who led nfl in passing td in 1971

John Hadl had the most passing touchdowns in 1971, with 21 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1John Hadl
J. Hadl
21
1971
14
233
431
54.1
3,075
7.1
219.6
25
68.9
4.9
5.8
16
145
2Bob Griese
B. Griese
19
1971
14
145
263
55.1
2,089
7.9
149.2
9
90.9
7.2
3.4
23
248
3Jim Plunkett
J. Plunkett
19
1971
14
158
328
48.2
2,158
6.6
154.1
16
68.6
5.8
4.9
36
319
4John Brodie
J. Brodie
18
1971
14
208
387
53.7
2,642
6.8
188.7
24
65.0
4.7
6.2
11
111
5Roman Gabriel
R. Gabriel
17
1971
14
180
352
51.1
2,238
6.4
159.9
10
75.4
4.8
2.8
25
200
6Daryle Lamonica
D. Lamonica
16
1971
14
118
242
48.8
1,717
7.1
122.6
16
66.8
6.6
6.6
18
172
7Greg Landry
G. Landry
16
1971
14
136
261
52.1
2,237
8.6
159.8
13
80.9
6.1
5.0
29
232
8Len Dawson
L. Dawson
15
1971
14
167
301
55.5
2,504
8.3
178.9
13
81.6
5.0
4.3
30
303
9Roger Staubach
R. Staubach
15
1971
13
126
211
59.7
1,882
8.9
144.8
4
104.8
7.1
1.9
23
175
10Terry Bradshaw
T. Bradshaw
13
1971
14
203
373
54.4
2,259
6.1
161.4
22
59.7
3.5
5.9
33
287
11Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
13
1971
14
166
306
54.2
2,221
7.3
158.6
13
74.0
4.2
4.2
16
110
12Bill Nelsen
B. Nelsen
13
1971
14
174
325
53.5
2,319
7.1
165.6
23
60.3
4.0
7.1
22
222
13Bob Berry
B. Berry
11
1971
11
136
226
60.2
2,005
8.9
182.3
16
75.9
4.9
7.1
21
150
14Pete Liske
P. Liske
11
1971
14
143
269
53.2
1,957
7.3
139.8
15
67.1
4.1
5.6
13
134
15Dennis Shaw
D. Shaw
11
1971
13
149
291
51.2
1,813
6.2
139.5
26
46.1
3.8
8.9
33
276
16Fran Tarkenton
F. Tarkenton
11
1971
13
226
386
58.5
2,567
6.7
197.5
21
65.4
2.8
5.4
27
232
17Virgil Carter
V. Carter
10
1971
10
138
222
62.2
1,624
7.3
162.4
7
86.2
4.5
3.2
13
122
18Bob Davis
B. Davis
10
1971
13
49
121
40.5
624
5.2
48.0
8
57.3
8.3
6.6
14
92
19Jim Hart
J. Hart
8
1971
11
110
243
45.3
1,626
6.7
147.8
14
54.7
3.3
5.8
13
139
20Scott Hunter
S. Hunter
7
1971
13
75
163
46.0
1,210
7.4
93.1
17
46.1
4.3
10.4
11
81
21Earl Morrall
E. Morrall
7
1971
14
84
167
50.3
1,210
7.2
86.4
12
58.2
4.2
7.2
11
89
22Craig Morton
C. Morton
7
1971
10
78
143
54.5
1,131
7.9
113.1
8
73.5
4.9
5.6
9
76
23Dan Pastorini
D. Pastorini
7
1971
14
127
270
47.0
1,702
6.3
121.6
21
43.8
2.6
7.8
20
152
24Pete Beathard
P. Beathard
6
1971
9
60
141
42.6
1,030
7.3
114.4
12
46.7
4.3
8.5
6
46
25Gary Cuozzo
G. Cuozzo
6
1971
8
75
168
44.6
842
5.0
105.3
8
52.2
3.6
4.8
13
97
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