passing tds leader 1949 to 1960

Between the 1949 and 1960 seasons, Bobby Layne and Norm Van Brocklin were tied for the most passing touchdowns, with 173 touchdowns.

NAMETDGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Bobby Layne
B. Layne
173
143
1,607
3,266
49.2
23,645
7.2
165.3
208
64.4
5.3
6.4
2Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
173
140
1,553
2,895
53.6
23,611
8.2
168.7
178
75.1
6.0
6.1
3Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
144
136
1,212
2,428
49.9
16,679
6.9
122.6
146
67.0
5.9
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
116
124
1,387
2,509
55.3
17,900
7.1
144.4
153
67.9
4.6
6.1
6Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
109
58
801
1,507
53.2
12,053
8.0
207.8
72
83.9
7.2
4.8
7Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
8George Blanda
G. Blanda
72
130
614
1,351
45.4
8,349
6.2
64.2
92
55.1
5.3
6.8
9Eddie LeBaron
E. LeBaron
71
93
650
1,329
48.9
9,804
7.4
105.4
113
56.0
5.3
8.5
10Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
68
85
687
1,346
51.0
9,480
7.0
111.5
90
62.9
5.1
6.7
11Lamar McHan
L. McHan
61
84
514
1,211
42.4
7,900
6.5
94.0
91
50.1
5.0
7.5
12Adrian Burk
A. Burk
61
82
500
1,079
46.3
7,001
6.5
85.4
89
52.2
5.7
8.2
13Ed Brown
E. Brown
59
84
561
1,148
48.9
8,956
7.8
106.6
77
64.5
5.1
6.7
14Billy Wade
B. Wade
56
69
603
1,116
54.0
8,572
7.7
124.2
68
70.5
5.0
6.1
15Jim Finks
J. Finks
55
79
661
1,382
47.8
8,622
6.2
109.1
88
54.7
4.0
6.4
16Milt Plum
M. Plum
48
45
450
781
57.6
6,498
8.3
144.4
29
89.8
6.1
3.7
17Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
44
47
415
794
52.3
5,929
7.5
126.1
58
64.8
5.5
7.3
18Al Dorow
A. Dorow
43
51
345
694
49.7
4,724
6.8
92.6
56
58.9
6.2
8.1
19Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
42
45
465
946
49.2
5,644
6.0
125.4
73
50.6
4.4
7.7
20Babe Parilli
B. Parilli
39
67
369
838
44.0
5,395
6.4
80.5
79
41.8
4.7
9.4
21George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
39
53
299
565
52.9
4,279
7.6
80.7
41
70.5
6.9
7.3
22Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
37
42
322
608
53.0
4,289
7.1
102.1
43
66.4
6.1
7.1
23Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
35
36
368
742
49.6
5,684
7.7
157.9
51
62.4
4.7
6.9
24George Shaw
G. Shaw
33
50
310
601
51.6
4,516
7.5
90.3
45
63.5
5.5
7.5
25Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
33
39
264
580
45.5
3,627
6.3
93.0
52
47.7
5.7
9.0
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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