nfl player most passing touchdown in 1950s

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

NAME TD GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Bobby Layne
B. Layne
151
119
1,349
2,758
48.9
20,035
7.3
168.4
173
65.2
5.5
6.3
2 Norm 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
3 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
119
112
994
1,989
50.0
13,587
6.8
121.3
119
67.2
6.0
6.0
4 Tobin Rote
T. Rote
119
118
1,082
2,450
44.2
15,144
6.2
128.3
158
54.0
4.9
6.4
5 Y.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
6 Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
7 Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
84
46
611
1,129
54.1
8,954
7.9
194.7
48
87.3
7.4
4.3
8 Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
79
681
1,334
51.0
9,430
7.1
119.4
89
63.3
5.1
6.7
9 Adrian Burk
A. Burk
61
82
500
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
10 Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
59
82
539
1,104
48.8
8,068
7.3
98.4
88
57.8
5.3
8.0
11 Lamar McHan
L. McHan
58
72
481
1,120
42.9
7,383
6.6
102.5
86
50.6
5.2
7.7
12 Jim Finks
J. Finks
53
68
637
1,311
48.6
8,300
6.3
122.1
80
57.0
4.0
6.1
13 Ed Brown
E. Brown
52
72
502
999
50.3
7,877
7.9
109.4
66
66.6
5.2
6.6
14 George Blanda
G. Blanda
48
104
436
967
45.1
5,739
5.9
55.2
65
52.9
5.0
6.7
15 Billy Wade
B. Wade
44
58
497
934
53.2
7,278
7.8
125.5
57
69.2
4.7
6.1
16 George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
39
53
299
565
52.9
4,279
7.6
80.7
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
17 Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
34
53
282
651
43.3
4,392
6.7
82.9
68
44.1
5.2
10.4
18 Milt Plum
M. Plum
27
33
299
531
56.3
4,201
7.9
127.3
24
80.1
5.1
4.5
19 Frankie Albert
F. Albert
27
36
316
601
52.6
3,847
6.4
106.9
43
57.7
4.5
7.2
20 Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
27
35
261
498
52.4
3,761
7.6
107.5
34
66.9
5.4
6.8
21 Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
23
27
201
430
46.7
2,879
6.7
106.6
39
49.0
5.3
9.1
22 Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
22
47
267
582
45.9
4,086
7.0
86.9
33
58.5
3.8
5.7
23 George Shaw
G. Shaw
22
41
234
446
52.5
3,253
7.3
79.3
32
62.7
4.9
7.2
24 Bart Starr
B. Starr
19
45
289
550
52.5
3,661
6.7
81.4
32
60.9
3.5
5.8
25 Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
19
30
177
353
50.1
2,386
6.8
79.5
29
55.7
5.4
8.2
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