List of National Football League career passing touchdowns leaders
This is a list of National Football League quarterbacks by total career regular season passing touchdowns. This list includes quarterbacks who have at least 200 career touchdowns passes.
Regular season career passing touchdowns leaders
Through end of season.is the all-time passing touchdowns leader.
is second all-time in passing touchdowns.
| Rank | Player | Team by season | TDs |
| 1 | * | San Diego Chargers New Orleans Saints | 547 |
| 2 | * | New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 541 |
| 3 | Indianapolis Colts Denver Broncos | 539 | |
| 4 | ^ | Atlanta Falcons Green Bay Packers New York Jets Minnesota Vikings | 508 |
| 5 | Dan Marino^ | Miami Dolphins | 420 |
| 6 | * | San Diego/Los Angeles Chargers Indianapolis Colts | 397 |
| 7 | New York Giants | 366 | |
| 8 | * | Green Bay Packers | 364 |
| 9 | * | Pittsburgh Steelers | 363 |
| 10 | Fran Tarkenton^ | Minnesota Vikings New York Giants | 342 |
| 11 | * | Atlanta Falcons | 321 |
| 12 | ^ | Denver Broncos | 300 |
| 13 | Carson Palmer | Cincinnati Bengals Oakland Raiders Arizona Cardinals | 294 |
| 14 | Warren Moon^ | Houston Oilers Minnesota Vikings Seattle Seahawks Kansas City Chiefs | 291 |
| 15 | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 290 |
| 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers Cleveland Browns Baltimore Ravens New York Jets Dallas Cowboys New England Patriots Carolina Panthers | 275 | |
| 17 | ^ | San Francisco 49ers Kansas City Chiefs | 273 |
| 18 | Dave Krieg | Seattle Seahawks Kansas City Chiefs Detroit Lions Arizona Cardinals Chicago Bears Tennessee Oilers | 261 |
| 19 | * | Detroit Lions | 256 |
| 20 | ^ | Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins | 255 |
| 21 | Dan Fouts^ | San Diego Chargers | 254 |
| 22 | New England Patriots Buffalo Bills Dallas Cowboys | 251 | |
| 23 | Dallas Cowboys | 248 | |
| 24 | Boomer Esiason | Cincinnati Bengals New York Jets Arizona Cardinals | 247 |
| 25 | John Hadl | San Diego Chargers Los Angeles Rams Green Bay Packers Houston Oilers | 244 |
| 26 | Len Dawson^ | Pittsburgh Steelers Cleveland Browns Dallas Texans Kansas City Chiefs | 239 |
| 27 | Jim Kelly^ | Buffalo Bills | 237 |
| 28 | George Blanda^ | Chicago Bears Baltimore Colts Houston Oilers Oakland Raiders | 236 |
| 29 | Donovan McNabb | Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins Minnesota Vikings | 234 |
| 30 | ^ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers San Francisco 49ers | 232 |
| 31 | Denver Broncos Chicago Bears Miami Dolphins | 227 | |
| 31 | * | Seattle Seahawks | 227 |
| 33 | * | Baltimore Ravens Denver Broncos New York Jets | 218 |
| 34 | San Francisco 49ers | 214 | |
| 35 | Terry Bradshaw^ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 212 |
| 35 | Green Bay Packers Seattle Seahawks Tennessee Titans Indianapolis Colts | 212 | |
| 35 | ^ | Baltimore Colts San Francisco 49ers New York Giants | 212 |
| 38 | * | St.Louis Rams Cincinnati Bengals Buffalo Bills Tennessee Titans Houston Texans New York Jets Tampa Bay Buccaneers Miami Dolphins | 210 |
| 39 | St. Louis Cardinals Washington Redskins | 209 | |
| 40 | Carolina Panthers New Orleans Saints New York Giants Oakland Raiders Tennessee Titans Indianapolis Colts | 208 | |
| 40 | ^ | St. Louis Rams New York Giants Arizona Cardinals | 208 |
| 42 | Philadelphia Eagles Minnesota Vikings Dallas Cowboys Baltimore Ravens | 207 | |
| 43 | * | Cincinnati Bengals Dallas Cowboys | 204 |
| 44 | Los Angeles Rams New Orleans Saints San Diego Chargers | 203 | |
| 45 | Los Angeles Rams Philadelphia Eagles | 201 |
Active players with at least 150 TDs
Through end of season; includes ranking.Most career touchdown passes including playoff games
Bold indicates player active; minimum 450 TDs.Historical passing touchdowns leaders
Fifteen 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.was the 1st record holder
held the record 14 years, including all of the 1930s
was the leader 20 years, including all of the 1980s
had held the record from 2014 to 2019, when it was broken by Drew Brees.
