nfl touchdown record in a season by a 40+ year old quarterback

Tom Brady has the most passing touchdowns by a quarterback 40 or older in a season, with 43 touchdowns in 2021.

Interpreted as:
NFL passing touchdown record in a season by a 40+ year old quarterback
NAME TD AGE SEASON TM GP CMP ATT PCT YDS AVG YDS/G INT RTG TD% INT% SCK SCKY
1 Tom Brady
T. Brady
43
44
2021
TB TB
17
485
719
67.5
5,316
7.4
312.7
12
102.1
6.0
1.7
22
144
2 Tom Brady
T. Brady
40
43
2020
TB TB
16
401
610
65.7
4,633
7.6
289.6
12
102.2
6.6
2.0
21
143
3 Brett Favre
B. Favre
33
40
2009
MIN MIN
16
363
531
68.4
4,202
7.9
262.6
7
107.2
6.2
1.3
34
247
4 Tom Brady
T. Brady
32
40
2017
NE NE
16
385
581
66.3
4,577
7.9
286.1
8
102.8
5.5
1.4
35
201
5 Tom Brady
T. Brady
29
41
2018
NE NE
16
375
570
65.8
4,355
7.6
272.2
11
97.7
5.1
1.9
21
147
6 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
28
41
2024
NYJ NYJ
17
368
584
63.0
3,897
6.7
229.2
11
90.5
4.8
1.9
40
302
7 Drew Brees
D. Brees
27
40
2019
NO NO
11
281
378
74.3
2,979
7.9
270.8
4
116.3
7.1
1.1
12
89
8 Tom Brady
T. Brady
25
45
2022
TB TB
17
490
733
66.8
4,694
6.4
276.1
9
90.7
3.4
1.2
22
160
9 Warren Moon
W. Moon
25
41
1997
SEA SEA
15
313
528
59.3
3,678
7.0
245.2
16
83.7
4.7
3.0
30
192
10 Drew Brees
D. Brees
24
41
2020
NO NO
12
275
390
70.5
2,942
7.5
245.2
6
106.4
6.2
1.5
13
89
11 Tom Brady
T. Brady
24
42
2019
NE NE
16
373
613
60.8
4,057
6.6
253.6
8
88.0
3.9
1.3
27
185
12 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
17
41
2004
DAL DAL
16
297
495
60.0
3,532
7.1
220.8
20
76.4
3.4
4.0
34
182
13 Brett Favre
B. Favre
11
41
2010
MIN MIN
13
217
358
60.6
2,509
7.0
193.0
19
69.9
3.1
5.3
22
139
14 Warren Moon
W. Moon
11
42
1998
SEA SEA
10
145
258
56.2
1,632
6.3
163.2
8
76.6
4.3
3.1
22
140
15 Sonny Jurgensen
S. Jurgensen
11
40
1974
WAS WAS
14
107
167
64.1
1,185
7.1
84.6
5
94.5
6.6
3.0
10
69
16 Matt Hasselbeck
M. Hasselbeck
9
40
2015
IND IND
8
156
256
60.9
1,690
6.6
211.3
5
84.0
3.5
2.0
16
101
17 Doug Flutie
D. Flutie
9
41
2003
SD SD
7
91
167
54.5
1,097
6.6
156.7
4
82.8
5.4
2.4
8
27
18 Aaron Rodgers
A. Rodgers
7
42
2025
PIT PIT
3
56
86
65.1
586
6.8
195.3
3
97.3
8.1
3.5
7
46
19 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
7
40
2003
NYJ NYJ
7
123
198
62.1
1,385
7.0
197.9
2
90.6
3.5
1.0
6
48
20 Warren Moon
W. Moon
7
40
1996
MIN MIN
8
134
247
54.3
1,610
6.5
201.3
9
68.7
2.8
3.6
19
122
21 Charlie Conerly
C. Conerly
7
40
1961
NYG NYG
13
44
106
41.5
634
6.0
48.8
8
52.2
6.6
7.5
22 Vince Evans
V. Evans
6
40
1995
OAK OAK
9
100
175
57.1
1,236
7.1
137.3
8
71.5
3.4
4.6
11
70
23 Vinny Testaverde
V. Testaverde
5
44
2007
CAR CAR
7
94
172
54.7
952
5.5
136.0
6
65.8
2.9
3.5
9
46
24 Len Dawson
L. Dawson
5
40
1975
KC KC
12
93
140
66.4
1,095
7.8
91.3
4
90.0
3.6
2.9
23
196
25 Zeke Bratkowski
Z. Bratkowski
4
40
1971
GB GB
6
19
37
51.4
298
8.1
49.7
3
80.7
10.8
8.1
1
12
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TEAM W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Falcons Falcons
1
2
0
.333
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
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3
0
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
PHI PHI
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Sun
10/5
TB TB
@
SEA SEA
4:05 PM
Sun
10/12
SF SF
@
TB TB
1:00 PM
Mon
10/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Sun
10/26
TB TB
@
NO NO
4:05 PM
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3 - 0 - 0

29

Final

27

NYJ Jets

0 - 3 - 0

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NFC East W L T PCT
Eagles Eagles
3
0
0
1.000
Commanders Commanders
2
1
0
.667
NFC North W L T PCT
Packers Packers
2
1
0
.667
Vikings Vikings
2
1
0
.667
NFC South W L T PCT
Buccaneers Buccaneers
3
0
0
1.000
Panthers Panthers
1
2
0
.333
NFC West W L T PCT
49ers 49ers
3
0
0
1.000
Seahawks Seahawks
3
1
0
.750
AFC East W L T PCT
Bills Bills
3
0
0
1.000
Patriots Patriots
1
2
0
.333
AFC North W L T PCT
Bengals Bengals
2
1
0
.667
Steelers Steelers
2
1
0
.667
AFC South W L T PCT
Colts Colts
3
0
0
1.000
Jaguars Jaguars
2
1
0
.667
AFC West W L T PCT
Chargers Chargers
3
0
0
1.000
Raiders Raiders
1
2
0
.333

NFL 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Wed
9/3
DAL DAL
@
PHI PHI
20-24
Thu
9/4
KC KC
@
LAC LAC
21-27
Sat
9/6
PIT PIT
@
NYJ NYJ
34-32
Sat
9/6
TB TB
@
ATL ATL
23-20
Sat
9/6
LV LV
@
NE NE
20-13

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
9/28
MIN MIN
@
PIT PIT
9:30 AM
Sun
9/28
NO NO
@
BUF BUF
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
TEN TEN
@
HOU HOU
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
CLE CLE
@
DET DET
1:00 PM
Sun
9/28
WAS WAS
@
ATL ATL
1:00 PM