single season passing touchdown leader 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Johnny Unitas had the most passing touchdowns in a season, with 32 touchdowns in 1959.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
32
1959
BAL BAL
12
193
367
52.6
2,899
7.9
241.6
14
92.0
8.7
3.8
2Bobby Layne
B. Layne
26
1951
DET DET
12
152
332
45.8
2,403
7.2
200.3
23
67.6
7.8
6.9
3Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
24
1957
BAL BAL
12
172
301
57.1
2,550
8.5
212.5
17
88.0
8.0
5.6
4Adrian Burk
A. Burk
23
1954
PHI PHI
12
123
231
53.2
1,740
7.5
145.0
17
80.4
10.0
7.4
5George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
22
1950
NYY NYY
12
140
294
47.6
2,251
7.7
187.6
24
64.6
7.5
8.2
6Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
21
1953
PHI PHI
12
162
304
53.3
2,462
8.1
205.2
20
75.8
6.9
6.6
7Bobby Layne
B. Layne
20
1959
PIT PIT
12
142
297
47.8
1,986
6.7
165.5
21
62.8
6.7
7.1
8Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
20
1957
LA LA
12
132
265
49.8
2,105
7.9
175.4
21
68.8
7.5
7.9
9Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
20
1953
SF SF
11
149
259
57.5
2,121
8.2
192.8
16
84.1
7.7
6.2
10Jim Finks
J. Finks
20
1952
PIT PIT
12
158
336
47.0
2,307
6.9
192.3
19
66.2
6.0
5.7
11Otto Graham
O. Graham
20
1952
CLE CLE
12
181
364
49.7
2,816
7.7
234.7
24
66.6
5.5
6.6
12Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
19
1958
BAL BAL
10
136
263
51.7
2,007
7.6
200.7
7
90.0
7.2
2.7
13Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
19
1953
LA LA
12
156
286
54.5
2,393
8.4
199.4
14
84.1
6.6
4.9
14Bobby Layne
B. Layne
19
1952
DET DET
12
139
287
48.4
1,999
7.0
166.6
20
64.5
6.6
7.0
15Billy Wade
B. Wade
18
1958
LA LA
12
181
341
53.1
2,875
8.4
239.6
22
72.2
5.3
6.5
16Tobin Rote
T. Rote
18
1956
GB GB
12
146
308
47.4
2,203
7.2
183.6
15
70.6
5.8
4.9
17Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
18
1950
LA LA
12
127
233
54.5
2,061
8.8
171.8
14
85.1
7.7
6.0
18Tobin Rote
T. Rote
17
1955
GB GB
12
157
342
45.9
1,977
5.8
164.8
19
57.8
5.0
5.6
19Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
17
1955
SF SF
12
147
287
51.2
2,185
7.6
182.1
28
56.6
5.9
9.8
20Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
17
1954
NYG NYG
10
103
210
49.0
1,439
6.9
143.9
11
76.7
8.1
5.2
21Otto Graham
O. Graham
17
1951
CLE CLE
12
147
265
55.5
2,205
8.3
183.8
16
79.2
6.4
6.0
22Jim Hardy
J. Hardy
17
1950
CHC CHC
11
117
257
45.5
1,636
6.4
148.7
24
49.7
6.6
9.3
23Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
16
1959
PHI PHI
12
191
340
56.2
2,617
7.7
218.1
14
79.5
4.7
4.1
24Bobby Layne
B. Layne
16
1953
DET DET
12
125
273
45.8
2,088
7.6
174.0
21
59.6
5.9
7.7
25Bobby Layne
B. Layne
16
1950
DET DET
12
152
336
45.2
2,323
6.9
193.6
18
62.1
4.8
5.4
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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