| Player | Team while leader | Career passing touchdowns | Season | |
| – | Elmer Oliphant | Buffalo All-Americans | 7 | 1921-1922 |
| Lou Smyth | Canton Bulldogs | 8 | 1923 | |
| – | Curly Lambeau^ | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 1924 |
| – | Curly Lambeau^ | Green Bay Packers | 19 | 1925 |
| – | Curly Lambeau^ | Green Bay Packers | 22 | 1926 |
| – | Curly Lambeau^ | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 1927 |
| – | Curly Lambeau^ | Green Bay Packers | 24 | 1928 |
| Tied | Red Dunn | Green Bay Packers | 24 | 1928 |
| – | Benny Friedman^ | New York Giants 1929-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1934 | 40 | 1929 |
| – | Benny Friedman^ | New York Giants 1929-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1934 | 53 | 1930 |
| – | Benny Friedman^ | New York Giants 1929-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1934 | 56 | 1931 |
| – | Benny Friedman^ | New York Giants 1929-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1934 | 61 | 1932 |
| – | Benny Friedman^ | New York Giants 1929-1931 Brooklyn Dodgers 1932-1934 | 66 | 1933-1942 |
| Tied – | Arnie Herber^ | Green Bay Packers | 66 | 1940-1942 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 80 | 1943 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 84 | 1944 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 95 | 1945 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 103 | 1946 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 128 | 1947 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 150 | 1948 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 168 | 1949 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 178 | 1950 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 185 | 1951 |
| – | Sammy Baugh^ | Washington Redskins | 187 | 1952-1961 |
| Tied – | Bobby Layne^ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 187 | 1961 |
| Tied – | Bobby Layne^ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 196 | 1962 |
| – | Y. A. Tittle^ | New York Giants | 196 | 1962 |
| – | Y. A. Tittle^ | New York Giants | 232 | 1963 |
| – | Y. A. Tittle^ | New York Giants | 242 | 1964-1966 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 252 | 1967 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 254 | 1968 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 266 | 1969 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 280 | 1970 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 283 | 1971 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 287 | 1972 |
| – | Johnny Unitas^ | Baltimore Colts San Diego Chargers | 290 | 1973-1974 |
| – | Fran Tarkenton^ | Minnesota Vikings | 291 | 1975 |
| – | Fran Tarkenton^ | Minnesota Vikings | 308 | 1976 |
| – | Fran Tarkenton^ | Minnesota Vikings | 317 | 1977 |
| – | Fran Tarkenton^ | Minnesota Vikings | 342 | 1978-1994 |
| – | Dan Marino^ | Miami Dolphins | 352 | 1995 |
| – | Dan Marino^ | Miami Dolphins | 369 | 1996 |
| – | Dan Marino^ | Miami Dolphins | 385 | 1997 |
| – | Dan Marino^ | Miami Dolphins | 408 | 1998 |
| – | Dan Marino^ | Miami Dolphins | 420 | 1999-2006 |
| – | Brett Favre^ | Green Bay Packers New York Jets Minnesota Vikings | 442 | 2007 |
| – | Brett Favre^ | Green Bay Packers New York Jets Minnesota Vikings | 464 | 2008 |
| – | Brett Favre^ | Green Bay Packers New York Jets Minnesota Vikings | 497 | 2009 |
| – | Brett Favre^ | Green Bay Packers New York Jets Minnesota Vikings | 508 | 2010-2013 |
| – | | Denver Broncos | 530 | 2014 |
| – | | Denver Broncos | 539 | 2015-2018 |
| Since | * | New Orleans Saints | 547 | 2019 |