2017 NFL Passing Touchdowns Leaders

Touchdown passes.

The 2017 leaders: Russell Wilson (34), Carson Wentz (33), Tom Brady (32).

Passing Touchdowns

Counting stat: every player above zero is listed. 55 players.

Rk	Player	Pos	Team	Att	Dropbacks	TD
1	Russell Wilson	QB	SEA	553	645	34
2	Carson Wentz	QB	PHI	440	498	33
3	Tom Brady	QB	NE	581	622	32
4	Matthew Stafford	QB	DET	565	629	29
5	Philip Rivers	QB	LAC	575	593	28
6	Ben Roethlisberger	QB	PIT	562	589	28
7	Jared Goff	QB	LA	477	510	28
8	Kirk Cousins	QB	WAS	540	604	27
9	Alex Smith	QB	KC	505	572	26
10	Andy Dalton	QB	CIN	496	545	25
11	Drew Brees	QB	NO	536	558	23
12	Case Keenum	QB	MIN	481	522	22
13	Derek Carr	QB	LV	515	544	22
14	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL	490	552	22
15	Cam Newton	QB	CAR	492	556	22
16	Blake Bortles	QB	JAX	523	570	21
17	Matt Ryan	QB	ATL	529	567	20
18	Jameis Winston	QB	TB	442	495	19
19	Eli Manning	QB	NYG	571	608	19
20	Jay Cutler	QB	MIA	429	455	19
21	Deshaun Watson	QB	HOU	204	240	19
22	Joe Flacco	QB	BAL	549	579	18
23	Josh McCown	QB	NYJ	397	445	18
24	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB	238	275	16
25	Tyrod Taylor	QB	BUF	420	506	14
26	Marcus Mariota	QB	TEN	453	501	13
27	Jacoby Brissett	QB	IND	469	558	13
28	Trevor Siemian	QB	DEN	349	406	12
29	DeShone Kizer	QB	CLE	476	558	11
30	Carson Palmer	QB	ARI	267	290	9
31	Brett Hundley	QB	GB	316	366	9
32	Mitchell Trubisky	QB	CHI	330	380	7
33	Jimmy Garoppolo	QB	SF	178	188	7
34	Ryan Fitzpatrick	QB	TB	163	180	7
35	Blaine Gabbert	QB	ARI	171	207	6
36	Drew Stanton	QB	ARI	159	167	6
37	Tom Savage	QB	HOU	223	245	5
38	Brock Osweiler	QB	DEN	172	190	5
39	Nick Foles	QB	PHI	101	106	5
40	C.J. Beathard	QB	SF	224	254	4
41	Brian Hoyer	QB	SF	211	228	4
42	Matt Moore	QB	MIA	127	140	4
43	Mike Glennon	QB	CHI	140	149	4
44	T.J. Yates	QB	HOU	97	115	4
45	Kevin Hogan	QB	CLE	75	86	4
46	Sam Bradford	QB	MIN	43	48	3
47	Paxton Lynch	QB	DEN	45	58	2
48	Nathan Peterman	QB	BUF	48	52	2
49	Ryan Mallett	QB	BAL	16	16	2
50	Bryce Petty	QB	NYJ	112	126	1
51	David Fales	QB	MIA	43	46	1
52	EJ Manuel	QB	LV	43	48	1
53	Landry Jones	QB	PIT	28	31	1
54	Geno Smith	QB	NYG	36	42	1
55	Matt Cassel	QB	TEN	42	50	1

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