top 10 touchdowns qb leader in 2012

Drew Brees had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in 2012, with 43 touchdowns.

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NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Drew Brees
D. Brees
43
2012
16
422
670
63.0
5,177
7.7
323.6
19
96.3
6.4
2.8
26
190
2Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
39
2012
16
371
552
67.2
4,295
7.8
268.4
8
108.0
7.1
1.4
51
293
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
37
2012
16
400
583
68.6
4,659
8.0
291.2
11
105.8
6.3
1.9
21
137
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
34
2012
16
401
637
63.0
4,827
7.6
301.7
8
98.7
5.3
1.3
27
182
5Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
32
2012
16
422
615
68.6
4,719
7.7
294.9
14
99.1
5.2
2.3
28
210
6Tony Romo
T. Romo
28
2012
16
425
648
65.6
4,903
7.6
306.4
19
90.5
4.3
2.9
36
263
7Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
27
2012
16
329
528
62.3
3,669
6.9
229.3
16
87.4
5.1
3.0
46
229
8Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
27
2012
16
306
558
54.8
4,065
7.3
254.1
17
81.6
4.8
3.0
26
161
9Eli Manning
E. Manning
26
2012
16
321
536
59.9
3,948
7.4
246.8
15
87.2
4.9
2.8
19
136
10Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
26
2012
16
338
527
64.1
3,606
6.8
225.4
15
88.6
4.9
2.8
49
311
11Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
26
2012
13
284
449
63.3
3,265
7.3
251.2
8
97.0
5.8
1.8
30
182
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
26
2012
16
252
393
64.1
3,118
7.9
194.9
10
100.0
6.6
2.5
33
203
13Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
24
2012
16
306
505
60.6
3,400
6.7
212.5
16
83.3
4.8
3.2
30
161
14Andrew Luck
A. Luck
23
2012
16
339
627
54.1
4,374
7.0
273.4
18
76.5
3.7
2.9
41
246
15Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
22
2012
16
317
531
59.7
3,817
7.2
238.6
10
87.7
4.1
1.9
35
227
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
22
2012
15
345
565
61.1
4,018
7.1
267.9
14
85.3
3.9
2.5
26
199
17Matt Schaub
M. Schaub
22
2012
16
350
544
64.3
4,008
7.4
250.5
12
90.7
4.0
2.2
27
216
18Sam Bradford
S. Bradford
21
2012
16
328
551
59.5
3,702
6.7
231.4
13
82.6
3.8
2.4
35
233
19Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
20
2012
15
258
393
65.6
3,200
8.1
213.3
5
102.4
5.1
1.3
30
217
20Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
20
2012
16
435
727
59.8
4,967
6.8
310.4
17
79.8
2.8
2.3
29
212
21Jay Cutler
J. Cutler
19
2012
15
255
434
58.8
3,033
7.0
202.2
14
81.3
4.4
3.2
38
250
22Cam Newton
C. Newton
19
2012
16
280
485
57.7
3,869
8.0
241.8
12
86.2
3.9
2.5
36
244
23Christian Ponder
C. Ponder
18
2012
16
300
483
62.1
2,935
6.1
183.4
12
81.2
3.7
2.5
32
184
24Brandon Weeden
B. Weeden
14
2012
15
297
517
57.4
3,385
6.5
225.7
17
72.6
2.7
3.3
28
186
25Mark Sanchez
M. Sanchez
13
2012
15
246
453
54.3
2,883
6.4
192.2
18
66.9
2.9
4.0
34
209

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