Top 25 Quarterbacks by TD%+

The same eligibility requirements apply here, of course. Players will be listed in ascending order, with their TD%+ rating behind them. Hall of Famers are in bold. Players who are currently active, or were active recently enough that they are not yet eligible for the Hall are in italics.

25) Ken Stabler - 109
24) Sonny Jurgensen - 109
23) Randall Cunningham - 109
22) Boomer Esiason - 109
21) Otto Graham - 110
20) Carson Palmer - 110
19) Drew Brees - 110
18) Dave Krieg - 110
17) Steve Grogan - 111
16) Joe Montana - 111
15) Roger Staubach - 112
14) Bob Griese - 112
13) Jim Kelly - 112
12) Dan Marino - 112
11) Kurt Warner - 113
10) Danny White - 114
9) Terry Bradshaw - 114
8) Brett Favre - 114
7) Ben Roethlisberger - 115
6) Daryle Lamonica - 115
5) Len Dawson - 115
4) Frank Ryan - 116
3) Tom Brady - 116
2) Peyton Manning - 119
1) Steve Young - 120

Again, trying to anticipate reactions here. Frank Ryan is #4? Really? Who the heck is Frank Ryan? Steve Grogan is popping up again? What's going on?

Well, Frank Ryan was the quarterback for the Browns in the early to mid '60s, and he made a decent little career for himself handing off to Jim Brown and Leroy Kelly. His numbers aren't that great overall, but he got to throw a relative lot of TD passes since the Browns' running game was so effective. He might have gotten on this list by circumstance, but he wasn't a bad QB, and he deserves his place.

Of the top 25, 10 are Hall of Famers, and some more will be eventually. The quarterbacks whose names are most surprising generally were from high risk, high reward offenses, which produced yards, and TDs, but also INTs, and while they do well on this list, they'll be punished on the next.