who has passed for the most touchdowns in a career

Tom Brady had 12,050 pass attempts in his career.

Interpreted as:
Who has passed for the most passing touchdowns in a career?
NAMEATTTDGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Tom Brady
T. Brady
12,050
649
335
7,753
64.3
89,214
7.4
266.3
212
97.2
5.4
1.8
565
3,576
2Drew Brees
D. Brees
10,551
571
287
7,142
67.7
80,358
7.6
280.0
243
98.7
5.4
2.3
420
2,991
3Peyton Manning
P. Manning
9,380
539
266
6,125
65.3
71,940
7.7
270.5
251
96.5
5.7
2.7
303
1,953
4Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
8,743
527
264
5,696
65.1
66,274
7.6
251.0
123
102.2
6.0
1.4
600
4,088
5Brett Favre
B. Favre
10,169
508
302
6,300
62.0
71,838
7.1
237.9
336
86.0
5.0
3.3
525
3,487
6Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
8,226
425
247
5,335
64.9
63,984
7.8
259.0
212
95.0
5.2
2.6
470
2,879
7Matthew Stafford
M. Stafford
8,763
423
239
5,562
63.5
64,516
7.4
269.9
196
92.4
4.8
2.2
525
3,515
8Dan Marino
D. Marino
8,358
420
242
4,967
59.4
61,361
7.3
253.6
252
86.4
5.0
3.0
270
1,930
9Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
8,443
418
249
5,440
64.4
64,088
7.6
257.4
211
93.5
5.0
2.5
554
3,670
10Matt Ryan
M. Ryan
8,464
381
234
5,551
65.6
62,792
7.4
268.3
183
93.6
4.5
2.2
488
3,267
11Eli Manning
E. Manning
8,119
366
236
4,895
60.3
57,023
7.0
241.6
244
84.1
4.5
3.0
411
2,870
12Russell Wilson
R. Wilson
6,120
353
205
3,951
64.6
46,966
7.7
229.1
114
99.3
5.8
1.9
570
3,749
13Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
6,467
342
246
3,686
57.0
47,003
7.3
191.1
266
80.4
5.3
4.1
274
2,337
14John Elway
J. Elway
7,250
300
234
4,123
56.9
51,475
7.1
220.0
226
79.9
4.1
3.1
516
3,785
15Kirk Cousins
K. Cousins
5,899
298
174
3,934
66.7
44,700
7.6
256.9
131
96.8
5.1
2.2
345
2,487
16Carson Palmer
C. Palmer
6,307
294
182
3,941
62.5
46,247
7.3
254.1
187
87.9
4.7
3.0
340
2,364
17Warren Moon
W. Moon
6,823
291
208
3,988
58.4
49,325
7.2
237.1
233
80.9
4.3
3.4
458
3,415
18Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
5,186
290
211
2,830
54.6
40,239
7.8
190.7
253
78.2
5.6
4.9
74
590
19Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
6,701
275
233
3,787
56.5
46,233
6.9
198.4
267
75.0
4.1
4.0
417
2,992
20Joe Montana
J. Montana
5,391
273
192
3,409
63.2
40,551
7.5
211.2
139
92.3
5.1
2.6
313
2,095
21Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
7,167
272
209
4,417
61.6
48,176
6.7
230.5
172
84.1
3.8
2.4
422
3,000
22Patrick Mahomes
P. Mahomes
4,673
267
126
3,093
66.2
35,939
7.7
285.2
85
100.8
5.7
1.8
218
1,412
23Dave Krieg
D. Krieg
5,311
261
213
3,105
58.5
38,147
7.2
179.1
199
81.5
4.9
3.7
494
3,794
24Derek Carr
D. Carr
5,785
257
169
3,765
65.1
41,245
7.1
244.1
112
92.8
4.4
1.9
303
1,890
25Jared Goff
J. Goff
5,224
256
151
3,440
65.8
39,622
7.6
262.4
102
96.8
4.9
2.0
286
2,074
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