Peyton Manning Topples Big Record 10/20/2014 See All News Peyton Manning was the toast of the football world on Sunday night as the the quarterback surpassed Brett Favre as the NFL's career leader in passing TDs. The quarterback completed 22 of 26 passes for 318 yards and 4 TDs to rout the San Francisco 49ers 42-17. Manning’s third TD of the night, an eight-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas in the second quarter, was the 509th of his career and moved him past Brett Favre in the NFL’s record book. Well deserved Peyton. Congratulations on breaking my record. #Onto600 http://t.co/MEeffAlmeP — Brett Favre (@Favre4Official) October 20, 2014 Joe Horrigan, the Hall of Fame’s Executive Vice President of Museums, Selection Process & Chief Communication Officer, was at Sports Authority Field at Mile High to retrieve the record football. Hochman: Peyton Manning's record TD ball escorted to the hall>>> The Hall of Fame preserves artifacts from three previous generations of record-breaking career TD pass moments. On display in the Hall of Fame is the jersey worn by Fran Tarkenton and the football thrown to running back Chuck Foreman on Dec. 20, 1975 against the Buffalo Bills to surpass Johnny Unitas’ career mark for TDs (290). Dan Marino claimed the passing touchdown crown 20 years later on Nov. 26, 1995 against the Indianapolis Colts. The football, which was thrown to fullback Keith Byars to give Marino 343 career TD passes, is on display in Hall of Fame’s NFL’s First Century Gallery. Not far from that display sits the football Brett Favre threw to wide receiver Greg Jennings on Sept. 30, 2007, against the Minnesota Vikings for his record-setting 421st career touchdown. The progression of the @nfl's all-time passing TD record. Clockwise: The jersey worn by @minnesotavikings QB Fran Tarkenton and the ball he threw, the ball thrown by @miamidolphins QB Dan Marino and the ball thrown by @packers QB Brett Favre. Will Peyton Manning join this list tonight? #SNF #SFvsDEN #FromOurCollection A photo posted by Pro Football Hall of Fame (@profootballhof) on Oct 10, 2014 at 5:19pm PDT Here is the chronology of all the players who have owned the NFL’s career TD mark: Player Years Career TD Passes Elmer Oliphant 1920-21 7 Lou Smith 1920-23 8 Earl "Curly" Lambeau 1921-28 24 Red Dunn 1924-28 24 Benny Friedman 1927-1933 66 Arnie Herber 1930-1940 66 Sammy Baugh 1937-1952 187 Bobby Layne 1948-1962 196 Y.A. Tittle 1950-1964 212 Johnny Unitas 1956-1973 290 Fran Tarkenton 1961-1978 342 Dan Marino 1983-1999 420 Brett Favre 1991-2010 508 Peyton Manning 1998-present 510 Check out this cool interactive story regarding touchdown leaders from the New York Times>>> Here are the players with the most career touchdown passes: Player Team(s) Most Career TD Passes Peyton Manning* Indianapolis, Denver 510 Brett Favre Green Bay, NY Jets, Minnesota 508 Dan Marino Miami 420 Drew Brees* San Diego, New Orleans 374 Tom Brady* New England 372 *Active Back to news