most passing touchdowns by a player, qb, 1997 to 2006, afc

From 1997 through 2006, Peyton Manning had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback in the AFC, with 275 touchdowns.

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	NAME	TD	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Peyton Manning P. Manning	275	144	3,131	4,890	64.0	37,586	7.7	261.0	139	94.4	5.6	2.8	170	1,108
2	Steve McNair S. McNair	163	142	2,471	4,116	60.0	28,425	6.9	200.2	110	83.0	4.0	2.7	228	1,374
3	Tom Brady T. Brady	147	96	1,896	3,064	61.9	21,564	7.0	224.6	78	88.4	4.8	2.5	182	1,150
4	Drew Bledsoe D. Bledsoe	141	112	2,139	3,670	58.3	25,166	6.9	224.7	108	79.8	3.8	2.9	311	2,135
5	Rich Gannon R. Gannon	131	95	1,837	2,977	61.7	21,034	7.1	221.4	60	89.2	4.4	2.0	200	1,082
6	Trent Green T. Green	118	88	1,720	2,777	61.9	21,459	7.7	243.9	85	87.3	4.2	3.1	173	1,027
7	Mark Brunell M. Brunell	110	91	1,630	2,713	60.1	19,163	7.1	210.6	59	86.0	4.1	2.2	244	1,467
8	Jon Kitna J. Kitna	108	92	1,667	2,837	58.8	18,259	6.4	198.5	104	75.3	3.8	3.7	173	1,090
9	Vinny Testaverde V. Testaverde	96	81	1,367	2,327	58.7	15,497	6.7	191.3	73	79.5	4.1	3.1	97	674
10	Elvis Grbac E. Grbac	81	63	1,162	2,015	57.7	13,676	6.8	217.1	65	78.4	4.0	3.2	113	805
11	Drew Brees D. Brees	80	59	1,125	1,809	62.2	12,348	6.8	209.3	53	84.9	4.4	2.9	92	724
12	Carson Palmer C. Palmer	78	45	932	1,461	63.8	10,768	7.4	239.3	43	91.5	5.3	2.9	80	516
13	Brian Griese B. Griese	76	58	1,118	1,808	61.8	12,576	7.0	216.8	59	83.0	4.2	3.3	128	876
14	Chad Pennington C. Pennington	72	60	1,080	1,659	65.1	11,973	7.2	199.6	46	89.3	4.3	2.8	106	634
15	Doug Flutie D. Flutie	72	70	1,011	1,810	55.9	12,512	6.9	178.7	52	78.7	4.0	2.9	83	537
16	Jake Plummer J. Plummer	71	59	944	1,596	59.1	11,631	7.3	197.1	47	84.3	4.4	2.9	69	409
17	Jay Fiedler J. Fiedler	69	71	1,005	1,710	58.8	11,803	6.9	166.2	65	77.4	4.0	3.8	114	734
18	Kordell Stewart K. Stewart	69	90	1,174	2,070	56.7	13,168	6.4	146.3	70	72.9	3.3	3.4	141	865
19	Tim Couch T. Couch	64	62	1,025	1,714	59.8	11,131	6.5	179.5	67	75.1	3.7	3.9	166	1,119
20	David Carr D. Carr	59	76	1,243	2,070	60.0	13,391	6.5	176.2	65	75.5	2.9	3.1	249	1,466
21	Ben Roethlisberger B. Roethlisberger	52	41	644	1,032	62.4	8,519	8.3	207.8	43	87.9	5.0	4.2	99	622
22	Byron Leftwich B. Leftwich	51	46	789	1,344	58.7	9,042	6.7	196.6	36	80.5	3.8	2.7	76	362
23	Dan Marino D. Marino	51	43	833	1,454	57.3	9,725	6.7	226.2	43	77.1	3.5	3.0	52	376
24	John Elway J. Elway	49	29	490	858	57.1	6,441	7.5	222.1	21	89.8	5.7	2.4	52	338
25	Neil O'Donnell N. O'Donnell	48	53	686	1,170	58.6	7,676	6.6	144.8	22	84.1	4.1	1.9	93	650

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PASS

1,021

Jones

RUSH

398

Taylor

REC

249

Downs

Team Rankings

PPG

24.8

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OPP PPG

27.6

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RUSH YDS/G

100.8

20th

PASS YDS/G

204.2

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2026 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	.800
Colts	2	3	.400
Texans	1	4	.200
Titans	0	5	.000

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	TEN	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	MIN	1:00 PM
Sun 11/1	IND	@	JAX	1:00 PM
Sun 11/8	DAL	@	IND	1:00 PM
Sun 11/15	MIA	@	IND	1:00 PM

Last Game

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2 - 3

Final

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Pass Yards Leaders

1,572

Stafford

1,485

Goff

1,408

Love

Rush Yards Leaders

580

Robinson

537

Walker

532

Cook

Rec Yards Leaders

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Smith-Njigba

537

Olave

507

Lamb

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Purdy

12

Goff

12

Cousins

Rush TD Leaders

8

Allen

7

Gibbs

7

Henry

Rec TD Leaders

7

Smith-Njigba

6

Watson

5

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QB Rating Leaders

119.6

Jackson

119.3

Purdy

111.3

Goff

Sack Leaders

7.5

Anderson

6.0

Rousseau

5.5

Turner

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PPG Rankings

32.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

12.8

14.0

18.6

18.8

19.2

Total Yards Rankings

424.4

412.0

405.8

396.2

394.2

393.8

Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

158.0

139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

297.0

281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

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Fantasy RB Rankings

126.7

Gibbs

103.8

Henry

103.2

Robinson

Fantasy WR Rankings

102.5

Smith-Njigba

83.4

Watson

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Lamb

Fantasy TE Rankings

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Likely

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Kittle

49.6

LaPorta

Fantasy K Rankings

75

Shrader

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Reichard

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Worst Record ATS

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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	5	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000