who has the most touchdowns passes in 1972

Billy Kilmer and Joe Namath were tied for the most passing touchdowns in 1972, with 19 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
19
1972
12
120
225
53.3
1,648
7.3
137.3
11
84.8
8.4
4.9
9
67
2Joe Namath
J. Namath
19
1972
13
162
324
50.0
2,816
8.7
216.6
21
72.5
5.9
6.5
11
101
3Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
18
1972
14
149
281
53.0
1,998
7.1
142.7
12
79.5
6.4
4.3
14
136
4Greg Landry
G. Landry
18
1972
14
134
268
50.0
2,066
7.7
147.6
17
71.8
6.7
6.3
25
149
5Archie Manning
A. Manning
18
1972
14
230
448
51.3
2,781
6.2
198.6
21
64.6
4.0
4.7
43
347
6Steve Spurrier
S. Spurrier
18
1972
13
147
269
54.6
1,983
7.4
152.5
16
75.9
6.7
5.9
14
114
7Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
18
1972
14
215
378
56.9
2,651
7.0
189.4
13
80.2
4.8
3.4
26
203
8Norm Snead
N. Snead
17
1972
14
196
325
60.3
2,307
7.1
164.8
12
84.0
5.2
3.7
8
66
9John Hadl
J. Hadl
15
1972
14
190
370
51.4
2,449
6.6
174.9
26
56.7
4.1
7.0
19
187
10Craig Morton
C. Morton
15
1972
14
185
339
54.6
2,396
7.1
171.1
21
65.9
4.4
6.2
23
179
11Charley Johnson
C. Johnson
14
1972
12
132
238
55.5
1,783
7.5
148.6
14
74.6
5.9
5.9
12
82
12Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
14
1972
14
136
258
52.7
1,666
6.5
119.0
17
63.5
5.4
6.6
38
320
13Bob Berry
B. Berry
13
1972
14
154
277
55.6
2,158
7.8
154.1
12
78.5
4.7
4.3
39
255
14Len Dawson
L. Dawson
13
1972
14
175
305
57.4
1,835
6.0
131.1
12
72.8
4.3
3.9
28
255
15Mike Phipps
M. Phipps
13
1972
14
144
305
47.2
1,994
6.5
142.4
16
61.0
4.3
5.2
23
183
16Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
12
1972
14
147
308
47.7
1,887
6.1
134.8
12
64.1
3.9
3.9
29
237
17Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
12
1972
14
165
323
51.1
2,027
6.3
144.8
15
63.8
3.7
4.6
12
102
18Marty Domres
M. Domres
11
1972
12
115
222
51.8
1,392
6.3
116.0
6
76.6
5.0
2.7
11
96
19Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
11
1972
14
83
150
55.3
1,360
9.1
97.1
7
91.0
7.3
4.7
14
114
20John Brodie
J. Brodie
9
1972
6
70
110
63.6
905
8.2
150.8
8
86.4
8.2
7.3
8
39
21Bobby Douglass
B. Douglass
9
1972
14
75
198
37.9
1,246
6.3
89.0
12
49.8
4.5
6.1
32
175
22Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
8
1972
14
169
355
47.6
2,196
6.2
156.9
25
45.7
2.3
7.0
39
385
23Ken Anderson
K. Anderson
7
1972
13
171
301
56.8
1,918
6.4
147.5
7
74.0
2.3
2.3
18
155
24Mike Livingston
M. Livingston
7
1972
5
41
78
52.6
480
6.2
96.0
8
61.9
9.0
10.3
6
42
25Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
7
1972
14
144
299
48.2
1,711
5.7
122.2
12
57.1
2.3
4.0
37
310
StatMuse has season-level data for passing touchdowns going back to the 1921 season.

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