Most Passing Touchdowns of the 1980s (NFL)

Dan Marino recorded more passing touchdowns than any other NFL player in the 1980s, with 220, 5 clear of Joe Montana (215). He did it in 7 seasons, with a best year of 48 in 1984. The top ten runs from 220 down to 126.

NFL leader, 1980s Dan Marino 1983–1989 · 7 seasons

220 Passing Touchdowns 5 clear of Joe Montana

#	Player	Seasons	TD	Best year
1	Dan Marino	1983–1989 (7)	220	48 (1984)
2	Joe Montana	1980–1989 (10)	215	31 (1987)
3	Dan Fouts	1980–1987 (8)	172	33 (1981)
4	Dave Krieg	1980–1989 (10)	169	32 (1984)
5	Danny White	1980–1988 (9)	152	29 (1983)
6	Phil Simms	1980–1989 (9)	143	22 (1984)
7	Neil Lomax	1981–1988 (8)	136	28 (1984)
8	Tommy Kramer	1980–1989 (10)	131	26 (1981)
9	Boomer Esiason	1984–1989 (6)	126	28 (1988)
10	Ron Jaworski	1980–1989 (9)	126	27 (1980)
11	John Elway	1983–1989 (7)	120	22 (1985)
12	Steve DeBerg	1980–1989 (10)	118	19 (1984)
13	Lynn Dickey	1980–1985 (6)	116	32 (1983)
14	Joe Theismann	1980–1985 (6)	110	29 (1983)
15	Steve Bartkowski	1980–1986 (7)	109	31 (1980)
16	Bill Kenney	1980–1988 (9)	105	24 (1983)
17	Joe Ferguson	1980–1989 (9)	104	26 (1983)
18	Warren Moon	1984–1989 (6)	101	23 (1989)
19	Ken O'Brien	1984–1989 (6)	96	25 (1986)
20	Steve Grogan	1980–1989 (10)	89	18 (1980)
21	Richard Todd	1980–1985 (6)	88	25 (1981)
22	Jim Kelly	1986–1989 (4)	81	25 (1989)
23	Marc Wilson	1980–1989 (9)	80	16 (1985)
24	Jim Plunkett	1980–1986 (7)	79	20 (1983)
25	Jim Everett	1986–1989 (4)	78	31 (1988)
26	Brian Sipe	1980–1983 (4)	77	30 (1980)
27	Randall Cunningham	1985–1989 (5)	77	24 (1988)
28	Jim McMahon	1982–1989 (8)	77	15 (1985)
29	Bernie Kosar	1985–1989 (5)	75	22 (1987)
30	Doug Williams	1980–1989 (7)	75	20 (1980)
31	Ken Anderson	1980–1986 (7)	72	29 (1981)
32	Vince Ferragamo	1980–1986 (6)	69	30 (1980)
33	Terry Bradshaw	1980–1983 (4)	65	24 (1980)
34	Gary Danielson	1980–1988 (8)	62	17 (1984)
35	Tony Eason	1983–1989 (7)	61	23 (1984)
36	Jay Schroeder	1985–1989 (5)	60	22 (1986)
37	Mark Malone	1980–1989 (9)	60	16 (1984)
38	Bobby Hebert	1985–1989 (5)	57	20 (1988)
39	Eric Hipple	1980–1989 (9)	55	17 (1985)
40	Wade Wilson	1981–1989 (8)	54	15 (1988)
41	Gary Hogeboom	1980–1989 (10)	49	14 (1989)
42	David Woodley	1980–1985 (6)	48	14 (1980)
43	Jim Zorn	1980–1987 (7)	48	17 (1980)
44	Bert Jones	1980–1982 (3)	46	23 (1980)
45	Ken Stabler	1980–1984 (5)	44	14 (1981)
46	Mike Pagel	1982–1989 (8)	43	14 (1985)
47	DM Don Majkowski	1987–1989 (3)	41	27 (1989)
48	Mark Rypien	1988–1989 (2)	40	22 (1989)
49	Vinny Testaverde	1987–1989 (3)	38	20 (1989)
50	Archie Manning	1980–1984 (5)	38	23 (1980)

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