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1981 NFL Passing Touchdowns Leaders

Touchdown passes thrown

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Dan Fouts led the NFL with 33 passing touchdowns in 1981, 3 ahead of Steve Bartkowski (30). It stands 78th among all single seasons in NFL history. It was one of 3 times Dan Fouts led in passing touchdowns.

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Dan Fouts Led the whole NFL in 1981 Dan Fouts SD
33 Passing Touchdowns 3 clear of Steve Bartkowski
Showing Passing Touchdowns and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team TD G ATT YDS
1 Dan Fouts Dan Fouts SD 33 16 609 4,802
2 Steve Bartkowski Steve Bartkowski ATL 30 16 533 3,829
3 Ken Anderson Ken Anderson CIN 29 16 479 3,754
4 Tommy Kramer Tommy Kramer MIN 26 14 593 3,912
5 Richard Todd Richard Todd NYJ 25 16 497 3,231
6 Joe Ferguson Joe Ferguson BUF 24 16 498 3,652
7 Ron Jaworski Ron Jaworski PHI 23 16 461 3,095
8 Danny White Danny White DAL 22 16 391 3,098
9 Terry Bradshaw Terry Bradshaw PIT 22 14 370 2,887
10 Bert Jones Bert Jones BAC 21 15 426 3,094
11 Craig Morton Craig Morton DEN 21 15 376 3,195
12 Joe Montana Joe Montana SF 19 16 488 3,565
13 Joe Theismann Joe Theismann WAS 19 16 496 3,568
14 Doug Williams Doug Williams TB 19 16 471 3,563
15 Brian Sipe Brian Sipe CLE 17 16 567 3,876
16 Lynn Dickey Lynn Dickey GB 17 13 354 2,593
17 Eric Hipple Eric Hipple DET 14 16 279 2,358
18 Ken Stabler Ken Stabler HOO 14 13 285 1,988
19 Marc Wilson Marc Wilson OAK 14 13 366 2,311
20 Jim Zorn Jim Zorn SEA 13 13 397 2,788
21 David Woodley David Woodley MIA 12 15 366 2,470
22 Vince Evans Vince Evans CHI 11 16 436 2,354
23 Jim Hart Jim Hart SLC 11 10 241 1,694
24 Phil Simms Phil Simms NYG 11 10 316 2,031
25 Pat Haden Pat Haden LAN 9 13 267 1,815
26 Bill Kenney Bill Kenney KC 9 13 274 1,983
27 David Whitehurst David Whitehurst GB 7 9 128 792
28 Steve Grogan Steve Grogan NE 7 8 216 1,859
29 Dave Krieg Dave Krieg SEA 7 7 112 843
30 Don Strock MIA 6 16 130 901
31 Steve DeBerg Steve DeBerg DEN 6 14 108 797
32 Scott Brunner Scott Brunner NYG 5 16 190 978
33 Matt Cavanaugh NE 5 16 219 1,633
34 Archie Manning Archie Manning NO 5 12 232 1,447
35 Gifford Nielsen HOO 5 5 93 709
36 Andy Johnson NE 4 16 9 194
37 Neil Lomax Neil Lomax SLC 4 14 236 1,575
38 Paul McDonald Paul McDonald CLE 4 12 57 463
39 Jim Plunkett Jim Plunkett OAK 4 9 179 1,045
40 Steve Fuller KC 3 13 134 934
41 Mark Malone Mark Malone PIT 3 8 88 553
42 Gary Danielson Gary Danielson DET 3 6 96 784
43 Jeff Rutledge LAN 3 4 50 442
44 Dan Pastorini Dan Pastorini LAN 2 7 152 719
45 Joe Pisarcik PHI 2 7 15 154
46 John Reaves HOO 2 5 61 379
47 Mike Phipps Mike Phipps CHI 2 3 17 171
48 Mike Guman LAN 1 16 1 7
49 Tom Myers NO 1 16 2 8
50 Drew Pearson Drew Pearson DAL 1 16 2 81
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