afc single-season passing touchdown record by quarterback 2016

Philip Rivers had the most passing touchdowns by an AFC quarterback in 2016, with 33 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASONTMGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Philip Rivers
P. Rivers
33
2016
16
349
578
60.4
4,386
7.6
274.1
21
87.9
5.7
3.6
36
188
2Andrew Luck
A. Luck
31
2016
15
346
545
63.5
4,240
7.8
282.7
13
96.4
5.7
2.4
41
268
3Ben Roethlisberger
B. Roethlisberger
29
2016
14
328
509
64.4
3,819
7.5
272.8
13
95.4
5.7
2.6
17
141
4Tom Brady
T. Brady
28
2016
12
291
432
67.4
3,554
8.2
296.2
2
112.2
6.5
0.5
15
87
5Derek Carr
D. Carr
28
2016
15
357
560
63.7
3,937
7.0
262.5
6
96.7
5.0
1.1
16
79
6Marcus Mariota
M. Mariota
26
2016
15
276
451
61.2
3,426
7.6
228.4
9
95.6
5.8
2.0
23
156
7Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
23
2016
16
368
625
58.9
3,905
6.2
244.1
16
78.8
3.7
2.6
34
197
8Joe Flacco
J. Flacco
20
2016
16
436
672
64.9
4,317
6.4
269.8
15
83.5
3.0
2.2
33
243
9Ryan Tannehill
R. Tannehill
19
2016
13
261
389
67.1
2,995
7.7
230.4
12
93.5
4.9
3.1
29
216
10Andy Dalton
A. Dalton
18
2016
16
364
563
64.7
4,206
7.5
262.9
8
91.8
3.2
1.4
41
264
11Trevor Siemian
T. Siemian
18
2016
14
289
486
59.5
3,401
7.0
242.9
10
84.6
3.7
2.1
31
187
12Tyrod Taylor
T. Taylor
17
2016
15
269
436
61.7
3,023
6.9
201.5
6
89.7
3.9
1.4
42
192
13Brock Osweiler
B. Osweiler
15
2016
15
301
510
59.0
2,957
5.8
197.1
16
72.2
2.9
3.1
27
206
14Alex Smith
A. Smith
15
2016
15
328
489
67.1
3,502
7.2
233.5
8
91.2
3.1
1.6
28
140
15Ryan Fitzpatrick
R. Fitzpatrick
12
2016
14
228
403
56.6
2,710
6.7
193.6
17
69.6
3.0
4.2
19
81
16Matt Moore
M. Moore
8
2016
4
55
87
63.2
721
8.3
180.3
3
105.6
9.2
3.4
1
0
17Josh McCown
J. McCown
6
2016
5
90
165
54.5
1,100
6.7
220.0
6
72.3
3.6
3.6
18
126
18Cody Kessler
C. Kessler
6
2016
9
128
195
65.6
1,380
7.1
153.3
2
92.3
3.1
1.0
21
140
19Landry Jones
L. Jones
4
2016
8
53
86
61.6
558
6.5
69.8
2
86.3
4.7
2.3
4
34
20Jimmy Garoppolo
J. Garoppolo
4
2016
6
43
63
68.3
502
8.0
83.7
0
113.3
6.3
0.0
3
15
21Nick Foles
N. Foles
3
2016
3
36
55
65.5
410
7.5
136.7
0
105.9
5.5
0.0
4
34
22Bryce Petty
B. Petty
3
2016
6
75
133
56.4
809
6.1
134.8
7
60.0
2.3
5.3
13
79
23Matt Cassel
M. Cassel
2
2016
4
30
51
58.8
284
5.6
71.0
2
71.0
3.9
3.9
5
23
24Robert Griffin III
R. Griffin III
2
2016
5
87
147
59.2
886
6.0
177.2
3
72.5
1.4
2.0
22
138
25Paxton Lynch
P. Lynch
2
2016
3
49
83
59.0
497
6.0
165.7
1
79.2
2.4
1.2
9
42
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