who was the first quarterback to pass for 20 touchdowns in a single season

Sid Luckman had 202 passing attempts when scoring 20+ passing touchdowns in 1943.

Interpreted as:
Who was the first quarterback to pass for 20 or more passing touchdowns in a single season?
NAMEATTTDSEASONTMGPCMPPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
202
28
1943
CHB CHB
10
110
54.5
2,194
10.9
219.4
12
107.5
13.9
5.9
2Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
354
25
1947
WAS WAS
12
210
59.3
2,938
8.3
244.8
15
92.0
7.1
4.2
3Sid Luckman
S. Luckman
323
24
1947
CHB CHB
12
176
54.5
2,712
8.4
226.0
31
67.7
7.4
9.6
4Sammy Baugh
S. Baugh
315
22
1948
WAS WAS
12
185
58.7
2,599
8.3
216.6
23
78.3
7.0
7.3
5Tommy Thompson
T. Thompson
246
25
1948
PHI PHI
12
141
57.3
1,965
8.0
163.8
11
98.4
10.2
4.5
6Johnny Lujack
J. Lujack
312
23
1949
CHB CHB
12
162
51.9
2,658
8.5
221.5
22
76.0
7.4
7.1
7George Ratterman
G. Ratterman
294
22
1950
NYY NYY
12
140
47.6
2,251
7.7
187.6
24
64.6
7.5
8.2
8Bobby Layne
B. Layne
332
26
1951
DET DET
12
152
45.8
2,403
7.2
200.3
23
67.6
7.8
6.9
9Jim Finks
J. Finks
336
20
1952
PIT PIT
12
158
47.0
2,307
6.9
192.3
19
66.2
6.0
5.7
10Otto Graham
O. Graham
364
20
1952
CLE CLE
12
181
49.7
2,816
7.7
234.7
24
66.6
5.5
6.6
11Bobby Thomason
B. Thomason
304
21
1953
PHI PHI
12
162
53.3
2,462
8.1
205.2
20
75.8
6.9
6.6
12Y.A. Tittle
Y.A. Tittle
259
20
1953
SF SF
11
149
57.5
2,121
8.2
192.8
16
84.1
7.7
6.2
13Adrian Burk
A. Burk
231
23
1954
PHI PHI
12
123
53.2
1,740
7.5
145.0
17
80.4
10.0
7.4
14Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
301
24
1957
BAL BAL
12
172
57.1
2,550
8.5
212.5
17
88.0
8.0
5.6
15Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
265
20
1957
LA LA
12
132
49.8
2,105
7.9
175.4
21
68.8
7.5
7.9
16Bobby Layne
B. Layne
297
20
1959
PIT PIT
12
142
47.8
1,986
6.7
165.5
21
62.8
6.7
7.1
17Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
367
32
1959
BAL BAL
12
193
52.6
2,899
7.9
241.6
14
92.0
8.7
3.8
18George Blanda
G. Blanda
363
24
1960
HOU HOU
14
169
46.6
2,413
6.6
172.4
22
65.4
6.6
6.1
19Al Dorow
A. Dorow
396
26
1960
NYT NYT
14
201
50.8
2,748
6.9
196.3
26
67.8
6.6
6.6
20Jack Kemp
J. Kemp
406
20
1960
LAC LAC
14
211
52.0
3,018
7.4
215.6
25
67.1
4.9
6.2
21Milt Plum
M. Plum
250
21
1960
CLE CLE
12
151
60.4
2,297
9.2
191.4
5
110.4
8.4
2.0
22Butch Songin
B. Songin
392
22
1960
BOS BOS
14
187
47.7
2,476
6.3
176.9
15
70.9
5.6
3.8
23Frank Tripucka
F. Tripucka
478
24
1960
DEN DEN
14
248
51.9
3,038
6.4
217.0
34
58.9
5.0
7.1
24Johnny Unitas
J. Unitas
378
25
1960
BAL BAL
12
190
50.3
3,099
8.2
258.3
24
73.7
6.6
6.3
25Norm Van Brocklin
N. Van Brocklin
284
24
1960
PHI PHI
12
153
53.9
2,471
8.7
205.9
17
86.5
8.5
6.0
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