7
17,277
7.1
163.0
86
77.0
4.3
3.5
195
1,487
21Joe Ferguson
J. Ferguson
104
91
1,300
2,406
54.0
15,267
6.3
167.8
115
68.0
4.3
4.8
121
1,175
22Jim Everett
J. Everett
101
65
1,154
2,038
56.6
15,345
7.5
236.1
73
82.2
5.0
3.6
112
798
23Steve Grogan
S. Grogan
93
76
1,048
1,927
54.4
14,735
7.6
193.9
106
72.4
4.8
5.5
127
944
24Richard Todd
R. Todd
88
74
1,181
2,099
56.3
14,368
6.8
194.2
100
71.6
4.2
4.8
171
1,347
25Marc Wilson
M. Wilson
86
126
1,085
2,081
52.1
14,391
6.9
114.2
102
67.7
4.1
4.9
210
1,510
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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