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Most Passing Touchdowns of the 1950s (NFL)

Every NFL season from 1950 to 1959, added up. Touchdown passes thrown

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Bobby Layne recorded more passing touchdowns than any other NFL player in the 1950s, with 151, 8 clear of Norm Van Brocklin (143). He did it in 10 seasons, with a best year of 26 in 1951. The top ten runs from 151 down to 59.

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Bobby Layne NFL leader, 1950s Bobby Layne 1950–1959 · 10 seasons
151 Passing Touchdowns 8 clear of Norm Van Brocklin
# Player Seasons TD Best year
1 Bobby Layne Bobby Layne 1950–1959 (10) 151 26 (1951)
2 Norm Van Brocklin Norm Van Brocklin 1950–1959 (10) 143 20 (1957)
3 Charlie Conerly Charlie Conerly 1950–1959 (10) 119 17 (1954)
4 Tobin Rote Tobin Rote 1950–1959 (10) 119 18 (1956)
5 Y.A. Tittle Y.A. Tittle 1950–1959 (10) 112 20 (1953)
6 Otto Graham Otto Graham 1950–1955 (6) 88 20 (1952)
7 Johnny Unitas Johnny Unitas 1956–1959 (4) 84 32 (1959)
8 Bobby Thomason Bobby Thomason 1951–1957 (7) 68 21 (1953)
9 Adrian Burk Adrian Burk 1950–1956 (7) 61 23 (1954)
10 Eddie LeBaron Eddie LeBaron 1952–1959 (7) 59 14 (1952)
11 Lamar McHan Lamar McHan 1954–1959 (6) 58 12 (1958)
12 Jim Finks 1950–1955 (6) 53 20 (1952)
13 Ed Brown Ed Brown 1954–1959 (6) 52 13 (1959)
14 George Blanda George Blanda 1950–1958 (9) 48 15 (1954)
15 Billy Wade 1954–1959 (6) 44 18 (1958)
16 George Ratterman George Ratterman 1950–1956 (7) 39 22 (1950)
17 Babe Parilli Babe Parilli 1952–1958 (5) 34 13 (1952)
18 Bob Waterfield Bob Waterfield 1950–1952 (3) 27 13 (1951)
19 Frankie Albert Frankie Albert 1950–1952 (3) 27 14 (1950)
20 Milt Plum 1957–1959 (3) 27 14 (1959)
21 Jim Hardy Jim Hardy 1950–1952 (3) 23 17 (1950)
22 Earl Morrall Earl Morrall 1956–1959 (4) 22 11 (1957)
23 George Shaw George Shaw 1955–1959 (5) 22 10 (1955)
24 Sammy Baugh Sammy Baugh 1950–1952 (3) 19 10 (1950)
25 Bart Starr Bart Starr 1956–1959 (4) 19 8 (1957)
26 Harry Gilmer Harry Gilmer 1950–1956 (6) 19 8 (1950)
27 Jack Scarbath Jack Scarbath 1953–1956 (3) 18 9 (1953)
28 Zeke Bratkowski Zeke Bratkowski 1954–1959 (4) 18 8 (1954)
29 Al Dorow Al Dorow 1954–1957 (4) 17 8 (1956)
30 Ted Marchibroda Ted Marchibroda 1953–1957 (4) 16 12 (1956)
31 Bob Celeri Bob Celeri 1951–1952 (2) 15 12 (1951)
32 M.C. Reynolds 1958–1959 (2) 15 11 (1958)
33 Charlie Trippi 1950–1955 (6) 15 8 (1951)
34 Tommy O'Connell Tommy O'Connell 1953–1957 (3) 14 9 (1957)
35 Fred Enke Fred Enke 1950–1954 (5) 14 8 (1953)
36 Frank Gifford Frank Gifford 1952–1959 (8) 14 3 (1954)
37 Steve Romanik Steve Romanik 1950–1954 (5) 13 4 (1952)
38 Don Heinrich Don Heinrich 1954–1959 (6) 13 5 (1956)
39 Johnny Lujack Johnny Lujack 1950–1951 (2) 12 8 (1951)
40 Gary Kerkorian 1952–1956 (4) 12 9 (1954)
41 Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson 1950–1950 (1) 11 11 (1950)
42 Jim Root 1953–1956 (2) 11 8 (1953)
43 Bob Williams Bob Williams 1951–1955 (3) 10 6 (1952)
44 John Brodie John Brodie 1957–1959 (3) 10 6 (1958)
45 Bob Hoernschemeyer 1950–1955 (6) 10 3 (1954)
46 Bill Mackrides 1950–1953 (3) 9 4 (1950)
47 Frank Tripucka Frank Tripucka 1950–1952 (3) 9 4 (1950)
48 Joe Geri 1950–1952 (3) 8 6 (1950)
49 Ralph Guglielmi Ralph Guglielmi 1955–1959 (3) 8 4 (1959)
50 Tom Dublinski Tom Dublinski 1952–1958 (4) 8 8 (1954)
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