Joe Montana career passing touchdowns
273Career Regular Season
Joe Montana has recorded 273 passing touchdowns over 15 regular seasons, 18th among 509 NFL players on file.
- Best season on file: 31 in 1987.
- Most recent: 16 in 1994.
Sum of 15 regular seasons, 1979 through 1994. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | YDS: Yards gained — through the air for a quarterback, on the ground or after a catch for everyone else. | TD: Touchdowns, worth six points before the extra point. | AVG: Yards per attempt: per pass, per carry, per catch or per punt, depending on the player. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 |  SF | 16 | 96 | 1 | 4.2 |
| 1980 | SF | 15 | 1,795 | 15 | 6.6 |
| 1981 | SF | 16 | 3,565 | 19 | 7.3 |
| 1982 | SF | 9 | 2,613 | 17 | 7.6 |
| 1983 | SF | 16 | 3,910 | 26 | 7.6 |
| 1984 | SF | 16 | 3,630 | 28 | 8.4 |
| 1985 | SF | 15 | 3,653 | 27 | 7.4 |
| 1986 | SF | 8 | 2,236 | 8 | 7.3 |
| 1987 | SF | 13 | 3,054 | 31 | 7.7 |
| 1988 | SF | 14 | 2,981 | 18 | 7.5 |
| 1989 | SF | 13 | 3,521 | 26 | 9.1 |
| 1990 | SF | 15 | 3,944 | 26 | 7.6 |
| 1992 | SF | 1 | 126 | 2 | 6.0 |
| 1993 |  KC | 11 | 2,144 | 13 | 7.2 |
| 1994 | KC | 14 | 3,283 | 16 | 6.7 |