most passing touchdowns for qb's less than 8 seasons

Andrew Luck had the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback when playing <8 seasons, with 171 touchdowns.

NAMETDSEASGPCMPATTPCTYDSAVGYDS/GINTRTGTD%INT%SCKSCKY
1Andrew Luck
A. Luck
171
6
86
2,000
3,290
60.8
23,671
7.2
275.2
83
89.5
5.2
2.5
174
1,124
2Justin Herbert
J. Herbert
163
6
95
2,285
3,438
66.5
24,820
7.2
261.3
58
96.3
4.7
1.7
225
1,416
3Joe Burrow
J. Burrow
157
6
77
1,921
2,806
68.5
20,810
7.4
270.3
51
101.1
5.6
1.8
213
1,431
4Deshaun Watson
D. Watson
123
7
73
1,527
2,305
66.2
17,904
7.8
245.3
48
98.8
5.3
2.1
244
1,432
5Aaron Brooks
A. Brooks
123
7
93
1,673
2,963
56.5
20,261
6.8
217.9
92
78.5
4.2
3.1
235
1,454
6Kyler Murray
K. Murray
121
7
87
1,974
2,941
67.1
20,460
7.0
235.2
60
92.2
4.1
2.0
195
1,413
7Tua Tagovailoa
T. Tagovailoa
120
6
78
1,647
2,421
68.0
18,166
7.5
232.9
59
96.4
5.0
2.4
141
971
8Jalen Hurts
J. Hurts
110
6
93
1,542
2,393
64.4
17,891
7.5
192.4
45
94.4
4.6
1.9
183
1,114
9Blake Bortles
B. Bortles
103
6
78
1,562
2,634
59.3
17,649
6.7
226.3
75
80.6
3.9
2.8
195
1,158
10Trevor Lawrence
T. Lawrence
98
5
77
1,629
2,594
62.8
17,822
6.9
231.5
58
86.3
3.8
2.2
153
1,033
11Daniel Jones
D. Jones
89
7
83
1,698
2,625
64.7
17,683
6.7
213.0
55
86.6
3.4
2.1
230
1,481
12Otto Graham
O. Graham
88
6
72
872
1,565
55.7
13,499
8.6
187.5
94
78.2
5.6
6.0
13Brock Purdy
B. Purdy
84
4
49
919
1,353
67.9
11,685
8.6
238.5
37
104.0
6.2
2.7
81
446
14Jordan Love
J. Love
83
5
57
981
1,526
64.3
11,535
7.6
202.4
31
96.8
5.4
2.0
68
529
15Bob Waterfield
B. Waterfield
83
6
67
641
1,295
49.5
9,654
7.5
144.1
104
62.3
6.4
8.0
16Josh Freeman
J. Freeman
81
6
62
1,179
2,048
57.6
13,873
6.8
223.8
68
77.6
4.0
3.3
112
690
17Joey Harrington
J. Harrington
79
6
81
1,424
2,538
56.1
14,693
5.8
181.4
85
69.4
3.1
3.3
124
770
18Colin Kaepernick
C. Kaepernick
72
6
69
1,011
1,692
59.8
12,271
7.3
177.8
30
88.9
4.3
1.8
171
1,060
19Gardner Minshew II
G. Minshew II
68
7
63
1,100
1,742
63.1
11,987
6.9
190.3
35
88.0
3.9
2.0
134
741
20Mac Jones
M. Jones
67
5
63
1,236
1,859
66.5
12,741
6.9
202.2
50
86.9
3.6
2.7
114
807
21Tim Couch
T. Couch
64
5
62
1,025
1,714
59.8
11,131
6.5
179.5
67
75.1
3.7
3.9
166
1,119
22Al Dorow
A. Dorow
64
7
69
572
1,207
47.4
7,708
6.4
111.7
93
53.8
5.3
7.7
23C.J. Stroud
C.J. Stroud
62
3
46
928
1,454
63.8
10,876
7.5
236.4
25
93.5
4.3
1.7
113
928
24Paul Christman
P. Christman
58
6
61
504
1,140
44.2
7,294
6.4
119.6
76
54.8
5.1
6.7
25Adrian Burk
A. Burk
57
6
70
463
997
46.4
6,440
6.5
92.0
84
51.6
5.7
8.4
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13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
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9
0
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14
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.176
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AFC EastWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Bills Bills - w
12
5
0
.706
7
10
0
.412
Jets Jets - e
3
14
0
.176
AFC NorthWLTPCT
10
7
0
.588
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
5
12
0
.294
AFC SouthWLTPCT
13
4
0
.765
12
5
0
.706
Colts Colts - e
8
9
0
.471
3
14
0
.176
AFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
11
6
0
.647
6
11
0
.353
3
14
0
.176
NFC EastWLTPCT
11
6
0
.647
7
9
1
.441
5
12
0
.294
4
13
0
.235
NFC NorthWLTPCT
Bears Bears - y
11
6
0
.647
9
7
1
.559
9
8
0
.529
Lions Lions - e
9
8
0
.529
NFC SouthWLTPCT
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
8
9
0
.471
6
11
0
.353
NFC WestWLTPCT
14
3
0
.824
Rams Rams - w
12
5
0
.706
49ers 49ers - w
12
5
0
.706
3
14
0
.176