who lead the nfl in passing touchdowns in 1981

Dan Fouts had the most passing touchdowns in 1981, with 33 touchdowns.

	NAME	TD	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Dan Fouts D. Fouts	33	1981	SD	16	360	609	59.1	4,802	7.9	300.1	17	90.6	5.4	2.8	19	134
2	Steve Bartkowski S. Bartkowski	30	1981	ATL	16	297	533	55.7	3,829	7.2	239.3	23	79.2	5.6	4.3	37	287
3	Ken Anderson K. Anderson	29	1981	CIN	16	300	479	62.6	3,754	7.8	234.6	10	98.4	6.1	2.1	25	140
4	Tommy Kramer T. Kramer	26	1981	MIN	14	322	593	54.3	3,912	6.6	279.4	24	72.6	4.4	4.0	19	149
5	Richard Todd R. Todd	25	1981	NYJ	16	279	497	56.1	3,231	6.5	201.9	13	81.8	5.0	2.6	30	224
6	Joe Ferguson J. Ferguson	24	1981	BUF	16	252	498	50.6	3,652	7.3	228.3	20	74.1	4.8	4.0	15	137
7	Ron Jaworski R. Jaworski	23	1981	PHI	16	250	461	54.2	3,095	6.7	193.4	20	73.8	5.0	4.3	21	197
8	Terry Bradshaw T. Bradshaw	22	1981	PIT	14	201	370	54.3	2,887	7.8	206.2	14	83.9	5.9	3.8	17	155
9	Danny White D. White	22	1981	DAL	16	223	391	57.0	3,098	7.9	193.6	13	87.5	5.6	3.3	30	234
10	Bert Jones B. Jones	21	1981	BAL	15	244	426	57.3	3,094	7.3	206.3	20	76.9	4.9	4.7	31	263
11	Craig Morton C. Morton	21	1981	DEN	15	225	376	59.8	3,195	8.5	213.0	14	90.5	5.6	3.7	54	394
12	Joe Montana J. Montana	19	1981	SF	16	311	488	63.7	3,565	7.3	222.8	12	88.4	3.9	2.5	26	193
13	Joe Theismann J. Theismann	19	1981	WAS	16	293	496	59.1	3,568	7.2	223.0	20	77.3	3.8	4.0	28	259
14	Doug Williams D. Williams	19	1981	TB	16	238	471	50.5	3,563	7.6	222.7	14	76.8	4.0	3.0	18	135
15	Lynn Dickey L. Dickey	17	1981	GB	13	204	354	57.6	2,593	7.3	199.5	15	79.0	4.8	4.2	40	298
16	Brian Sipe B. Sipe	17	1981	CLE	16	313	567	55.2	3,876	6.8	242.3	25	68.2	3.0	4.4	34	310
17	Eric Hipple E. Hipple	14	1981	DET	16	140	279	50.2	2,358	8.5	147.4	15	73.4	5.0	5.4	27	208
18	Ken Stabler K. Stabler	14	1981	HOU	13	165	285	57.9	1,988	7.0	152.9	18	69.5	4.9	6.3	29	254
19	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	14	1981	OAK	13	173	366	47.3	2,311	6.3	177.8	19	58.9	3.8	5.2	30	241
20	Jim Zorn J. Zorn	13	1981	SEA	13	236	397	59.4	2,788	7.0	214.5	9	82.4	3.3	2.3	24	201
21	David Woodley D. Woodley	12	1981	MIA	15	191	366	52.2	2,470	6.7	164.7	13	69.8	3.3	3.6	24	191
22	Vince Evans V. Evans	11	1981	CHI	16	195	436	44.7	2,354	5.4	147.1	20	51.1	2.5	4.6	23	173
23	Jim Hart J. Hart	11	1981	STL	10	134	241	55.6	1,694	7.0	169.4	14	68.7	4.6	5.8	16	119
24	Phil Simms P. Simms	11	1981	NYG	10	172	316	54.4	2,031	6.4	203.1	9	74.0	3.5	2.8	38	301
25	Pat Haden P. Haden	9	1981	LA	13	138	267	51.7	1,815	6.8	139.6	13	64.4	3.4	4.9	28	227

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