List of National Football League career passing touchdowns leaders

This is a list of the top 50 National Football League (NFL) players by most career regular season passing touchdowns.

Tom Brady holds the record for the most passing touchdowns with 649. He also has the most playoff touchdown passes with 88.

Regular season career passing touchdowns leaders
+ Legend^ Inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame* Denotes player who is still active

Through  season.

RankPlayerTeam(s) by seasonTDs1New England Patriots (–)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (–)6492San Diego Chargers (–)New Orleans Saints (–)5713^Indianapolis Colts (–)Denver Broncos (–)5394^Atlanta Falcons ()Green Bay Packers (–)New York Jets ()Minnesota Vikings (–)5085*Green Bay Packers (–present)4756San Diego/L.A. Chargers (–)Indianapolis Colts ()4217^Miami Dolphins (–)4208Pittsburgh Steelers (–)4189*Atlanta Falcons (–)Indianapolis Colts (–present)38110New York Giants (–)36611^Minnesota Vikings (–, –)New York Giants (–)34212*Detroit Lions (–)Los Angeles Rams (–present)33313*Seattle Seahawks (–)Denver Broncos (–present)30814^Denver Broncos (–)30015Cincinnati Bengals (–)Oakland Raiders (–)Arizona Cardinals (–)29416^Houston Oilers (1984–1993)Minnesota Vikings (1994–1996)Seattle Seahawks (1997–1998)Kansas City Chiefs (1999–2000)29117^Baltimore Colts (–)San Diego Chargers ()29018 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (–)Cleveland Browns (–)Baltimore Ravens (–)New York Jets (–, )Dallas Cowboys ()New England Patriots ()Carolina Panthers ()27519^San Francisco 49ers (–)Kansas City Chiefs (–)27320Seattle Seahawks (–)Kansas City Chiefs (–)Detroit Lions ()Arizona Cardinals ()Chicago Bears ()Tennessee Oilers (–)261 21^Philadelphia Eagles (–)Washington Redskins (–)25522^San Diego Chargers (–)25423*Washington Redskins (–)Minnesota Vikings (–present)25224New England Patriots (1993–2001)Buffalo Bills (2002–2004)Dallas Cowboys (2005–2006)25125Dallas Cowboys (–)24826Cincinnati Bengals (–, )New York Jets (–)Arizona Cardinals ()24727*Cincinnati Bengals (–)Dallas Cowboys ()Chicago Bears ()New Orleans Saints (–present)244San Diego Chargers (–)Los Angeles Rams (–)Green Bay Packers (–)Houston Oilers (–)29^Pittsburgh Steelers (–)Cleveland Browns (–)Dallas Texans ()Kansas City Chiefs (–)23930^Buffalo Bills (1986–1996)23731^Chicago Bears (, –)Baltimore Colts ()Houston Oilers (–)Oakland Raiders (–)23632Philadelphia Eagles (1999–2009)Washington Redskins (2010)Minnesota Vikings (2011)23433*Baltimore Ravens (–)Denver Broncos ()New York Jets (, –present)Philadelphia Eagles ()232^Tampa Bay Buccaneers (–)San Francisco 49ers (–)35Denver Broncos (–)Chicago Bears (–)Miami Dolphins ()22736St. Louis Rams (–)Cincinnati Bengals (–)Buffalo Bills (–)Tennessee Titans ()Houston Texans ()New York Jets (–)Tampa Bay Buccaneers (–)Miami Dolphins (–)Washington Football Team ()22337*Oakland/Las Vegas Raiders (–present)21738San Francisco 49ers (–)21439^Pittsburgh Steelers (–)212Green Bay Packers (–)Seattle Seahawks (–)Tennessee Titans (–)Indianapolis Colts (–)*Miami Dolphins (–)Tennessee Titans (–present)^Baltimore Colts ()San Francisco 49ers (–)New York Giants (–)43St. Louis Cardinals (–)Washington Redskins ()20944Carolina Panthers (–)New Orleans Saints ()New York Giants (–)Oakland Raiders (–)Tennessee Titans (–)Indianapolis Colts ()208^St. Louis Rams (–)New York Giants ()Arizona Cardinals (–)46Philadelphia Eagles (–)Minnesota Vikings (–)Dallas Cowboys ()Baltimore Ravens ()20747Los Angeles Rams (–)New Orleans Saints (–)San Diego Chargers ()20348Los Angeles Rams (–)Philadelphia Eagles (–)20149New York Giants (–)199San Francisco 49ers (–)Kansas City Chiefs (–)Washington Redskins/Football Team (–)

Historical passing touchdowns leaders
Sixteen players are recognized as having held outright or tied the record as the NFL's career passing touchdowns leader. The longest record holder was Fran Tarkenton who held the record for 20 years from 1975 to 1994.

   Player  Team(s) while leader Career passing touchdowns   Season(s)  –(2 years) Elmer Oliphant Buffalo All-Americans 7  1921–1922   Lou Smyth   Canton Bulldogs  8  1923 –(5 years)  Curly Lambeau^    Green Bay Packers   14  192419  192522  192623  1927 24 1928Tied    Red Dunn  –(14 years)  Benny Friedman^    New York Giants 1929–1931  Brooklyn Dodgers 1932–1934  40  192953  193056  193161  193266  1933–1942Tied –(3 years)  Arnie Herber^    Green Bay Packers 1940–1942 –(19 years)  Sammy Baugh^     Washington Redskins  80  194384  194495  1945103  1946128  1947150  1948168  1949178  1950185  1951 187  1952–1961Tied –(2 years)  Bobby Layne^    Pittsburgh Steelers 1961196  1962 –(5 years)  Y. A. Tittle^    New York Giants   1962232  1963242  1964–1966 –(8 years)  Johnny Unitas^     Baltimore Colts (1967–1972)San Diego Chargers (1973)  252  1967 254  1968 266  1969 280  1970 283  1971 287  1972290  1973–1974 –(20 years)  Fran Tarkenton^    Minnesota Vikings   291  1975 308  1976 317  1977 342  1978–1994 –(12 years)  Dan Marino^    Miami Dolphins  352  1995  369  1996 385  1997 408  1998 420  1999–2006 –(7 years)  Brett Favre^    Green Bay Packers ()New York Jets ()Minnesota Vikings (–)  442  2007  464  2008 497  2009 508  2010–2013 –(5 years)   ^    Denver Broncos  530  2014539  2015–2018    New Orleans Saints 547  2019Since ( years)    Tampa Bay Buccaneers  581  2020  624  2021 649  2022– 

Related pages
 List of National Football League annual passing touchdowns leaders
 List of National Football League career passing completions leaders
 List of National Football League career passing yards leaders
 List of National Football League career quarterback wins leaders

Notes

References
NFL Passing Leaders – complete list
Pro-football-reference.com enumeration of career passing leaders

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