Peyton Manning, Brett Favre and the Most Go-Ahead Touchdowns Thrown, Ever

Peyton Manning Takes The Lead (Again)

Here’s a record on the verge of being broken, courtesy Peyton Manning (again). And the victim? Brett Favre (again).

According my source, pro-football-reference.com‘s play index, these 20 quarterbacks have thrown the most go-ahead touchdowns – either to take the initial lead in a game or take the lead away during a game (regardless of the game’s final outcome) – in NFL history.

Favre and Manning are the only two QBs to grab the lead over 150 times, and right now, Manning needs to do it just two more times to take the historical lead. Doubtless, this record will be padded.

Drew Brees and Tom Brady, both a few years younger, might catch up to Favre, but by that time, Manning, assuming he keeps going after this season, might be too far away to reach.

Follow @VinGetz

	QUARTERBACK	GO-AHEAD TDS	FOR	CAREER SPAN
1.	Brett Favre	167	Green Bay Packers, New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings	1991-2010
2.	Peyton Manning	166	Indianapolis Colts, Denver Broncos	1998-Present
3.	Dan Marino	134	Miami Dolphins	1983-1999
4.	Drew Brees	127	San Diego Chargers, New Orleans Saints	2001-Present
4.	Fran Tarkenton	127	Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants	1961-1978
6.	Tom Brady	120	New England Patriots	2000-Present
7.	Johnny Unitas	111	Baltimore Colts	1956-1973
8.	Joe Montana	103	San Francisco 49ers, Kansas City Chiefs	1979-1994
9.	John Elway	103	Denver Broncos	1983-1998
10.	Vinny Testaverde	97	Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cleveland Browns, Baltimore Ravens, New York Jets, Dallas Cowboys, Carolina Panthers	1987-2007
11.	Drew Bledsoe	94	New England Patriots, Buffalo Bills, Dallas Cowboys	1993-2006
12.	Sonny Jurgensen	93	Philadelphia Eagles, Washington Redskins	1957-1974
13.	Warren Moon	90	Houston Oilers, Minnesota Vikings, Seattle Seahawks	1984-2000
14.	Ben Roethlisberger	87	Pittsburgh Steelers	2004-Present
14.	Eli Manning	87	New York Giants	2004-Present
16.	Philip Rivers	86	San Diego Chargers	2004-Present
16.	Dave Krieg	86	Seattle Seahawks, Kansas City Chiefs, Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals, Chicago Bears	1980-1998
16.	Tony Romo	86	Dallas Cowboys	2004-Present
16.	Dan Fouts	86	San Diego Chargers	1973-1987
20.	Carson Palmer	82	Cincinnati Bengals, Oakland Raiders, Arizona Cardinals	2004-Present

Check out my source, where, amazingly, you can see every single quarterback who ever threw even one go-ahead touchdown.

Photo: usatoday.com