Rodgers is one of the other quarterbacks on this list who’s still going on in the NFL. He is eighth all-time in career wins with 139.

He was 39 years old and in his time in the league, he was never known as one of the best QBs, but he always put up huge numbers despite not having much to show for it. Rivers retired in 2021 after spending 16 seasons with the Chargers and his last with the Colts. He retired after 17 seasons at the age of 38. He threw 48 TDs for 5,084 yards in just the second season of his career and led the league in passing TDs and passing yards the two seasons after that and averaged around 24 TDs and 4,000 yards per season for the rest of his time in the NFL. Dan Marino, 420 touchdown passesĭan Marino is known for being one of the best passers in NFL history. Not only is he 8th in TD passes, but he’s also fifth in regular and post season wins. He may have had a chance to be higher up on this list, but he missed a good chunk of the 2019 season with an injury. Ben Roethlisberger, 418 touchdown passesīen Roethlisberger retired last season at the age of 39 after 18 years in the NFL. In his best season (2016), Ryan threw for 4,944 yards and 38 touchdowns. As one of the active players on this list, he still has a chance to lead the league in touchdown passes on a season. Matt Ryan, 368 touchdown passesĪt 37 years old, Matt Ryan now plays for the Indianapolis Colts, but he spent 14 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons before that. He spent his entire career with the New York Giants and had 57,023 passing yards with 366 touchdown passes. The younger of the Manning brothers spent 16 seasons in the NFL and retired at age 39. The last quarterback to do that was Drew Brees in 20.Īlong with Brady, there are two other active players in the top ten all-time passing touchdown leaders in the NFL, but they would have to do a lot of work to catch up to him. Interestingly, he has never been the leader in passing touchdowns on the season for consecutive seasons. He’s had the most time to accomplish that statistic as he’s just starting his 23rd year in the league at age 45, the longest of any quarterback. 509 and celebrating Manning, the all-time touchdown king and one of the greatest players in NFL history, even if the Broncos wanted to have a little juvenile fun with the 38-year-old man after he made history.įrank Schwabis the editor of Shutdown Corner on Yahoo Sports.The all-time leader in passing touchdowns in the NFL is Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady. Consider it this way: A quarterback would need to have 20 seasons of 30 touchdowns to reach that. Even with the new rules helping quarterbacks, that would make the record tough to beat for a long time. Is 600 possible? Maybe, considering he had a NFL record 55 last season and 15 through Denver's first five games this season. 508 a little more than 12 minutes into the first quarter – he's showing no signs of slowing down. How many touchdowns can Manning compile before he's done? As he showed against the 49ers – he hit Emmanuel Sanders for touchdown No. His record-breaking pass was his 110th in just 38 games with the Broncos. He decided to sign with the Broncos, and that has worked out incredibly well. He missed a season due to multiple neck surgeries, then was cut by the Indianapolis Colts. Manning moved past Favre in a rapid pace once he moved to the Broncos, after it looked like his career might be over. Favre set the record in 302 games, or three-and-a-half more seasons than Manning took to get 509. Manning was playing his 246th game on Sunday night. 'I wish you great success for the rest of the season, and the rest of your career.' 'I'm not surprised,' Favre said as part of his pre-taped congratulations. During the commercial break, a short video was played with kind words from Manning's teammates, and a congratulations from Favre. The game didn't really stop (except for the Broncos' keep-away game), as the extra point was kicked as the public-address announcer alerted fans to the record, like nobody at Sports Authority Field knew. He rarely speaks in terms of himself and his numbers anyway, deflecting it to the next game he and his team has to prepare for.īut Manning's touchdown to Thomas was a special moment in a game that generally doesn't stop for any ceremony. Manning hadn't said much about his march toward the NFL's all-time record for passing touchdowns, preferring in his normal news conference earlier this week to focus on the San Francisco 49ers and a big game for his Broncos. Demaryius Thomas just said Peyton Manning called, staged and had the wideouts practice the post 509 TD keep-away prank.

Nfl record for career touchdown passes