Most consecutive games with a touchdown pass (NFL)

Johnny Unitas threw a touchdown pass in 47 consecutive games from 1956 through 1960.

Johnny Unitas played 47 consecutive games in which he threw at least one touchdown pass. His record has not been seriously challenged since the streak ended December 11, 1960.

Drew Brees and Tom Brady have the longest active streaks in games with at least one touchdown pass in consecutive games.

Aaron Rodgers has the longest active streak in games with at least two touchdown passes in consecutive games.

Following is the list of players to achieve the longest consecutive streaks of throwing touchdown passes in consecutive games.

Updated through the 2011 season in progress

Regular season

All-time consecutive games with at least one touchdown pass

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1	Johnny Unitas	1956 – 1960	Baltimore Colts	47
2	Drew Brees	2009 – present	New Orleans Saints	39
3	Brett Favre	2002 – 2004	Green Bay Packers	36
4	Dan Marino	1985 – 1987	Miami Dolphins	30
5	Dave Krieg	1983 – 1985	Seattle Seahawks	28
6T	Peyton Manning	1998 – 1999	Indianapolis Colts	27
6T	Tom Brady	2010 – present	New England Patriots	27

All-time consecutive uninterrupted games with at least one touchdown pass

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1	Brett Favre	2002 – 2004	Green Bay Packers	36
2	Dave Krieg	1983 – 1985	Seattle Seahawks	28
3T	Peyton Manning	1998 – 1999	Indianapolis Colts	27
3T	Drew Brees	2010 – present	New Orleans Saints	27
3T	Tom Brady	2010 – present	New England Patriots	27

Note: Unitas' official streak was interrupted by an injury after 21 consecutive games with a touchdown pass, Brees' official streak was interrupted by not playing week 17 of the 2009 regular season after 11 consecutive games with a touchdown pass, and Marino's official streak was interrupted by the 1987 NFL players' strike after 25 consecutive games with a touchdown pass.

All-time consecutive games with at least two touchdown passes

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1T	Peyton Manning	9/9/04 – 12/12/04	Indianapolis Colts	13
1T	Tom Brady	11/7/10 – 10/2/11	New England Patriots	13
3T	Johnny Unitas	9/27/59 – 12/12/59	Baltimore Colts	12
3T	Don Meredith	10/31/65 – 10/9/66	Dallas Cowboys	12
3T	Dan Marino	11/2/86 – 11/1/87	Miami Dolphins	12
3T	Brett Favre	11/6/94 – 9/24/95	Green Bay Packers	12
7	Aaron Rodgers	9/8/11 – present	Green Bay Packers	11

All-time consecutive games with at least three touchdown passes

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1	Tom Brady	2007	New England Patriots	10
2	Peyton Manning	2004	Indianapolis Colts	8

All-time consecutive games with at least four touchdown passes

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1	Peyton Manning	2004	Indianapolis Colts	5
2	Dan Marino	1984	Miami Dolphins	4

All-time consecutive games with at least five touchdown passes

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1T	Daunte Culpepper	2004	Minnesota Vikings	2
1T	Tom Brady	2007	New England Patriots	2

Post season

All-time consecutive playoff games with at least one touchdown pass

Bold denotes an active streak

Rank	Quarterback	Period	Team	Consecutive games
1	Brett Favre	1996-2010	Green Bay Packers; Minnesota Vikings	20
2	Tom Brady	2002-present	New England Patriots	17
3	Dan Marino	1983-1995	Miami Dolphins	13

See also

• Most consecutive starts (NFL)
• Most consecutive starts by a quarterback (NFL)
• Most wins by a starting quarterback (NFL)